UNDERWATER-HOUSING-004.jpg
by jblaylockrayner

Comment:
Ohhh, underwater housing. I hope you SCUBA! Can't wait for more wide angle underwater shots from you!

Afterlife
by Monicagd

Comment:
The Willi's have no wings! Knowing how hard it is to shoot theatre, especially a ballet that is this dark in this act, kudos! I hope this is understood by enough people to garner you a good score. Good luck!

The Life Beyond the Tracks
by Dirt_Diver

Comment:
Uhm - wow, this doesn't really need a critique, but hello from the critique club!

This is an interesting picture. My first instinct is to say the curves before the vanishing point may have hurt you a touch. The point is distinct, clear, and obviously meet the challenge, yet the curves create a detour bump on the way.

Composition - I wonder if you had included the tops of the trees, so this way the point wouldn't be quite as centred.

The only other critique I could offer is that the sky seems a touch unnatural. I understand the DPC aesthetic loves beautiful, saturated colours, but on my monitor, the pinks are a bit too much.

This was an excellent picture that did well with voters - congratulations on a new personal best!

If you have any questions, or would like more details on my comments, please let me know through PM

Aquatic Breath
by kmp238

Comment:
greetings from the critique club

Well, first off, welcome to DPC, and congratulations on a very nice first entry!

First, I like this picture overall. The large bubble placed off center and the lighting are quite nice. I'm a bit confused with your aperture listing, but it looks as though there is an area in the top left that is not quite as sharp as the rest. this picture feels like it wants everything to be in focus for maximum impact. I don't know if you used a tripod, but you can use a tripod to stabilize the camera to close the aperture (maybe try and f/11 or something) so the top left will be as sharp as the rest of the picture.

In the big bubble, there is a bit of water or something, but it seems to be a bit ill defined. Again, I think a more close aperture will help that.

You have a lot of creativity and a good eye, and I look forward to seeing your future entries

Cheers
pidge

Primordial Life
by BlindBat

Comment:
Hello from the critique club

I am a sucker for the non fuzzy creatures on this planet, though I must confess I remember stomping on snails after it rained when I was a child.

First impression - it doesn't seem to meet the challenge. The main focal point, which to me is the head, is center. The antennae, because of the depth of field, seem more as accessories as opposed to the main point of the picture

The lighting is great, the warm light on the grass and backlighting is of great use in this picture. I think a touch of curves to lighten up the neck of the snail to enhance the textures would also help the picture a touch.

In general, this is a great picture, and you have some very nice stuff in your portfolio. Keep in mind that DPC voters tend to be literal in their interpretations of challenges.

Keep up the good work.
Cheers
pidge

Color of Beauty
by ETphonethishome

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club

My first impression from this picture is the abstractness of this picture. While very appealing, it is difficult to find the rule of thirds aspect in this picture. With your use of depth of field, this picture meets the challenge, but in an abstract way that is not obvious when looked at during voting. I believe this may have hurt you in the voting process. Should this have been an abstract macro, this would have likely done much better.

Technically, there is little to fault with the picture as I believe the use of the macro filter has done its job.

I like the use of a shallow depth of field in this, and I hope you will use your macro filter more!

On a whole, the picture is a bit dark. While it creates an interesting mood, I do not know if that is what you intended. In general, DPC voters tend to not prefer moddy, darker photos, and tend to the 'eye candy' photos.

The other thing I noticed is it seems a touch oversharpened, though you do not list it in your processing steps.

If you have any questions, feel free to pm me

Cheers
pidge

Solving Death's Riddles
by Sebi

Comment:
nice picture. I think a touch more light to bring out the details of the specimens would have bumped your score even higher

Hope you got to dissect a few of those critters!

Margherita (150k).jpg
by smyk

Comment:
Unaltered margherita? Send me one my way. I need a break from studying for finals. Like this one, but the I think a better lime wedge could have been used.

Scott-7107-IR-8x10.jpg
by NVPhoto

Comment:
Very nice. IR seems to work well in this protrait. Good stuff!

SD-7067-IR-8x12.jpg
by NVPhoto

Comment:
Very cool. I'm viewing on a crappy uncalibrated laptop, but the details in the leaves are getting a bit lost. If not for that, very cool shot. If you have some time to kill, maybe clone out the table and chairs on the bottom right?