Struggle
by scalvert

Comment:
Congratulations on both your ribbon, and the acceptance of your proposal by your now wife.
There are a few occasions that stay forever in our memories. That is one of the more magical ones.
(I assume that very special occasion happened a few years ago?)

A Path of Light
by Coley

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club

Coley! good to see your work back in the Challenges.

As usual, a masterful take on the Challenge, with that light path framed so well, in letterbox fashion with darks.

While this had a respectable score, it might have done even better had you blocked out the sky and just left the lake and trees and hills to frame your paddler.

Other than that, it's serene and lovely. what's not to like.

The BARNSTORMER
by Ja-9

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club

Oh, Janine, so much going on in this image.

As an advertisement for a, what, movie? tv show? it probably works, but for DPC? Not much original content.

I look at the framing and wonder if it is the edge of a tv screen or the edge of a billboard. In either case,
well, not much there in the framing department. Is the guardrail your find? If so, that knits the composition
together somewhat.

Still it pleased enough of our voters to keep you above a 5.0 and that's something.

Hope all is well with you, these days.

light-eye
by clickodak

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club

clickodak! I get to look at one of your images in depth again! Delightful!

Your powers of observation are magical. To see something like this is a gift. Hang on to that gift.

Now, personally I liked the image alot. For the Challenge, I was bothered a bit by the white outline.
Frankly, I think that black border (eliminating the white) would have met the Challenge equally as well, and perhaps would have scored better.

Technically, nothing wrong with this image - or at least that I can tell.

I do like your sense of originality, in all your Challenge submissions.

Waterfalls
by jgirl57

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club

I can see why you would enjoy this spot in Yellowstone. Not only did you see the majestic fall of water, you got to hear the roar of sound and perhaps even gather in a bit of the mist.

Now, you had some trouble managing your darks and lights, which is why it's a good idea to bracket your shots, if your camera will do it.

As it is, your waterfall loses detail and could be described in part as "hot" while the trees, especially those to the right are so dark as to be lost among the rocks. In addition, that lovely waterfall is smack in the middle of your composition. while sometimes this works, it would have been fun to see an image where the waterfall was over to the right cascading into the frame.

So, I'd consider this more of a 'record' shot. Once you have that one, experiment a lot and get different angles and exposures. You will be pleasantly surprised.

Needs sum exursis
by wejna

Comment:
this image made me giggle, again.
:)

Mixed
by clickodak

Comment:
GREETINGS FROM THE CRITIQUE CLUB

Hello [user]clickodat[/user]! By the luck of the draw, I get one of your images again to critique.

Now, I don't know why you didn't get a better score for this very good image.

It is clean, sharp and certainly has enough purple in it to qualify for the Challenge.

Perhaps it is because you did not use more of the space available, or perhaps voters saw the purple
as secondary, rather than the primary focus of the image.

Frankly, I think it is a strong & original image and it should have done better in the Challenge. Keep 'em coming.

02983
by pixelpig

Comment:
I'm always glad to see one of these.
Thanks for posting a new one.

Seven Mile Bridge
by Ja-9

Comment:


GREETINGS FROM THE CRITIQUE CLUB:
We try to give an indepth review of the image randomly set before us. If you find this review helpful, please tick the box that says so. then the Critique Club members feel as if they are really helping!

Well, Janine, you ticked the box and received the best score you can get in a Challenge. Therefore it's difficult to find anything to critique in this fine image that our fellow DPCers have found to be the best of the bunch.

So, I would suggest that, if you have the time and energy, join the Critique Club and help others with their photography! It's fun and a new challenge, for sure.

vanishing rail train
by clickodak

Comment:

GREETINGS FROM THE CRITIQUE CLUB:
We try to give an indepth review of the image randomly set before us. If you find this review helpful, please tick the box that says so. then the Critique Club members feel as if they are really helping!

You nailed the Challenge with your vanishing point railroad track - and I"m glad you didn't get squashed by a train in doing so.

If this was my image, I'd probably go for more dark tones to go with the predominantly light tones you selected in processing. This would give the image more drama and make it stand out among the competition. As you know, there were quite a few train track shots in this Challenge.

More dark tones to balance the lighter ones and perhaps more emphasis on the cloudy sky, I think would have pulled this image from the nice mid-five score you received to a higher number.