Road Closed
by clay622

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club

Welcome to DPChallenge. Now you have your first Challenge under your belt - didn't hurt a bit, did it!

You have an image here that certainly literally meets the Challenge, but it just didn't score very well. Perhaps I can give you a few ideas to try next time...

I'm looking for a Center of Interest. Yes, the road is there, but so are signs, underbrush, fresh logs, and a gray sky. I'm sort of looking for some reason to look at this image. The Barrier is rather interesting; it along with the road could make up a composition. Or perhaps used in conjunction with that sign stating the obvious: No thru traffic. In other words, it might be fun to see how to simple this subject down to include just two or three important items to give the viewer something to focus on.

And then, to get more different values into an image, even on a gray day, I have tried bracketing my shots and even changing the ISO, for example, to see what happens. And if all else fails, there is always Photoshop to change an image to black and white using the Channel Mixer to give some depth.

Have I given you enough to go on? Or mabee a bit more than you really wanted to hear? (joking)

IN any event, welcome to DPC. I'll look forward to seeing more of your work.

Alice

Two Point Landing
by rayg544

Comment:
If only this gorgeous beauty could have been flapping those wings into the picture rather than at the left edge. (I know, easier to say than to do, sometimes)

Eccentricity
by 2mccs

Comment:
I don't have a clue as to how you did this, but I love it.

'the cat'
by suemack

Comment:
This is a beautiful image. Thank you for showing it.

Mud Road
by margiemu

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club

Well, here you are with your first Challenge under your belt. Congratulations for getting your feet wet, both figuratively, and from your image, in reality as well.

While I like your image quite a lot, it could have used a little mor real estate in front of the puddle to give even more of an indication of the hurdle to be overcome by the vehicle trying to traverse it.

It looks as if it was a foggy day and you still captured some good value changes. More would have helped. If you can, you might try bracketing your shots to see if another close setting could bring out more of the colors. (I had to look really hard in my instruction book to find out how to do that)

Image too small: If you have Photoshop CS or CS2 (I don't know about Elements) you can Save to Web. This is the easiest way to get to 640 pixels on the longest side. (I save these truncated images in a separate file) If you have any questions on this, PM me and I'll see if I can help.

So, I wish you good luck in your future Challenges. The hard one is over. I'll look forward to seeing more of your work.

Alice

Huh?!
by Sunshine86

Comment:
appealing image. gave me a chuckle as well as the chance to enjoy your composition.

Reversed Gravity
by olihar

Comment:
GOOD one!

Escape
by Odie

Comment:
Nice action shot

High Voltage
by dw_photo

Comment:
good seeing to find this interesting juxtaposition.

Trooper
by dpatterson

Comment:
I really want to like this because of that cute little dog. Unfortunately, there is a whole lot of background that is distracting attention away from the little cuty.