Grapes of Wrath
by Art Roflmao

Comment:
Dang. there he goes again. Playing with fire and making it look easy.

Chairs - Useful for Reaching New Heights
by njsabs

Comment:
Oh my, yes. This is a splendid image.
Do you have a balcony? Or a stepladder already in position.
:-))

"is my timeout over yet?"
by kellmak10

Comment:
Congratulations on a great shot and a fine finish.
What a story!

Counterbalance
by mycelium

Comment:
Oh, nice finish, Little Mushroom.
Well planned and beautifully executed.
Glad you're back.

Welcome to L
by stanmoore

Comment:
GREETINGS FROM THE CRITIQUE CLUB

Hello again. Yes, there really are other members of the Critique Club active at this time. Your images just seem to come up when I click the "Give me an image to critique" button. Although I do see Snaffles did get a crack at one of your images. Actually it's hard for us to tell if you have read them, as you don't mark any of them "helpful." but we'll keep trying if your image comes up in the queue.

Okay, back to work. Of course this is a cute image and I hope you didn't harm any of your glass. It is nicely seen and photographed although it probably would have been fun to see the primary, familiar Canon white lens off center perhaps a bit more, rather than dead center. But you selected that story-telling aspect as the best one to show off your idea and you were there and know what you could do in the scene.

certainly you are getting after the challenge compliments and that is always a welcome sight to see.

I will continue to look forward to seeing more of your work.

SfAlice

Sparklingly Hot!
by brightspark567

Comment:
GREETINGS FROM THE CRITIQUE CLUB

Welcome to DPC. What fun it is for me to get your first image for a critique. And it is a play on your user name!

You're making a good start, for sure. Well, maybe not in the scoring department, but you did get some very educated comments on why you scored in the bottom tier - and a guide on how to make your images show up well for competition.

You had a good idea and shot it fairly well. Of course it is way too hot at the moment of ignition, and there are filters that can deal with that - the Internet is a good teacher - so I'd like to make a suggestion on composition. It is completely natural to zero in on your subject and make it 'center' on the page which is what you did. You might also (in this case, assuming you had enough sparklers) experiment by putting your camera high, low, to the side, and anything you can think of to safely make this story stand out.

Okay, that's my advice for this time. I do look forward to seeing more of your images in DPC. good luck!

Alice

fever
by kellmak10

Comment:
GREETINGS FROM THE CRITIQUE CLUB

kellmak10, hello! I see we meet again. And you have entered another story-telling picture that certainly conveys the thought of "Hot" with that soaring temperature reading and the background of medicine to bring the temperature down.

My only advice on this one is to keep moving around with that camera. See different angles and ways of telling your story. Arrange your props in unusual ways to make your image stand out against the crowd.

Meanwhile, you appear to be having loads of fun and I continue to wish you the best in your exploration of your camera and the world around you that just cries to be interpreted.

I hope this little critique is helpful to you.

Alice

Frozen Stairway
by Resco_Joe

Comment:
GREETINGS FROM THE CRITIQUE CLUB

Well, you pleased the crowd that looks at the out-of-the-ordinary and appreciates it!
Congratulations on that.

Technically, your lights and darks are well defined and balanced, you certainly meet the challenge and your framing is fun. I can see a hasty voter looking at this and saying "hmmm, a half & half image; broke a rule there," and giving a low score. But rules are made to be broken (let's call it adjusted) so the one-third/two-third convention needs to be tweaked sometimes.

You did it well, and your work was appreciated by some knowledgeable folk. Not bad, I'd say.

I look forward to seeing more of your work at DPC.

Alice

Red Berries on Snow and Ice
by dandavis

Comment:
GREETINGS FROM THE CRITIQUE CLUB

Oh, how nice to see the contrast of the red berries against the snow. the lights and darks are pronounced and the glaze of ice on the plant is descriptive.

Yes, it certainly does meet the challenge and yes, it is as picturesque as it can be. At first, I thought what a lovely New England countryside scene, and then looked at where it was taken. Arkansas? Really? Well, good for you in getting out to record the action.

Your comments tell me that others found the main critique of this image to be "too much to look at." And truly there is a good deal going on here. Some isolation of a branch or two of those beautiful berries might have made a prettier picture. A closeup would be spectacular. But you did what you could with what you had, and I for one am pleased to have seen this image.

Thank you for putting it in the Challenge. I'm looking forward to seeing more images from you.

Alice

Message edited by author 2010-02-14 10:35:18.

document destruction
by stepwalker87

Comment:
GREETINGS FROM THE CRITIQUE CLUB

Welcome to DPC. I see you joined just a few weeks ago and "jumped in with both feet!"

Your image is nice and clean with good definition of the flames and the papers being burned. You maintained good color. It might have fared a bit better in the voting if there had been a clear focal point in the image. (For example, a piece of the paperwork that was still bright and identifiable. Or at least a strong illusion of colorful printing)

I look forward to seeing more of your photography. With practice and lots of post-processing experience you will be up there with the best of them soon.

And thank you for what you do.

Alice