Man sitting on a bluff deep in thought and contemplation.
by Cyrilda

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Hello from the critique club

An appealing image that fulfils the challenge brief

A contemplative moment nicely captured against an inspiring landscape. I like your composition that makes best use of the wonderful scenery your husband is clearly enjoying in an appreciative way taking in the grandeur of the scene in front of him. The foreground, with its backlighting and consequently him too stand out very effectively against the background giving the whole image more of a 3D effect that helps us engage more fully with where he is. A lovely image Susie that you will be able to treasure for many years to come.

The toddler princess
by RulerZigzag

Comment:
Hello from the critique club

An appealing image that fulfils the challenge brief

A lovely portrait that I̢۪m sure will continue to give your family much pleasure in the years to come, she looks lovely. Her expression is really quite intriguing and appealing a sort of mixture of self-confidence and mild apprehension very much a moment in time that captures the mysterious element of growing up, acquiring skills, knowledge and self-confidence, it sort of says it all really. Well done Anton, she̢۪s lovely.

Dia de Los Muertos
by tylskie

Comment:
Hello from the critique club

An appealing image that fulfils the challenge brief

That looks like some spectacular festival, I̢۪ve just been looking at your other recent entry from there too. Whilst I like the colourful detail of your subject I feel you have missed a great opportunity to really wow the viewer with a much more dynamic image. Had you got the person really animated with a much more aggressive facial and body pose you could have really scared the viewer and probably got a more responsive result. I agree with Georges the cropping is a shame and also unnecessary I would have thought, but I do prefer the off-centre pose. Thanks Erin for showing us an interesting character in his colourful costume.

Young soul in an old man...
by WonderDude

Comment:
Hello from the critique club

An appealing image that fulfils the challenge brief

A nice pleasing portrait of your father that conveys a happy gentle nature at peace with himself. The bokeh and flare of the background works well but that same flare is also its undoing, there is just too much of it in the important areas of detail, ie., his face. The flare is such that it is not flattering indeed, it is to the detriment of cleanly portraying his facial features. I think also, wide open is too shallow a DOF especially with the flare everything is just too soft. Having said all that Daniel, you have a lovely portrait that will continue to mean a lot to you in the coming years, well done.

Morning Glory
by Phocal

Comment:
Hello from the critique club

An appealing image that contributes well to the challenge

I like the creative use you have made of your wide angle lens here. Your human is isolated and key to the image as a whole and therefore, in my mind, fulfils the challenge brief well, a portrait doesn̢۪t always have to the obvious facial jobby. I like the way the lens has emphasised the tailfin, I also like your bold use of contre-jour, the backlit flag, the shadows, the rays, it all works well for me. I̢۪m sorry your entry didn̢۪t do much better for you Ronnie, thats the blind nature of the DPC beast sometimes.

The Times They are A Changin
by SEG

Comment:
Hello from the critique club

An interesting image that contributes to the challenge

It looks more like the truck failed to stop! I̢۪m not too sure how effective your image is at conveying the message of change, the need to fill up with fuel is still current even though this particular venue is not. We can see that time is taking its toll on this site and slowly helping it to deteriorate but the change is very slow. I think something that represents a more recent development that impacts everyday life would have been better, for example, a wind farm generating power. I like the mono conversion and particularly like the sky. Thanks for your entry Louis.

Masters of War
by Phocal

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I left a critique on this image yesterday, I've no idea where it has gone...

hurricane
by Hoghemaru

Comment:
Hello from the critique club

An interesting image that contributes well to the challenge

Your image encapsulates the theme of the song well. Good props, I like your composition, focus and DOF it all works well together, the mono processing is good too. The text complements and explains the theme well. Sorry you didn̢۪t get any comments during the challenge, I hope this makes up for it, well done Fabio.

Sunday morning
by docjonny

Comment:
Hello from the critique club

An interesting image that contributes well to the open challenge

As you say, this is a popular viewpoint but nonetheless still very appealing. This is well executed with a good level of detail throughout the image. I am not in favour of a sterile scene completely lacking in people especially a cityscape and one that you expect to see plenty of people in so I like the person in the lower left and those on the bridge its minimal but essential. There is quite a high key feel to your mono conversion which works well though the rather bland and largely uninteresting sky would have benefited from cropping in favour of the immediate foreground especially using the wide angle to accentuate the near leading lines. A good job well done Jonathon.

Downward-Facing Dog
by Phocal

Comment:
Hello from the critique club

An interesting image that contributes well to the open challenge

A good action capture of formation flight. I like that you have used a shutter speed fast enough to catch the planes with good sharp detail (I have to disagree with one of your commenters) and yet still slow enough to show the motion blur of the props as opposed to the all too often used too high shutter speed that freezes the prop making it look like a cut-out in the sky. Composition-wise I would prefer it if the planes weren̢۪t quite so central, I like the smoke trail appearing from the top left but the planes would be more dynamic if they were further to the lower right of the frame.