The grass grows greener...
by MarkS224

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club
Hi Mark! First let me say I can't believe how few comments you got on this. I'm glad I picked it to CC.

Composition
I think the perspective on the wheelbarrow is more of a journalistic "recording" of this than an interesting piece of art. To me, it's just a wheelbarrow. While that could be said about a great many pictures, I think it really does apply here. What made you want to take this photo like this?

Color
Your colors are actually very weird. I'm not sure why the logs look magenta, but I have a feeling it's the same reason your grass looks unnaturally green. I know we all like oversatured and supersaturated colors in some respects, but I think there's a limit to what looks good (as I learned the hard way in Magazine challenge).

Focus
Your focus is good here. It doesn't stand out, which is usually a good thing.

Lighting
Flat lighting - not very interesting and it doesn't add to the shot at all.

Subject matter
As I said, it's just a wheelbarrow with some grass. I'm not sure if this is country life or suburb life, but it's green, it's living, so I'd say it meets the challenge.

Overall

I think Jason said it best "bit dull and lack of pop." To do well on dpc, you need "WOW" factor, something interesting that would make someone want to come back and see it again.

Keep shooting!
Mav

Pacific Coast Hay
by JPR

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club
Hey Jason! Fancy meeting you here!

Composition
I like parts of the composition here. The symmetry is wonderful (good job using what we learned from a previous challenge). However, I think the hay is the main interesting thing to look at and only takes up 25% of the surface of the picture. We have a great zoom, and I would have used it to isolate the hay and the land around it.

Color
Because you're using browns, greens and blues, nothing pops here. There is no 'wow' color in this shot, like a guy in a yellow rain coat walking through the fields. That would be interesting enough to take a picture of. As it is, the subject must carry a greater weight and here the colors don't contrast enough to set it off.

Focus
Your focus is good - glad you didn't get caught in the f2.8 to get enough light, focus on one bale of hay and there goes the focus issue. I like landscapes being landscapey. Our landscape mode works wonders - did you use that?

Lighting
See color - with the white sky and no dramatic lighting, it is kind of flat and dull. (no offense meant) If the sun peeked through the clouds here 3 minutes later, again, you'd have something well worth taking a shot of.

Subject matter
Hay = country. You definitely met the challenge here. I am as interested in hay as anything else I didn't shoot myself, so good job here.

Overall
I think the score was lower than you may have wanted because a) the light is dull and b) the colors are muted and almost appear washed out, plus the white sky phenomenon...

You know I follow your work and you know I like it. Good luck as always and keep shooting!

Play Ball
by Crafty Sue

Comment:
I see the speed. The image quality is below average in focus, lighting and color. You can't make out the kid's face either - try to use a tripod or some solid surface to balance the camera.

When the Pickin's Done
by dsidwell

Comment:
Congrats on the WELL deserved ribbon.

The speed of technology
by vignir

Comment:
best of the week 10

Potential for Excitement
by mariomel

Comment:
Shouldn't have cut off so much around the edges. Good and tight crop, but a bit too much. If we're on zero, how come we went 3.5 miles?

Corvette Summer
by Turbotech

Comment:
Nice lighting.

Beach Backyard
by JPR

Comment:
Nice score! Almost made our top 15. lol I didn't! I can't figure voters out this month...oh well.

Good job!

149mph
by tomlewis1980

Comment:
I wouldn't have cut the two edges of the racket like this, but interesting shot. Is it a rotation?

CUT-OUT B
by mzanoni

Comment:
Should've done better. Interesting at the lack of comments. I like the shot.