Waiting for the young birds
by Gudjonotto

Comment:
Hello from the Critique club

An appealing image that meets the challenge well

Another excellent natural study Otto, well done. A nice pose with good accurate focus and use of DOF the colouring and detail is superb, again a high quality result. I have to confess though I feel a little frustrated that I would prefer to see use made of the water to reflect him as opposed to the soft focus background you have chosen. I think it would have worked even better but you still have a first class image, well done.

Waiting Game
by Phocal

Comment:
Hello from the Critique club

An appealing image that meets the challenge well

You have to be commended for your patience, well done! Although these types of shots have been done many times before they never cease to appeal, he’s a beaut. Good sharp accurate focus and DoF that isolates him well with good colour and detail he’s nicely marked but those eyes – ah they’re gorgeous. Against all that green the red/brown markings really stand out, nice as they are I sort of wish he was all green because of the dominance of green throughout the rest of the image. My only criticism is that personally, I would have cloned out the stalk on the right hand edge it is a little distracting. Thanks for an excellent entry

Hello dude
by Gudjonotto

Comment:
Hello from the Critique club

An appealing image that contributes well to the open challenge

What a lovely puffin study. You have captured him/her in a lovely active pose, too often these lovely birds are too passive this is a lovely exception, good timing. The detail is absolutely lovely making for a high quality end result that evokes admiration. The background is well out of focus enabling the bird to stand out well and the composition is good. The only minor criticism would be the dark patch behind and above the bird it is a little distracting and lessens the effect somewhat.

Thanks Otto for another excellent entry

Vicious
by Phocal

Comment:
Hello from the Critique club

An interesting image that contributes to the open challenge

Basking in the sunshine, ah you can’t beat it! What a cute little critter. Well done in capturing this natural study. As your commenter has pointed out the foreground stick is unfortunately marring the end result significantly, its such a shame because the reflection is so effective. But, there are certain situations we find ourselves in that we can’t do anything about but well done for a good attempt.

• f i l i g r e e •
by Ja-9

Comment:
Hello from the Critique club

An interesting image that contributes to the open challenge

Another iteration of previous entries, it still makes a beautiful study. Thanks Janine

Bird Egg Timer
by clickodak

Comment:
Hello from the Critique club

An interesting image that meets the challenge

Your intention to demonstrate the necessary passing of time to maturity of the chicks in order to break out of the eggs is quite obvious. I’m not sure that its worked very well, the eggs themselves are quite insignificant through soft focus and diminutive size, certainly in comparison to the egg timer itself. I think it would have worked much better to have the egg-timer in soft focus in the background, that way the emphasis would have been on the eggs with a less obvious but equally effective inference of time passing.

For those concerned for the welfare of the nest ‘No fledglings were harmed in the making of this image’ might have been a worthwhile comment to include! Thanks for your entry Marcel.

Sirocco
by riot

Comment:
Hello from the Critique club

An interesting image that meets the challenge well.

Well yes, you’re right about the noise, this is definitely a candidate for the string theory! A great composition, excellent use of an intimate space within a global space it works really well. The distortions that could be expected from such a wide angle shot have been handled very well to keep them to the minimum as you have. His image is not as good as yours! Well done for another excellent image Eugene

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by Lionsitaly

Comment:
Hello from the Critique club

An interesting image that meets the challenge well.

Welcome back to DPC after too long an absence! I have mixed feelings about the lighting for your entry and the choice of the three glasses and liquids. I rather think it would probably have been more effective with just the right-hand glass. I like the base of the glass the way the lighting has illuminated the area around the base and stem. To a lesser degree the middle glass works a little but the red glass fails to impress it adds nothing to the end result. Perhaps the two glasses would have worked better. To be honest, I think you may have tried to be too innovative with the laser lighting perhaps a straightforward setup may have been the way to go?

Sorry you didn't get any comments during the challenge, I hope this helps. Thanks for your entry Marco.

glasscity of my dreams
by arju

Comment:
Hello from the Critique club

An appealing image that meets the challenge well.

Welcome to DPC with your virgin entry and what a lovely entry it is. These lovely glass elements have been well exposed with good use of lighting against the unevenly lit background that adds another interest overall. The lighting from both sides has picked up detail on both sides of the shapes in a clearly defined way that adds interest. It is a lovely image that fulfils the challenge brief very well.

Thank you for your entry Arvid, we look forward to many more interesting entries from you soon.

Isolated Perspectives II: Dividing Glass
by riot

Comment:
Hello from the Critique club

An excellent image that meets the challenge well.

Wow! What a steady hand you have! If I can pass on a tip that I use in low-light situations, a piece of string attached to the bottom of the camera long enough to reach the floor with your foot on it pull up hard against the string and hand-holding 1 second becomes a doddle.

Thank you for your detailed write-up which adds a lot about your motivation and thought processes which, unfortunately, the voter wouldn’t have had access to but really this deserved a higher score than you received. I do like the blur of the waiter I like the shallow DOF and I like all the glass elements and their different functions, it also illustrates how divorced we become from each other with these mobile contraptions that dominate our everyday existence. As you can tell, I like it a lot for all the reasons you’ve stated, I can imagine myself in exactly the same situation doing very similar and also playing with the other images you’ve thoughtfully included. I think we have to recognise that it may have a limited appeal but I do think you could have improved it with a closer crop excluding the foreground furniture and honing in on the couple so, same format clipped bottom and sides.

Thank you for a very stimulating image Eugene.