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.

Classical
by Paul

Comment:
Wow, this is really gracefully and tastefully done. Great job.

Common Cupboard Chaos
by fisheye

Comment:
was gonna be a 5 but bumping to a 7 just because you have Homer in there.

Thuttha
by aznym

Comment:
This photo has all the making of being great but the kid laughing really takes away from the mood. 10 without the kid down to a 7.

Aspyre
by Trinilos

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club

First Impressions:

Is that there is really a bit too much going on in the shot.

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

Your center framing works well for the composition on this but the background only distracts. This shot would be well served on a clean, black background. If possible I would suggest composing the shot so that the background was mostly empty space.

The lighting, aka the fire, gives off a bit of an odd color to the ground and background, perhaps a long shutter speed coupled with a rear curtain sync flash would help that. The image is a bit noisy and I think you could have dropped the iso down quite a bit since you were using such a long shutter speed.

I would suggest not as long of a shutter speed, 15 seconds is a really long time and 3 seconds would have been plenty and you could have gotten smoother light trails and the whole image would flow better (example here )

Challenge:

Meets the challenge but it doesn’t scream “dance”. If this wasn’t entered in a dance challenge I am not sure I would think this was a photo of dancing but regardless I like your take on the subject and it was interesting.

Artistic/Emotion:

This has all the makings of a really artistic shot but for me some technical work takes away from that.

Summary:

Not a bad finish at all for your third challenge and great job on a personal best. This shot scored very well for the challenge and you received some excellent comments during voting, all in all I would say it is a success.

Are You Looking At Me?
by Nuzzer

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club

First Impressions:

Is that it is another macro bug shot.

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

Great job filling the frame with the subject and I think your composition is spot on. Lighting seems well done as well and the colors are rich and natural. I think your focus is very well done, super sharp and detailed in parts and smoothly blurred in others.

Challenge:

I think this met the challenge well, not sure what some of the voters were thinking when they couldn’t see the connection. Maybe if the bug was sitting on a recognizable object (tomato or something) then they could have made the connection better.

Artistic/Emotion:

N/A

Summary:

I think this is an excellent macro shot that, in my opinion, should have finished around a 6. I don’t think it was anything technical that hurt this shot but was rather a combination of voters not making the connection to the garden and voters who just don’t care for macro bug shots.