~ B E N T ~
by goc

Comment:
greetings from the critique club!

i should be diplomatic, but i love this shot. it makes me want to visit croatia even more than i did before.

the color and placement of the subject is great. my only suggestion would be to somehow have tried to eliminate the mass of grass on the left. if you could have moved higher to get more of the fence in the shot, that would have given you some great leading lines right to the subject. as it is, the grass is a bit distracting, but the excellent use of depth of field mitigates it.

congratulations on a fine shot and the great post-processing of it.

rob

To The Light
by h0bbel

Comment:
greetings from the critique club!

i really like this shot in a number of ways. the nighttime scene and the silhouettes work well with the color tones that you have left in the shot.

my biggest suggestion here concerns the top 1/3 or so of the photo. i'm a big fan of "white space," but everything above the streetlight is lost. there's some definition there, but not enough to see what it is. it's almost frustrating.

the real gem area of the shot, IMHO, is the cobblestones up to the streetlight. there's enough empty area in there that it wouldn't be focused on the silhouettes, but it would rework the composition so that the viewer's eye knows exactly where to land. i hope that makes sense.

in any event, this is a nice take on the challenge. the addition of color (albeit muted color) and the absence of commotion is different from what i would expect, but i still think it fits the challenge quite nicely. great work.

rob

Watching the Ships Go By
by RamblinR

Comment:
greetings from the critique club.

first of all, i have to admit that i do not care for selective desaturation in general. with that in mind, here are a couple of points i would like to make.

1) the photo is lacking contrast overall. the desaturated parts end up been mostly a mottled gray that actually has some tint to it. the rest of the image should pop even though you've obviously chosen the ship as the focal point.

2) i'm not sure this is exactly what people thought they'd see in a "street photography" challenge. while i'm not directly tied to the presence of an actual street in the photograph, this doesn't have the urban, gritty, action feel that i would expect a photograph to have in this challenge. this seems to be more of a peaceful scene, whereas "street" photography is really about action or commotion.

3) the crop on the bench is pretty tight. i like that the people are off to the right, but the bench feels closed in. i think a wider angle that is not so "bench centered" might relieve some of the visual tension in the photo.

i hope this helps you out!

rob

Point of no return
by hkvam

Comment:
this is one of the simplest shots and really one of the best.

Winter Light
by hi131

Comment:
needs more contrastinessâ„¢

Splash
by photobuddy

Comment:
i know people are all anti-splash shots this week, but i think this is well-done.

Waiting for the game
by mariegbeve

Comment:
funny. we use hockey sticks instead of shovels when we play. are we doing it wrong?

Icy Creatures
by Krystle

Comment:
this would be better if it was in focus. the color is good, though.

"Iced Tree, Hold the Lemon."
by Flatwmn

Comment:
wow. that's really cool with the water. it could stand to be a little brighter, and there's a dust boogie on the right in the middle.

The Glass is Half Full
by baco99

Comment:
this is not a bad concept, but the background is distracting and the bottom of the glass really takes away from the rest of the shot.