Coming Round The Bend
by Sammie

Comment:
Great train! Nice composition on the curve - but I'l like to see more of the center of the train. Colors a bit washed out, could be an exposure problem.

Heanenly Trio
by LENWOODBLUZ

Comment:
Comment: I've alreadt done a critique on this - but when I went back to the CC page - it came up again. Is the random generator saying I need to get my act together and do it right? lol

Heanenly Trio
by LENWOODBLUZ

Comment:
Hi Len and * Greetings from the Critique Club *

Heanenly Trio (Heavenly Trio)

You have a very graphic image taken under difficult lighting conditions.

It fits the three's challenge perfectly and is a strong submission. Don't feel bad about your placement (which was very good) as there were a great many superb submission for this challenge.

I'm sure you've read the comments already provided - and I'm afraid I don't have much else to offer. I did try lightening the sky (except for the sunburst) and adjusting the perspective a bit. I feel this did help the image somewhat.

Modified LEN_WOOD

Keep shooting and submitting - you do very nice work.

-Tom-

3 dots
by claudiadf

Comment:
Hi Claudia and * Greetings from the Crique Club *

3 dots

Does it meet the challenge Yes, without any doubt.

Exposure Appears right on, but the reflected light on the dots is a bit distracting due to its brightness.

Focus Great focus on the center dot, but due to the abstract nature of the image - it would probably be stroinger if you could have stopped way down.

Composition Excellent diagonal placement works very well.

Overall impact The image is rather intriguing and mysterious, but lacks that one special thing to give it the "wow" factor. Many voters probably lowered their scores because they could not tell what it was.

Other comments The "Threes" challenge was a very hard one to score well as it had a great number of superb entries.

Keep shooting and sharing!

-Tom-

3 primary colors 2004
by dados

Comment:
Hi Michael and * Greetings from the Critique Club *

Your very first submission - congratulations!

3 primary colors 2004

Does it meet the challenge Yes, without a doubt.

Technical stuff Composition: It's a bit centered - may work a bit better if the camera was rotated so that the crayons were in a diagonal composition. That would also remove the complaint noted by your commenter that there wasn't much on the left and right edges.

Exposure: It's a great exposure for the lighting used, but the shadows block out the crayon tips as noted by several commenters. A secondary light source or reflector would help a lot.

Focus: Spot on given the lighting conditions.

Overall Impact It's a great idea executed well. It just didn't have the additional "wow" factor to make voters rate it higher. The flaws in the subject (lines on the crayons) and the title (green isn't primary) probably cost you points from a few who scored this.

Keep shooting and submitting.

-Tom-

Late May Trillium
by FrostyPaws

Comment:
Hi Susan and * Greetings from the Critique Club *

The random generator has a sense of humor - the last image I just critiqued was a trio of trilliums.

Don't feel bad about not scoring high in the "three's" challenge - it was one with a vast array of strong competition.

Now - about "Late May Trillium."

Meeting the challenge No question about this!

Technical stuff Exposure is perfect. You've kept accurate, yet saturated, colors in nice soft, flat lighting.

Focus: Great - eliminating all distracting elements and concentrating on your subject.

Composition: A classic, formal composition that works well. Some would argue that you should not cut off the tips of the flowers, but I do NOT agree with that thought for this image. It works very well.

How can it be improved I would guess that the main reason your score wasn't better is threefold; a) The great number of superb images in this challenge, b) There is a huge number of flower images - and every little flaw [in the subject] is recognized. The fact that the Trillium is starting to fade away probably made some voters deduct points. I guess the way to score high is to use "more perfect" specimens. c) The flat lighting does not give it that final push - the "wow factor." It may be a good idea to carry onlong gold/silver/white reflectors to pump some nice light on the flowers. It just needs something to pull it up above thge "average."

I see this is just your third challenge, but keep submitting! You have a good eye.

-Tom-

Trillium Trio
by Coley

Comment:
Hi Cole and *Greetings from the Critique Club *

First - don't feel bad about not scoring higher in the "three's" challenge. It was filled wih a ton of really great entries - you had a lot of competition.

Technical Stuff Exposure is perfect - and not easy to do with so much pure white in the composition.

Coposition is very effective and pleasing - placing the main subjects on a diagonal line is very effective.

Focus is good throughout - but this may be a problem in that the background - especially the largest trunk behind the left flower - becomes distracting. Opening the lens a bit may have been a better choice.

Lighting is very flat but there is a hint of some really nice light filtering through on the leaves at the right. I don't know if it would have happened, but more of that light on the rest of the image could have improved it.

Artistic elements It may be a bit more artsy if the left blossum was also facing more "head on." Perhaps if you moved to the left a bit you could have done that and also removed the tree trunk from directly behind the left flower.

Meeting the challenge Are you kidding? If anyone thought otherwise, he or she needs an eye doctor.

Keep shooting and sharing - you have a good eye.

-Tom-

Vus'musi with Mom Ndula and Aunt Umgani
by dr rick

Comment:
Hi Rick and * Greetings from the Critique Club *

Before I dig a bit into this image - I must tell you that I love your March Free Study and Magic entries! As a fellow Californian, I appeciate how fortunate you were to get the lighting you did on "Between Winter and Spring."

Your threes submission has a great feel to it - a very nice family scene. It's very well done - not much to suggest on the technical side as composition (for threes), exposure and focus are spot on.

Having said that - perhaps my most dominate critique item is the composition for "threes." Due to the separation of the animals, you really have two images here - the two left elephants and the trailing elephant. I hope you tried one focusing on the front two.

A second thing that pops out is the very flat lighting. It would be much stronger if there were some shadows to give it more depth. (Not high noon - but perhaps late in the day.) That would also add some nice warm light to bring out the brown of the mom's skin.

Here's something I toyed with - I know it's cropped way to close in - but perhaps demonstrates the points I made.

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Have you ever been to the "Roar and Snore" - and if so, do you recommend it?

Good shooting,

-Tom-

Discipline, or lack thereof
by Louison

Comment:
Hi Louison and * Greetings from the Critique Club *

For some reason the "Three's" challenge was full of very strong entries. You should feel very good with your finish and the fact that you seemed to have won "the challenge of the eggs."

Now lets dig into your three eggs. Technically it is perfection:

Exposure: Excellent - even with a very difficult challenge for your meter(s).

Composition: Don't see how it could be any better.

Focus: Perfect.

Other: The is a very slight band of gray about 1/2 the distance from the top to the eggs. Image would be a bit stronger without it.

The left egg merges into the background at the top. Slightly different positioning of the reflected light should fix.

Title: Not really a part of the image - but too subtle. The way the eggs are positioned, I see something like "Will you marry me?" or "Two's company, three's a crowd."

Just my ideas - and really hard to give much in the way of improvement when the image is so strong already.

-Tom-

The HP # 3
by TommyMoe21

Comment:
Hi Tom and * Greetings from the Critique Club *

First - don't feel bad about not scoring higher in the "three's" challenge - it was one with gobs of very strong entries.

Your image is technically "perfect" - Exposure - right on, focus - tack sharp where needed, and a composition that "follows the rules."

So what the hay- why didn't it do a bit better? I don't know but I suspect it was mostly due to the competition - and the fact that this image just doesn't quite have enought "wow" factor. The metallic ribbon was a good attempt to add the "wow" but apparently didn't convince the voters. I had similar problem with my submission.

I know I didn't give you any magic formula with this critique - there wasn't really anything "wrong" with the image I could suggest correcting.

Keep thinking. Keep shooting. Keep sharing.

-Tom-