Bubbles in the making
by JRiggs

Comment:
GREETINGS FROM THE CRITIQUE CLUB

What a tranquil scene you present here. Let's see,you're on the east coast, so is that a sunrise? In any event, your framing is nice with the pier on one side and the nice bar of surf in the foreground, and those luscious colors in the sky.

I think you probably wanted the surf line to stand in for bubbles, and perhaps if you were able to bring that lens closer, and tighter, they might well have. Unfortunately, that very very hot sun is competing strongly for attention and it takes a 2nd or even 3rd look to find the shadowy surf. The sun is a tough target at any angle, but at the horizon it really is a challenge.

I wish you good luck in your future entries and expect you will be scoring right up there with the best of 'em any day now.

Message edited by author 2010-01-27 15:52:23.

A Slow And Brief Journey
by Nuzzer

Comment:
GREETINGS FROM THE CRITIQUE CLUB

Always fun to get an image from another member of the Critique Club to look at.

This is a good one and I'm pleased to have a second chance to look at it, this time more carefully than during the voting process, where it earned a 7 from me.

Okay, to work: the blurred background is excellent. You found exactly the right place to shoot this and your f4 aperture was perfect for this effect. While, if it was mine, I might have preferred to get the complete opalescent/iridescent shine on the bubble, we take what we can get. The pattern reflected in your example works very well as it is balanced nicely in the sphere.

With your nice finish, why you ought to be in the Critique Club! Wait a minute, you are!
:-))

Keep up the good work.

Professional Catcher
by Lydia

Comment:
Lydia - you are seriously good. Congratulations on another fine win.

morning's silence
by tate

Comment:
Oh, Tate. Congratulations. (Go team)

1010442
by pixelpig

Comment:
Whoa - there's a lot in there that doesn't come through onthe thumb.

1010426
by pixelpig

Comment:
this is totally delightful. Playful!

Spinach in his Teeth
by Lydia

Comment:
HaHa. good seeing! fine image for the Challenge.

Congratulations.

Alice

Just a "Bit" Happy
by digichic

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club

What excellent colors you found for this very interesting entry in the Smile Challenge. Very well photographed and excellent detail here. Fabric details, leather quality and tooling all show off to perfections.

Are you waiting for the "but?" It is hard to find one. true, you have included more real estate than required for the Challenge topic, but in a way it made it fun to search for the smile. Our busy voters? Well, not so much into searching. The very nice detail on the saddle blanket; that black arrow, does obscure your "Smile" just a little, making it even more of a challenge to find it.

All this may be why you scored in the middle instead of at the top of the pack. (herd?) In any event, you did get a good scoring number and you have an image you can be justly proud of.

Keep up the good work.

clinging to the branch
by GiorgioBaruffi

Comment:
GREETINGS FROM THE CRITIQUE CLUB
Oh, what a great find you have here, and look at the number of people who guessed it was YOU! Congratulations on being so well known, and with such a good entry!

Okay, to the business at hand. First, there were some tremendous insect pictures in this Challenge; yours was one of many good ones.

Second, it would be great to see the colors in the critter intensified a bit. There's still a lot of red in that guy to pull out and some yellow, and yes some green to intensify that background. If it was mine, I'd probably also crop down a bunch. Say start just to the rear of that bud on the branch. Measure about as much room to the front of the legs as between them. (On my screen, that's about an inch and a little). In other words, give him just enough room to move forward a little. I think the top is good the way it is.

All this fine-tuning might just give your very fine insect a little more 'pop.'

Keep up the good work. You're doing just fine.

Noooo! Johnny Speak to Me!
by jhess77

Comment:
GREETINGS FROM THE CRITIQUE CLUB

Congratulations on your very nice finish in the Humor Challenge with this charming image.

You really don't need much of a 'critique' on this carefully thought out and technically nice image, so with a 'well done' comment from me, I guess I'll move on to the next image in the queue.

I wish you continued success in your DPC entries.