Ford Mustang
by Tikicharm

Comment:
Cropping is perfect.

DHL (European Air Transport), Airbus A300B4-203(F)
by maelms

Comment:
The high contrast monochrome treatment makes this image very striking.

High Speed Trucking
by artvet

Comment:
The mysterious rectangles in the sky are rather distracting.

It Can Go Anywhere
by pmichaud

Comment:
Creative shot. Set up nicely.

The edge of the world
by cghubbell

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

The message
This image very effectively displays the power and majesty of the falls. Having them peek out behind the mountain, with lots of people to provide scale is a creative change from the typical tourist photo. And it used deep DOF very effectively.

Creative choices
Again, the point of view works great. The diagonal line enhances the dynamic feeling evoked by the falls. And the mountain and sky are nicely balanced. Great composition! A polarizer might have improved the sky.

Technical aspects
Slightly overexposed, but it's not serious. Focus is perfect, with just the right amount of USM. Color rendition is great. And I certainly agree that the full resolution would be a lot more spectacular, but you did a good job making this work within the DPC limits.

Lazing Around
by woodenshoe50

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club

The message
The natural contrast of pandas makes them great photo subjects, and this one has a nice pose. There is deep depth of field so it technically meets the challenge, but I think this picture would have been more effective with a shallow DOF, keeping the panda in focus but with the background and foreground blurred.

Creative choices
The composition is unbalanced; cropping off the left third of the photo would make it much stronger. Shadows are a bit deep; Curves could help lighten them and reduce the strong contrast. Just enough green is included to add an interesting splash of color.

Technical aspects
Focus is good, although perhaps a bit soft; a little sharpening would enhance the many textures in the photo. The photo is slightly overexposed, burning out the lightest parts. Compression artifacts are mildly distracting and could have been prevented by using a higher quality compression.

Up, Up, Away
by ms_eaglette

Comment:
After posting my critique, I took another look at the image and realized that perhaps a Levels adjustment to darken some of the midtones would help. I like the effect of moving the midtone slider to the right a bit, to about 0.86; it darkens the building a bit, improving its contrast with the sky. Give it a try and see what you think.

Up, Up, Away
by ms_eaglette

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club
And welcome to DPChallenge!

The message
This photo does capture the extreme height and interesting shape of this famous building. And getting over a thousand feet in focus certainly qualifies as Deep Depth of Field. Still, the image lacks impact, so doesn't really hold my interest for very long.

Creative choices
The lighting here shows the true colors of the tower, but is rather bland. I wonder how it would look at a different time of day, like sunrise or sunset when the light is warmer and more oblique. I like the contrast that the tree gives, but wish there was a little more tree to make it a more integral part of the composition. I also find the tips of the spires a bit distracting in this view. I like the perspective, and the repeating textures--especially how the same texture has such a different feel at the bottom, middle, and top of the building.

Technical aspects
Exposure and color are great. Focus seems fuzzy, probably due to compression artifacts (DPC allows 150K files; it's generally a good idea to use the largest compression that keeps the size under that limit). I think the tower could use some sharpening (but it would need to be selective sharpening since the tree already seems somewhat oversharpened).

A DOF of how many kilometers? What the?
by ionyou

Comment:

Originally posted by BooZon: Upside down miss jane :) (10)

Not actually upside down, but certainly a mirror image of how the moon appears in the sky. This is common for catadioptric scopes like the one Ramon used.

Singing Needles
by DJLuba

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

The message
A great "natural history" shot of some insects in their habitat. All three are facing upward, giving the impression they are all climbing up the tree. I don't know whether that is true or not, but it makes a good story!

Creative choices
The shadowless lighting works well here; the reflection in the one wing shows its shiny texture. The composition works; I especially like the diagonal branch leading from the bottom bug to the top one. There isn't much negative space in front of the top bug, which conventional "rules" would suggest, but that doesn't bother me; it encourages the feeling that they are moving and actually makes the image more dynamic.

Technical aspects
Focus is great, although too soft for the subject matter; some sharpening would help bring out the interesting venation in the wings. Exposure is just right. Color seems a little green, but that's probably just my color blindness.