Street Portrait
by choltmeier

Comment:
Hello from the Critique Club-
As soon as I view your photo, I am drawn directly to the subject’s eyes. There is great detail and the irises have an interesting hue, which contrasts with the rest of the photo and helps to set them off nicely. There’s a lot going on in your photo, but it isn’t cluttered and the background is nicely obliterated, which does a great job of isolating your subject and also works quite well with your excellent choice of sepia. I’m not too sure how I feel about the reflections in the glassesâ€Â¦ obviously this wasn’t up to you to dictate since it’s another street portrait, but the legs especially on the right lens are a bit distracting to me. I like the expression on her face, it’s interesting and somewhat ambiguous. Personally, I’m not a big fan of your specific choice for the border. I think I might like a thin black border, or maybe an inset black border. All in all though, I really like this and would personally have voted it higher than what your final score was.
-Derek

Building Sydney
by Covert_Oddity

Comment:
Went a bit crazy with the Topaz there...

X-Ray
by Gabriel

Comment:
Very good entry. This makes me think of an engineering or science magazine. I can't quite put my finger on it, but I like it very much. This has qualities that make it look less like a photo and more like something that was rendered. Interesting to look at, and I really enjoy the contrast between the organic black membrane (reminiscent of a bat's wing perhaps) and the various gridlines. Well done.

Adam Zilla
by Art Roflmao

Comment:
"With a resounding sweep of the reptillian viewing demographic, Adam had a vicious following throughout the season. His dreamy eyes didn't hurt things, either."

marilyn-zilla.jpg
by dsa157

Comment:
Glad you chose this photo to shop and not the infamous one of brittany spears getting out of the limo.

The Gnarled Sentinel
by DrAchoo

Comment:
That's always my problem when I try to take photos of the areas I go backpacking through- everything looks mundane because you can't gather how immense it all is. Having the stream here helps a bit, though.

Pinwheel
by digifotojo

Comment:
I really like the transition of color in this. Very subtle progression completely across the spectrum from orange to blue. Quite pleasing.

Melbourne at speed
by millsa

Comment:
Deciding to go with the zoom blur was a great choice. The waterfront reflection works perfectly as a mirror. Very neat.

dark iris
by tnun

Comment:
When I saw the thumbnail for this I could've sworn it was a negative photo. I agree somewhat with tpbremer's remarks about things being somewhat washed out. The dark is very dark but rather uniformly so, and the background is pretty uniformly grey as well. I did a really quick and overkill edit that brings out some of the texture on the petals. Like I said, rather overkill but I was hurried.

LaBelle at Night
by MelonMusketeer

Comment:
The alternation between light and dark in the trees adds a lot of drama to this scene. It is definitely reminiscent of a crime drama or something of the sort, what with all the shadows for things to lurk.