Falling Apart
by gyaban

Comment:
while i don't think this effort was one of your better entries (as far as the challenge topic goes) its amazes me the level of effort and time you put into your works.

amazing job.

Feminam Humana
by MAK

Comment:
i call shenanigans. you cant win the first blue and run TPL

;-P

congrats, btw.

Jackson
by markwiley

Comment:
you did nothing wrong.

i scored it a 7, i thought it was well lit, nice pose, catch-lights in the eyes, interesting but not overpowering background.

unfortunately, its boring. portraits are very hard to garner mass appeal. you do this with a very interesting subject, a very, very photogenic one or compelling light or pose.

you nailed this portrait of this person and i'd be very pleased if i were a paying customer, its just lacks the mass appeal to get high scores.

Bring it On
by MarkB

Comment:
the light is too hot, contrast is too strong, its hard to pull out the details of the mask and lacrosse stick. the shirt blends in to the black and as a result the head is floating.

also, eye contact. im not a big fan of staring out into space, sometimes its works but not here.

it also would have benefited greatly from a hair light or small fill on the camera right behind the subject to give him "some" separation from the background.

Under the Boardwalk
by docjonny

Comment:
critique club.

lost to like, the hint of sunlight, the smooth water, the shininess of the wet piles.

its still about to busy as the background piling are distracting and its like to see a bit more texture in the dry area of the piles.

Smoke of Pandora
by shahul

Comment:
critique club.

i good attempt at the typical smoke shot.

however what makes those other types of images great and this one is that the smoke is way to turbulent, smoke images that do well have very clean laminar flow that slowly transitions to turbulent. yours starts at the end of that transition phase and goes right into full blown turbulence.

there is also not enough negative space, is the composition is dead center leaving an unpleasing composition.

the smoke in my opinion is best used as a back drop to show color and the color is great, the pattern was a interesting attempt, unfortunately the smoke being too turbulent draws you away from that.

baseball
by FourPointX

Comment:
critique club.

great composition. the leading lines from the wires, the circular shape of stands, the angles from the baselines and grass cuts. superb.

the colors are a bit over the top, the sky is dark and haloing around the clouds is distracting and it just looks unnatural.

i'd love to see you take another shot at the edit of this because it really has some fantastic elements.

Brothers
by eniko

Comment:
critique club.

great emotion.

technically the image is a bit soft where it ought to be harder, i also wish the brother on the left were better exposed as his expression is lost in the shadows.

DOF seems way to shallow, the brother on the right is nice and sharp whereas the one on the left is a bit OOF.

B is for Bending
by Hoghemaru

Comment:
critique club.

i forget what i voted this image in voting but i remember scoring it high, great DOF simple, effective. i only wish for the focus to be a bit more on the fingers, its seem slightly in front of them.

also maybe a a bit more of the neck leading up to the hand to really draw the viewer in.

A Beggar who was once a Boy
by juack

Comment:
critique club.

images like this are great, you captured the tale of his wear well.

the tones are very good if only a bit dark in the shadows, the textures and highlights are perfect.