Perth: City of Lights
by Delta_6

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club

Oh, Perth! If I ever get back to Australia, that is very high on my 'list' along with the rest of Western Australia.

You've given us a good look at the present-day skyline of this beautiful city. As your other commenters have noted, this image is well composed but is a bit 'hot'. Melethia has given you some excellent pointers on how to correct that, and I'll give you one more: Bracket your shots. On a night shot like this, you used a tripod. When it's all set up, it's a matter of a few tweaks of the camera settings to change the aperature/shutter speed. Then you can select the best exposure later on. Then, in RAW, you can change the exposure setting as well. Experiment! It's fun to play - with a copy of your original, of course.
:-))

I'll look forward to seeing more of your photography from this beautiful place.

Cacti
by psart

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club

I love to see these cacti,especially when they are in bloom or have all that colorful fruit clinging to the edges of the paddles.

You did get some nice lights and darks in this image, and it comes close to making it as a pattern shot. However, I think digitalknight was on the mark with his comments which i won't belabor.

When I glanced at your portfolio, I noted you have some lovely pictures of the Arizona desert. I hope you continue to find and submit them to future Challenges.

Man and Nature
by Greetmir

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club

You have an interesting story-telling image here. From what I can tell from your portfolio, you like to take your photography to the edge and you certainly did that here.

I think for a 'better' score, this image might have done well if it was simpled down a bit. Cropping out some of the power lines would bring attention to the very nice action of the bird and light post and sun, which I think are the main story points here.

Since this was Expert Editing, you could have played around with the sun so that it wasn't so 'hot' (pun not intended) but you didn't so I expect you wanted it that way. Again, voters may have disagreed.

In any event, it's an intriguing image and one I'm pleased to have had the chance to view.

The Caretaker
by librodo

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club

librodo you have again done a difficult and extraordinary image. And done it well. I'm really not sure how to 'critique' this image, so I'll just tell you it is exquisite and pretty much leave it at that.

The variations in color and patterns culminating with in starkness of the doorway make this a terrific image. Thanks for entering it.

Ripponden light
by KHolt

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club

And what beautiful light you found. I was trying to find out what Ripponden meant until I saw it is a place name. Makes sense then.

This image has wonderful colors, and of course the rays are very special and add a great deal to the composition. The water looks serene and inviting. You've invoked a nice feeling of quietude in this image. I wish that log was just a bit more, well, photogenic. Maybe introducing a little color (this was Expert Editing) to the log would bring out something to make it a bit more attractive. As usual, I'll add the caveat that this is just one person's opinion.

It's a lovely image just as it is, and you received a fairly good score from our voters. Keep up the good work.

Storm Over the City
by option

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club

Terrific whites, grays and darks. You found a great sky and captured it well. The one-third, two-thirds composition works well and while it would have been splendid if you could have had a calm, motionless body of water, this rippled effect works too.

I'm of two minds about the rocks to the right. While I suspect you were going for an anchor for the bottom of the image, and this is one, I wish it was a bit stronger. Naturally, that's just one person's opinion (mine) and should be taken as such.

In any event, this image worked well for you and you received some nice scores from our voters. And I do like to see nicely done black & white work. This is, indeed, nicely done.

Say Cheeeeeese!
by photobarb

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club

Oh,what a beautiful puppy.

You chose a perfect simple setting for this beauty and, of course, the expression on the Weimareiner is priceless. I think the technicals work well for you here and the colors are wonderful.

My only suggestion would be to crop this image way down. Just south of his front paws at the bottom and just away from his back paws to the right. This draws the viewer's attention right to the beautiful dog. I very much like the amount of space you have to the left and at the top of the image.

Your monochromatic color scheme is perfect for this portrait, and the doggy smile is perfect.

Head for the mountains
by marvin

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club

I'm always pleased to get an image from Iceland to critique. I visited your beautiful country for a few weeks a long time ago, and fell in love with it. You have so many kinds of natural beauty. I'll also add that I visited Þingvellir. One of the oldest continuous parlimentary gatherings in the world. Wow.

Okay, to work. Your colors are great, and you show off those snow covered mountains beautifully. They attract the eye immediately and it's tough to let go to visit the rest of your image. But, visit it we must. I find the Direction Pole a bit distracting. I didn't know what it was until I read your notes. It doesn't stand out from the landscape around it, except for that white top. That top is pretty close to the mountains and tends to compete with them.

You have some beautifully detailed information in the mountains and sky, but your foreground could use some darks and lights to bring out the beauty that also exists there. (and I'd lose the Pole.)

All of this is my opinion of course, and just one person's viewpoint. You live in a spectacular place, keep those spectacular images coming.

Look to the Skies
by menele

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club

My first reaction upon seeing this image come up in the queue:

"Awwww, nice!"

Truly you have a simple, starkly black composition of a complex subject, with a perfect background of complementary colors. What's not to like.

I don't see anything technical that needs to be pointed out and I really like the image.

Your score is respectable, but not great. Perhaps it's because voters had a steady diet of flamboyant images using the Expert Editing mode, while your image relies on simplicity. Always hard to tell what's going on in the mind of our voters.

You're fairly new to DPC and when I looked at y our portfolio, I see you've jumped in with both feet. Keep up the good work. I'll look forward to seeing more of your images.

Chuckers my Backyard Buddy
by NovaTiger

Comment:
Ha Ha, cute one. Love your neighbor. Love that tail! Great capture.