Snow Line
by banmorn

Comment:
Very nice composition and choice of B/W here. It's a little noisy, but that works well here IMHO. It does look a little crooked, but that just may be the perspective. The only thing I might have tried different was shooting from a lower angle to get a different feel...
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Vehicle of the Imagination
by Glen King

Comment:
My first thought on this shot is that it's WAY to busy. You have MANY MANY unnecesary elements. If you could drop a cloth or something behind the girls and bike, you would improve this shot by leaps and bounds. The lighting on the girls is a little harsh and uneven. The front girl is overexposed in hand and face back girl looks good!
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Underground Train
by melongrind

Comment:
From the overall look of the shot, I would have to say that you overexposed on purpose. This isn't a style that I quite care for though. The girls face looks especially blown out.
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Free vehicle
by mecfcosta

Comment:
The lighting on this shot is very harsh. This leads me to believe that you used the on camera flash. This results in the overexposed appearance of the feet and the harsh shadows behind. If you're gonna use flash at this short a distance, try taping toilet paper or light thin cloth over the flash... Your composition is not bad, with some more creative lighting (no flash, light from side, use tripod to hold camera very still) and this could be an interesting study.
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Soaring
by sfalice

Comment:
This shot is too small for my taste. You are underexposed on the subject. In order to get this shot right, you would have to be very fast and have a good working knowledge of your camera.
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shadow rider
by Aesculapius

Comment:
IN order for this shot to work for me you would have to move around so that you can't see the bike tire itself. Nice capture though!
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Max And Jonatan
by Mona

Comment:
You need to play around witht he colors here. Your skin tones are not quite right. Love the blue of the water and the yellow oars though.
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Archaeologists uncover a 21st century car
by guizz

Comment:
Heesh I didn't see it at first...
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The Last Marigold
by Zollarstem

Comment:
From the Critique Club

You have some very nice colors here. Unfortunately, your focus is not on and your exposure is off also. The lighting is also very hash, exagerating all the other things that are not quite right with this shot.

When I look at your camera, it looks like a very simple point and shoot type camera. This does not need to be a bad thing, but you need to work a little different then those with really nice cameras. First off, there is a lot of noise in this shot. This makes me think that you used a digital zoom. If your camera does not have an optical zoom system, you will have to get as close to a subject like this as you can. Optical zoom rules, Digital zoom sucks. That's all there is too it.

I'm not sure how to fix the focus problem with your camera. With all the point and shoots that I've seen, you must give the camera time to focus before you push the shutter button all the way down. Otherwise you are taking the exposure before the camera is focused and ready for it. This took me a while to figure out with my camera!

Lighting issues are a little easier to deal with. Basically with an outdoor shot like this you need to try and shoot rather early in the morning, or later in the evening. This will bring the sun in at a lower angle and allow the natural physics of the sky to soften the light somewhat. This will mean that the light is coming in at an angle though so you may need to fill in the darker side. This can be as easy as holding (having someone hold) a piece of white paper or foil on the dark side to reflect a little light back onto the subject. This is called fill lighting and doesn't replace the sun, but will halp make shadows not so harsh and give detail.

I see potential in this shot. You need to practice, but if you persevere you will get better. Just don't let a low score in your first challenge make you discouraged!
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Wheels make the Vehicle go
by zummer

Comment:
Very funny! You have some exposure issue, but never having taken a picture of an invisible car, I don't know how to help you here. Oh and I wanna know how you do this kind of border.
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