Full moon on a brown-ish blue night
by json

Comment:
great shot I can look at for a long time, but it needs a better title

umbrella
by maryares

Comment:
you should try and make your images as large as possible and I think it will help your score

Northern Lights
by curtiskaj

Comment:
beautiful shot, but wish the power line could magically disappear

1961 Icon : Our Future
by Dr.Confuser

Comment:
good shot and nice angle, but the top of the needle seems alittle blown out

The nature in tne night
by hossam1

Comment:
crisp and clear and like the moon but you should have straightened the horizon

Blowing pipe under the candle
by yjoshi

Comment:
cool idea and nice composition but very grainy

Colors of Night
by Miss Taterbug

Comment:
there seems to be noe point of interest for me to look at

Beautiful Lotus Temple in night light.
by arvinder

Comment:
well done and I like how clear and in focus the temple is as well as the lights coming towards the viewer, would have been nice to have some detail in the lower part of the building and the building seems alittle tilted, only small details though, seven

Penn Relays, world's largest annual track meet, attended by 20,000 athletes and 100,000 plus fans.
by _eug

Comment:
Critique Club
Wow this is my second ribboon I have had to critique in two days so we will see how this one goes. First off congratulations on your Ribbon it well deserved!

To me there are so many interesting aspects to this shot, the point of view from where you are is great with the the bend of track coming into the staggered line of the runners creates a great dynamic and something to keep the eye moving. I like how each individual can tell there own story, from the first runner coming in lane 7 to the poor guy in lane 6 who must be so far behind he doesn't even have his hands off his legs yet. And I think the lighting you captured as well really helps as you get a complementary story in every shadow. It really has almost every thing perfect. I could totally see this in any sports publication from the local paper to Sports Illustrated.
However I do think there could be a couple things improved. One is the crop that you chose cuts off the runner in lane 8 and is really noticeable as that is the main line running through the photograph. You could have possibly zoomed out more to have included the runner in lane 9 also so that you didn't have this mysterious shadow reaching into your photo. But that is it really in terms of composition that I can see could use improvement. The second thing is that title is way too long, and I am not trying to be mean or rude but there are more words and/or numbers in this title than I have ever seen in any other entry on this site. You probably should have stopped after the first comma, or maybe you could have said it was the world's largest annual track meet, but other than that this photo has enough of a story in and of itself that even glancing down at the title like I do with some entries it would take me a few seconds to try and register all of that information that I stop looking at the photo.
Well congratulations again on your ribbon your photo is excellent. If you have any questions or comments just send me a PM.

Freestyle
by mecfcosta

Comment:
Critique Club
This is a great example of catching the critical moment of the action as the skater is trying to ollie over the the skateboard. I know I spent countless hours trying to do the same thing.

While looking at the size of your photo and the size of the file I would first off reccomend using the full 640 pixel size for photos and get as close to the 150 kb limit when you upload the file. This will give your photo the most details it can get. For example The details in the lower skateboard would have been abit more crisp if you had used a larger size file.preparing photos for submission with photoshop Here is a link to help you prepare your photos since I saw that many of your submissions were of around 80kb instead of around 150 kb.

As far as technicals of the photo I think there are a few things that could be improved. Your photo has everything in focus since you use had your lens stopped at f9. This created a distracting background that where my eye jumps from the plant to the main subject to the house in the background. If you don't have time to move to another location with less going on in the background shooting with the lens at the lowest fstop you have available will blur the background and force the eye to focus on the subject. Also many skateboard shots are shot from a very low angle and with a wide angle(like you 18-55 mm lens) to have lots of details about the skater. For example I can see that it looks like his tongue is sticking out and he must be concentrating really hard, I think this detail would give the viewer something to connect to. Also I would have shot the skater from the other side(the side where his back is)and had the skater turn around also so that the shadow across his chest would not be there. Also I am not sure what is going on around the skater's arm it appears you did some cloning or there is a weird shadow.

Overall I think you nailed the hardest part of skateboard photos and that is to get the timing down to that moment where everything comes together, that is a very hard thing to do. The other issues I think were just setup and knowing what angles look good for skateboard shots. My guess is that most voters appreciated the moment you captured but couldn't vote higher because there was abit less to connect with with out a facial expression or arms up in the air trying to balance.
I hope this was helpful to you and not too much critique, but they are just my suggestions and if you have any questions or comments for me you can send me a PM.