1010389
by pixelpig

Comment:
Those colors! Marvelous.

WallFlower
by Bear_Music

Comment:
Oh, this is getting really interesting.

Brother's brand new baby ( day one )
by organic

Comment:
GREETINGS FROM THE CRITIQUE CLUB

It is easy to see why you submitted this ultra-charming image of your newborn nephew.

It didn't score very well, but what the heck, he's had his Internet debut and lots of people enjoyed looking at his image.

A couple of suggestions: First, have you flipped this image horizontally? try it and see if the little guy doesn't just start winking at you. Just a thought: since we tend to look left to right, often people put the primary subject to the left.

While you obviously have to compensate for the situation and lighting available, this image taken at a very shallow depth of field is quite soft. Sure it fits the dynamics of the moment, still a little more sharpness would make this even more appealing.

I wish you continued good luck capturing special moments with this delightful young subject. And look forward to seeing more of your work on DPC.

:-))

Kitanas_IMG_8780-FBbluSPdpc.jpg
by GeneralE

Comment:
really, really nice.

paper stack.jpg
by macwilyum

Comment:
Ah ha! You've changed the formula quite a lot. Really a beautiful interpretation.

Paper Stack
by macwilyum

Comment:
This is elegant!

Until Again
by MilaMiles

Comment:
GREETINGS FROM THE CRITIQUE CLUB
Whoa - what a beautiful image. So, why aren't you on the front page? I don't know. You have two 'favs' so that's something. And you came in fairly high in this strange pack of DPC voters. So that's something.

As something of an artist myself, I compliment you on your drawing skills. The beautiful placement in the frame of both the face and the dried stalks work well. Everything certainly meets the Challenge.

This is one of those (few) times that I cannot think of anything that would "improve" this image. It is just lovely, and you can be rightly proud of it.

Keep 'em coming!

Alice

Rotation-series-3.jpg
by jomari

Comment:
Lovely colors in here. Looks like a weaving that should be made into a hanging.

What are those???
by LonnieD

Comment:
GREETINGS FROM THE CRITIQUE CLUB

Oh, what a charming, charming child. Congratulations on having such a sweet subject for your photography.

The composition of your image works quite well although those four white beams behind your subject are a little distracting. The lighting in this image appears, to me, to be a problem and with a little adjusting in Levels that could be corrected pretty well.

Then there are quite a few 'hot spots' here in the bubbles. My suggestion would be to bracket your shots. Take some underexposed as well as overexposed. I'm pretty sure you can set your camera to do this but you might have to track down your instruction book to find out how.
:-))

I look forward to seeing more of your work especially since you have such a special subject to work with.

a light touch
by posthumous

Comment:
GREETINGS FROM THE CRITIQUE CLUB

Dang it, when are we going to have another "Black & White" challenge. Your name will be up in lights! (Delicately)

Very, very lovely play on light in this image; one might almost say "a delicate play on light." Unfortunately, I seem be one of the very few to say it.

I'm not going to second-guess the voters; as far as I'm concerned, this is technically and artistically just fine. And meets the challenge about as well as 'most any of the entries.

So keep on seeing the world your way and thanks for letting us enjoy it with you.