Facing a Visual Culture
by posthumous

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club

When I saw this in the Challenge I voted it high, because both the blind girl in the foreground with her white stick, and your title gave me the story.

I also liked the way your monochromatic treatment of this unified the image and helped alleviate the busy-ness of the composition.

If I had my druthers, I'd have rotated this slightly to take care of the background people who are hanging on to that slope. But that's minor, and I forget whether you can rotate in basic, anyhow.

Anyhow others saw the busy bits, and missed the story and you received a low mark for a good image.

Keep up the good work.

Date in BW
by LevT

Comment:
I like this photojournalism shot a lot, and I'm glad I dropped in on the Reaction Club and happened to find it.

It's real life action, and any number of stories can be read into the image. The symbolism of the paintings above it add to the fun.

Great find.

(Um, if it was mine, I'd crop about an inch or so off the bottom to get rid of the unnecessary chair seat and to get the subjects out of the middle of the frame)

Land Shark
by chesire

Comment:
I think this one is "best of show". Very, very nice.

Art Exhibit
by bucket

Comment:
I'd give you high marks just for the idea.
This is a good one and it made me chuckle.

time machine
by alyami

Comment:
Really great idea. I wish the focus was just a tad sharper.
But you found a super frame for this image.

New HawkEagle 033.JPG
by bigtreearrowhead

Comment:
Keep trying. With that camera and that lens you can get this guy good and sharp. Beautiful bird.

negative pi ring
by charliev

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club

You tried something different with this image and, unfortunately, it didn't resonate with our voters.

It's an unusual and unique take on the challenge and I commend you for doing it. I do think the contrast could have been boosted a bit to give the hand a little more contrast from the background, and maybe more of the hand could have been in the picture, but these are minor points.

What is important is that you tried something new and different. I think the comment of eqsite is a good one and you can learn a lot from his words.

Keep up the good work!

Almost Symmetry
by mistchild2008

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club

What a super image. You wanted to try something different and you succeeded. I know, I know, the scoring didn't reflect what you accomplished, but sometimes that happens.

The balance is just fine here, the branch and the wine glass work well together; um, maybe the red is a bit much... but still, it's a fine idea and one that should have scored higher.

Keep up the good work.

Pi is everywhere,life is a circle.
by onar

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club

Oh! It's always fun to see something unusual in the DPC Challenges and this certainly is unusual. Thanks for putting it in competition.

I voted this high when I went through the images and still would do the same. I think it is nicely exposed, the subject matter is just fine and your mask works very, very well.

What's not to like.

So, I'll simply say congratulations on a great idea and move on to the next image in the queue.

The Battle Lines Have Been Drawn
by Evil-Chihuahua

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club

Oh, I really like this image. Good lighting and good subject matter for the Symmetry Challenge. Good focusing, good placement in the frame and super color. What's not to like.

It may be that your score isn't as high as it might have been because theere were a number of chess images in the Challenge. Hard to tell.

Certainly you have a good image here. Keep 'em coming.