Travel to see MJ
by rj324

Comment:
At an NBA game I think you could have gotten a much better "traveling" shot :) If you know what I mean :) Nice shot!

His light travels with me.
by Vision

Comment:
Unique interputation of the challenge :) Technically well executed too! Good job!

Tomorrow's Hero . . . Today
by maken-waves

Comment:
This is very nice, but I think you should have resized so that one side was the full 640 pixels... This was too small to show the detail.

A Study in Brown
by myqyl

Comment:
To those that asked... This is an endangered African plains deer. I don't know it's name, but she currently lives at the Wild Animal Park (a subsidiary of the San Diego Zoo)... I took this from a tram ride that goes around the enclosure the animals share.

Four Gospels
by Tarbini

Comment:
Very well composed shot with strong diagonals. The grays are a bit muddy, which is a problem I always have when I shot Black & White. I wish I could tell you how to fix it. Wonderful message and well executed. Congrats on a great shot.

Coldplay
by arnit

Comment:
This is a great shot, but I can't see the relation to Four... If I'm missing something here, please let me know.

Self Service
by Swashbuckler

Comment:
Interesting shot and I'm certain you did it in camera... I just hope your ready to hear the shouts of the angry mobs :) Not sure how I feel about this kind of shot myself yet... I'm going to judge it on it's merits, I just am having some trouble deciding if I like it...

Primary Swirls
by CreativeFlyPhoto

Comment:
Critique Club Comment

Composition : Great use of a repeating pattern breaking ranks, with the rightmost marble elevated a smidgen above the others. I have to admit that I am also distracted by the fibers on the marbles surface.

Exposure/Lighting : Largely wonderful. There seems to have been a strong light shinning from the upper left that distracted a little bit, but not overly much.

Focus : Excellent. I think you made very effective use of DoF and you had a nice sharp focus where it belonged :)

Opinion : I liked this image quite a bit. Simple ideas are often the best ideas. But I do think you may have wanted to buff them up a bit with a lint free cloth :)

Christmas Time Is Here
by jenarom

Comment:
Critique Club Comment

Composition : Brilliant use of negative space! The placement of the ornament as well as the branches is masterful!

Exposure/Lighting : I agree with those that liked the "hot spot". I think it added a lot to the image. Great exposure on all aspects. I was especially impressed with the detail in the golden cap of the ornament.

Focus : The softness of the one branch was effective, but I think what distracted some folks was that most of the branches were sharp and just that one part of the branch was outside the DoF. But I have to say, that didn't bother me in the least.

Post Processing : Whatever you did to it in Photoshop, you did extremely well! Seemed a little over-sharp in places (but that's just me)

Emotion/Challenge : Like so many said, print it and mail it out :) Excellent shot!

shopping cart rally
by Arachnophilia

Comment:
Critique Club Comment

Composition : There is one strong line here that seems to be nicely placed.

Exposure/Lighting : Large portions of the top are completely lost in black while sections of the middle are burned to pure white. As I can't really tell where this was (the title suggests a store) I can't be sure if this could have been avoided.

Focus : Focus didn't seem to be an objective of this image. The blur of whatever is in the middle (shopping cart) seems to indicate motion from the lower left to the upper right, but not so I can be certain of it. I really wish you had included Shutter / Aperture / ISO as that could have helped me figure out what you were going for.

Emotion/Challenge : The feeling of motion is certainly present. I just would have been happier if I could detect direction, and maybe even what was moving.

Opinion : This is one of those shots that I sit and scratch my head over and am not surprised to see in a museum later. This could very well be high art, but if so, it's over my head.