Distorted Digits
by shutter22

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Greetings from the Critique Club

Welcome to DPC! You produced an image with a remarkable amount of depth in it. That's hard to do, and you did it!

There were a large number of entries in this Challenge with lots and lots of numbers, and your scoring may have suffered a bit because of that. I did look to see if I could find at least the beginning numbers of PI but didn't find them. That also may have brought down your score a bit.

I would say that you have a creditable first entry, and keep them coming. I for one will look forward to seeing more of your work.

Floral Quilt
by Shuttermonkey

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Greetings from the Critique Club

Your very good title explains and identifies your work nicely.

I very much like the blue & yellow flowers against the desaturated paths. They set off the theme you chose well.

If it was mine, I think I would try for better focus on those flowers; at least the foreground ones. Maybe bracketing those shots (using a tripod if at all possible) would bring up some other focusing choices here. And then, I suppose if I wanted to nitpic a little, a different crop on the right might have eliminated those two little 'v' shaped areas that aren't quite big enough to add to the story (IMO of course).

Still, it's a very good image and one you should be pleased to have entered.

ICONIC
by Car54

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Greetings from the Critique Club

You know, I've seen images of this bridge many times, and you found a new and unique way to photograph it.

I have nothing to add as far as technical or compositional critiquing goes, and will simply say congratulations on your excellent score for an excellent image.

Keep up the good work and continue scoring in the top 10.

Marysville Catholic Church
by cogerox

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Greetings from the Critique Club

Lovely colors in this image. YOu may have started out with washed out colors, but by the time you finished with this image, those colors were just fine.

Your composition works well, and if you didn't correct for perspective, your lens worked for you. I see little distortion and everything looks "normal" (whatever that means).

In other words, I'll just say, congratulations on your excellent score for this piece and keep up the good work.

I will get you!
by lastef

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Greetings from the critique Club

Oh,what a nice moody image you have here. I love the way you captured the waves crashing against the rocks. And yes, the sea gets us all eventually, doesn't it...

I can see this as a big oil painting, showing the insignificance of man against the sea along with the bleakness of the bluffs on which he stands. But, like a few of the other people who commented on your picture, it would have been nice to see a little more color in the image. Color might have added contrast that makes the isolation stand out even more.

In any event, you have a nice piece here and I enjoyed looking at it.

I see you are in Akureyri! When I visited Iceland a loooong time ago, I was taken with the beauty of your city way up there near the Arctic Circle.

Crown
by freakin_hilarious

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Greetings from the Critique Club

Well, it's always nice to get an image to critique that is well done. I get to look at a good piece and get to say nice things.

It's beautifully composed in the frame, and the monotone treatment gives it the austerity you undoubtedly were trying for. The beautifully blurred background acts as a nice foil to the starkness of the main attraction. If it was mine, I'd probably try to get all the stem sharp. But I don't know if that would be an 'improvement'; just different.

In any event you have a nice image here and your score wasn't that crappy.

Funfair
by bjoern

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Greetings from the Critique Club

What a find! And a great capture of this incredible night scene. Not easy to do, IMO, but you did it.

There's the nicely in-focus lantern in the 'sweet spot' and all the motion behind it. You've captured the frenetic motion very well in this image.

Our voters are a hurried bunch, and they probably saw all the pieces without looking for the comprehensive whole. In my opinion, they missed the boat, but you didn't.

Keep up the good work and to heck with the scoring.

Just What I Need
by Liehsc

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Greetings from the Critique Club

Now there's a man who likes his vodka martinis!

Very nice light to dark shades in this black & white image. And I very much like the way you used the black paper to curve around the background. It looks seamless and professional.

If it was mine, I'd probably try to control the ambient lighting a bit more. As some of your commentors said, the room is well represented in the bottle. Another way around the ambient light problem might be to frost the bottle as you have the glass. Might be messy, but might be interesting.

As far as composition goes, while I like the off-center position of the bottle and glass (the glass is VERY well done, by the way) I'm not sure why the items are offset. I think the left side of this very nice image could use a bit more punch. For example, if the gentle streak of light caused by the curve in the black paper were brighter, it might lead the viewer to the main attraction.

Okay, that's your 2¢ from this Critique Club member. And I do wish you much success in DPC.

World's Smallest Farm
by kelmat

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Greetings from the Critique Club

Ha Ha. All it needs is a rocking chair on the front porch! And maybee a dawg...

Technically, this is nicely exposed with the reds and weathered grays good foils for each other. Nice subdued shadows make the colors glow. As one of your commentors mentioned, the trees are a bit green, but what the heck, it's spring.

Composition: Well that half-a-tree on the right side bothers me a bit. The image could well stand some closer cropping on the right side and on the bottom, thus removing that half-a-tree (which is anachronistic anyhow) and perhaps giving the image more pop factor. Try it and see what you think.

Overall, I think it was a good find and you handled it nicely.

You're new to DPC so let me be among the first to welcome you to the site. I hope you have fun here and I'll look forward to seeing more of your work.

Odd Kitties
by RiderGal

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Greetings from the Critique Club

Well, this is a difficult sssignment: How do I critique Art (with a capital "A")

First of all, I like your piece, a lot. Great placement of the lamps, sofa, person, cats, even that thing with the yellow trim. Lighting is good for the mood you were evoking, with those dusky colors in the background and the soft, natural lighting on the person. Any brighter and the illusion would have left.

Of course the kittens are a bonus attraction, and it's a delight to come across them when one takes the time to find them.

But you know what our hurried voters saw and didn't see. They missed the story entirely and saw only the multitude of individual pieces. They called it "busy" and voted low and moved on.

I expect you are not too upset over your score. From examining your portfolio, yOu know you're good and you know you have a good piece here.

Enjoy your time among the beautiful hills of Ithaca. I have fond memories of the Cornell campus.