Basking in Sunset
by btrinh

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Greeetings from the critique club

Welcome to DPC. I see you're new to this site, and I hope you are enjoying the competition.

You have a lovely sunset image here and you treated the colors with care. It was a great capture of the bird, and you show it off nicely. I do have something of a problem with your shoreline. It looks a bit tilted, and when water looks tilted, one wonders if it is going to flow out of the picture. (joking) In any event, you have just reason to be pleased with that bird and its surroundings.

I'll look forward to seeing more of your work.

Fishnet
by unknowndeath

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club

Oh, I get to critique two of your images in the same week!

You have a lovely image here, good colors, nice placement in the frame of the two men, and a great color scheme with the oranges in the sunset and the still waters.

I have a feeling this did not fare as well as it 'should' because it just didn't meet the details of the Symmetry Challenge. Actually, as one of your commenters said, it really is asymmetrical with the two fisherfolk on the right side of the image.

So, you've got a really nice image that just didn't meet what most people felt was the Challenge requirements.

Again, I look forward to seeing more of your very good work.

WWI Memorial
by Lipstudios

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Greetings from the Critique Club

This very well done image for the Symmetry Challenge leaves me little, if anything to critique. Lighting is good, exposure is right on, the tower doesn't lean, what's not to like.

Our voters liked your image and that score is not something to sneeze at in this tough scoring Challenge.

So, I will simply say "well done" and move on to the next image in the CC Queue.

Best of luck to you in future Challenges.

Screeming mad
by bigtreearrowhead

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Greetings from the Critique Club

Welcome to DPC. I see this is only your third entry, and I hope to see many more from you. If you have the chance to see these eagles frequently, you know you have a very special gift. Please, please take lots more pictures of these birds.

Okay, to work. First, I'm going to apologize for some of your commenters. There are people who are much more thoughtful about their remarks; you just didn't happen to get them this time.

Now: You have the two eagles and I think you were going for the pair as symmetry. I think you almost made it, but because there was so much more in the picture, a viewer would get confused and try to see other patterns. With subject matter like this, I think it's important to try to find a setting that will show them off with the dignity they deserve.

Then, Your birds are not tack-sharp and they should be, since they are the main attraction. One way to up your chances of getting sharp images is to bracket your shots, and take lots of them.

In any event, you have the chance to go out and get more pics of these birds, and for sure, I hope to see more of your work on DPC.

Almost...
by good_ham

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Greetings from the Critique Club

Hey! You hoped for a 3+ and you doubled that +. Not bad for your first entry in DPC. I'm pleased for you and very pleased to have the chance to look at your image.

Obviously, many DPC voters liked it, and I'm no exception. Great colors and certainly this is symmetrical enough to absolutely ace the Challenge category. I really don't have anything here to 'critique' so I'll just say "well done" and go on to the next image in the queue.

Keep 'em coming.

Simple Green
by noraneko

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Greetings from the Critique Club

Love your work, noraneko. You're my kind of photographer.

Okay, to work. Not there there is much work to do on this delicate, delightful image. It's a pattern shot with a little extra work by you to keep our attention on the photograph. Not too blurry, just enough to keep us centered on the frond you accentuate.

The voters appreciated your art in this tough scoring Challenge and I appreciate it too.

Keep 'em coming!

Atomium
by Francis58

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Greetings from the Critique Club

I always like to see these circular, symmetrical images when they show up on DPC. Yours is no exception. You've given us an interesting design, and it was photographed beautifully. Lovely colors.

This very well done image finished in the upper stratosphere of this tough Challenge. I have no "critique" to give of this fine image, so I'll simply say congratulations on both your entry and your score.

Keep up the good work. (And enter more often!)

Blue Glass Office Building
by joeciccone

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Greetings from the Critique Club

Welcome to DPC. I see this is just your third entry at this site and your scores are going up! Great.

For a candid shot, you have a good one. Love the greens against the good blue of the sky. The voters liked your image a lot as well, forgiving you for the light streak at the right side of the picture. As one of your commenters said, your image would work just as well cropping that light streak out.

I'll say congratulations on a very good find, and quite good execution considering the fact that you were shooting through your car's windshield at a traffic light.

And keep those Challenge entries coming...

Clematis: Symmetry 2X Concentric
by 777STAN

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Greetings from the Critique Club

Lovely clematis. You found one in great shape and photographed it well. I will say it is pretty well saturated, and I sure wouldn't want to see it any more saturated.
:-))

But I will suggest that the depth of field might have been a little more shallow to afford more background blurring. The twigs and greenery behind the beautiful flower are a distraction, but had they been blurred out a bit, they would have offered a nice, colorful foil to the flower. Of course, that's just my take on it...

You have a nice image here, one that I'm pleased to have had the opportunity to look at more closely.

Holy symmetries
by Rino63

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Greetings from the Critique Club

LOVE your title! Like you image a lot as well.

That's the thing about churches; no tripods, no flashs, just you and your camera. With any luck there's a bench or pew nearby for a resting place. If not, well, it's "hold your breath" time and hope for the best. You must have champion ability in holding your breath, because this image is tack-sharp. The people are in great focus along with the architecture.

Your post processing is splendid and I am delighted to gaze on the colors. You received a respectable score, but not a great one. I can only imagine that is because our voters were hurried and simply didn't appreciate the beauty that is in this image.

I for one, am glad to have had the chance to look at it carefully. Keep up the good work.