For Every Generation
by Spanish_Grease

Comment:
Your title rather defeats the challenge, doesn't it?

Yesterday's Merchandise, Today's Trash
by ganders

Comment:
I love the look of desparation in the eyes. Very apt.

Round²
by mbardeen

Comment:
fantastic

Study in Contrasts
by ursula

Comment:
Nice textures here

Contrasting Hands
by KevinRiggs

Comment:
I've just had my 1st baby, so I know how much meaning this shot has for you - there's a real sense of family here. However, photographically, I feel that it's important not to forget the basics. Here, the flash caused a few core problems, the harsh shadows and the blue tinges, especially on the white towel, and weak colours in the top right and bottom left. Also, take care about the background. The green doesn't help at all, the skirting board presents a conflicting line and there's a thingy hanging down in the top centre.

Crystal World
by cpanaioti

Comment:
If just a touch brighter, I'd have given this a 10

Late Night Carriage Ride Downtown
by KevinRiggs

Comment:
*critique club*
Overall
This photo meets the challenge well. You've captured a romantic night on the town. I wonder if you're making a pun, too - a Knight with steed and wench in tow? Certainly, the imagination is allowed to run loose here. This is in stark contrast to the quite rigid poses of the models, who appear relaxed enough but somewhat off balance. Usually, it's better to have models look at the camera in a posed shot. Here, ironically, it's the human who's looking away.

Composition
I don't like the white pole extruding from the human's head. It seems to accentuate the straightness of her body negatively. Also, being the brightest thing in the shot, it draws the eyes away from the key elements. The human is bang in the middle but looking through to the left. The horse is on the right but looking directly ahead. There seems to be an unbalance of objects, then. The horse's direct gaze calls for more space to work within. With the woman looking expectantly at something outside the photo and the horse at the camera, I feel rather that the photo loses a lot of its impact. The bright spots in the eyes also reinforce this imbalance.

Your f-stop is wide, but the carriage is clear, meaning that the dof is deeper than I think you had imagined. Certainly, the camera angle downplays any import for the carriage in this shot. Being out of focus would have helped your composition somewhat. If you wanted a sharp carriage, maybe you should have taken a shot further from the left. That might have pulled the inquisitive horse's eyes round to match the woman's, too. While doing so, you might correct the horizon, too.

Colour
I find the overall colour range too much on the dark side. Checking with Photoshop, I found that (except the pure white pole) most of the important body parts, eyes, face, teeth, even the arms, were in the 17% - 70% grey range. With b&w, you really need to push the tonal boundaries more, especially with potentially dark shots like this. Find the point which you can accept as being the brightest, then work backwards from there. (The white spots in the horse's eye are 100% white, a feature totally missing in the girl, which accounts for some of the problems there.)

To sum up, more tonal contrast, more thought about the composition and more consideration about the dof and you'll have a great shot. As it stands, this one is one worthy of re-doing, don't you think?

Best wishes,

Jim

Agricultural Circle
by jjbeguin

Comment:
Nice photo, nice layering, rich colours. Just not round. I think your title should read 'agricultural cycle' instead.

Golden Circle
by sjonni

Comment:
absolutely beautiful. lovely golden hues. superb. I'd have this on my wall.

Lets play basketball
by Hakon

Comment:
nice textures