evermore
by skewsme

Comment:
I absolutely LOVE this. It is beautiful to look at and I love the color and overall feel of it. This was one of my 10's for the challenge.

Through the Trees
by chazoe

Comment:
Originally I had you voted pretty low, ok really low, but now that I look at it again I really think the effect you created is cool. I can't look at it long because it does get my head spinning but I feel like I am flying through the trees and for that I am bumping your score up significantly.

moonglow
by chalice

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club

First Impressions:

Beautiful artistic shot of a flower.

Technical (Comp, lighting, color, focus, Processing):

I love how you arranged the subject in this shot and bouncing the light off a plate for the background added a really nice feel to this. The only problem with the light is that it̢۪s a bit skewed. It would be nice to see the swirl of light more uniformly and it seems a bit off on the upper left.

In my opinion the color on this shot is beautiful. I love the contrasting colors and they are very pleasing to my eyes.

Focus is nice and sharp on the center but the parts that are blurred have an almost distracting halo around some of them. Your processing all seems well done but I wonder if the halos around the blurred leaves were caused through some of the processing?

Challenge:

Being a free study, yeah I think this met the challenge 

Artistic/Emotion:

The colors of this on the soft background really give me a nice artistic feel to the shot.

Summary:

Ah the joys of a free study. This shot actually received a 9 from me in voting and I am a bit surprised at where it finished but the FS is notorious. I definitely think this should have scored at least a solid 6 but I think you were knocked down a little from the focus and halos. That and there are many voters that just tend to vote flowers lower because they are flowers. In the end a few, small technical issues hindered you as well as the shot not being captivating enough to really draw the voter in, this is especially important in a FS with 300+ entries.

Lost in Thought
by stanmoore

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club

First Impressions:

Very bright and vibrant colors

Technical (Comp, lighting, color, focus, Processing):

This shot really seems pretty technically sound. Your comp, lighting, color and focus all seem pretty much spot on.

Challenge:

Being a free study, yeah I think this met the challenge 

Artistic/Emotion:

The colors and the models pose really make this a lovely artistic shot, well done.

Summary:

8 challenges in and you are placing in the top 100 of a free study is not bad at all. You take excellent portraits. I would be very happy with this score in the free study as they are quite difficult to score really high in. Only a few sub 4 votes and they may very well have just been because the voter doesn̢۪t like the color or just isn̢۪t interested in portraits. In the end I think this scored well but the shot just lacked that something that makes the voter want to stay longer or keep coming back. You are off to a great start at DPC, I look forward to seeing your stuff in the future.

Looking Out
by SoulJance

Comment:
This is a great shot, it received an 8 from me. I love the light and the darkness to it, for me there seems to be a sadness or depression in the look. Great work.

Abstract
by AllenP

Comment:
I like this shot a lot but bummer about the text on there. You will probably be DQ for it,. I still give it a 9 even though it won't stick, sorry.

Don't fall!
by snaffles

Comment:
Very cool shot and a muaimho. I am posting this on Posthumous Ribbons, Part IV

Lakeshore
by scooter88

Comment:
I loved this shot and I think it met the challenge well. Imho it seems as though the sky and reflection are framing the shoreline. I think this deserves a second look, posting it on Posthumous Ribbons, Part IV thread.

Flying Lessons
by scalvert

Comment:
Great capture

Controlled Chaos
by jeger

Comment:
beautiful colors and sharpness. This is really nice.