Eye of the Beholder
by peecee

Comment:
Nice image with good leading lines and colour contrast but I think it needed to have less sky to help lift the foreground.

Rebecca
by nolock

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club

You have photographed a wonderful portrait with great lighting used although I would have liked to seen the catchlights in the eyes a little less harsh but apart from that it has excellent lighting.

The more I look at this image the more I realize this is a real first class image the hidden and apparent connotations are overflowing in this work. Those beautiful eyes can say many things to many viewers personally I see a hint of sorrow and dreams of far away. The added touch of just the right amount of transparency through the veil has given the image a special quality and has the viewer searching for more.

It is a shame it does not quite meet the challenge guidelines and I feel the voters were a little harsh on such a quality image but the DPC community love to pull out the old “Does not meet the challenge” to decimate good images.

Wishing all the best for future challenges and congratulations on this image.

Kind Regards

Tim Sturt

I will stop photographing flags!
by samtrundle

Comment:
I love this abstract. Don't care about meeting challenge or whatever just a great image 10

Resist all temptations
by Gauti

Comment:
Forget the resolution life would be far to boring. Good take on the challenge and well composed although the lighting could have been better.

Stop Smoking, Clean and MORE FLOWERS!
by banmorn

Comment:
great lighting

More.....
by loz1

Comment:
Don't we all !!. A simple image with a very strong message. well done

Kick the Habit
by soup

Comment:
Nice work but I feel the light is a bit bright on the cig packet.

Enough! No more alcohol this year.
by nolock

Comment:
good image with the liquid captured nice and sharp but please tell me that isn't real chivas going down the toilet?.

Broken away
by LevT

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club,

I like the idea behind the image and the lighting is very good it was the good afternoon light that gives the image character with the shadows coming across the eggs.

But it just needs a better composition to make the presentation more appealing. I suppose you could spend hours arranging things and get caught up too much without really stepping back and seeing some more basic aspects. To me the way the image is presented now it would look better if it was in landscape orientation but something I would also do would get the camera angle much lower to the ground to bring you into the subject.

You had a very good concept that just lacked a little extra planning before you shot to get you the score it deserved.

Best wishes and good luck in future challenges.

Tim Sturt

Rebel Yell
by umbris

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club,

This was a good subject for this challenge but it lacks any real focal point, which leaves the viewer thinking that it just a pile of junk. If you could have displayed it in such a way that the rebel body and logo was more prominent I think you would have had a much stronger image.

The image is nice and sharp with very good lighting and exposure but it’s far to busy which is the real problem and is probably what held it back in the scoring.

The visual image of a camera in pieces would certainly evoke emotions amongst fellow photographers so you did well in your selection but it just needed better composition.

Good luck in future challenges

Regards

Tim Sturt