Midsummer Night´s Dream
by gsal

Comment:
6 - Nice image, I see the potential cropping dilemma but still, the angle of the land below the mountains distracts me, so even with the horse right at the corner of the frame, a nudge rotate up on the right or a perspective correction probably be better, in my opinion.

1
by chipuc

Comment:
6 - Mm, nice colors. Good quality in the bokeh and good clarity - just find the 'lightness' on the wing of the butterfly a fraction bright, and coupled with the oof fore flowers, becomes too distracting. Perhaps cropping the oof fore right out, would still have enabled you to keep the '1' and also allowed the detail, that looks to be there, on the butterfly to come into play a little more.

Time goes by
by Structor

Comment:
7 - Wow, that's a pretty awesome cloud formation and capture.

Blue Petal Diner
by Neil

Comment:
6 - I like the detail on the bee's eye. Nice composition. It's nice to see the Borage flower color.

Sunrise Heron At Union Falls
by JunieMoon

Comment:
6 - Good opportunity. I like this, but even at this angle, I wish the heron dominated the frame more. Despite the good lines, patterns and flow of the water (including shape of the falls) - and the wood on the right, a variation in cropping may have allowed him/her to come into view more. The subtlety is nice and probably work better at a larger print size, but for this size, the image is dominated by other elements (including the tree). Looks like a nudge rotate up on the left too, or a perspective correction.

Antelope Strike
by thelogenator

Comment:
Wow, that's a pretty amazing scene and capture. I wonder whether some minor tweaking (read quite a bit of work) in pp would bring the darker areas, especially in the fore, into play and 'light' more (if the quality was there, of course). Would make a cool wall sized.

DPC Malachite.jpg
by scooter88

Comment:
Beautiful bird. I bet he looks stunning with that 'crest' up. Nicely composed.

DPC5O9T4508e.jpg
by scooter88

Comment:
"All the better to hear you with". Nice capture, especially knowing that this is likely a 'wild situation'.

Water CrossingW.jpg
by scooter88

Comment:
Beautiful image. The tones work very well to create a smoothness and subtleness in all the elements around the elephant, while still showcasing the textures in the elephant. I like the bird too.

Positioning old and new
by APOLAUF

Comment:


Critique Club Critique

First Impressions
First impression I had when I viewed this during voting was: Challenge misinterpretation. I gave this a 2 and felt that it didn't meet the Challenge - "For this challenge, you should find or set up a scene where seemingly unrelated objects are positioned in such a way that they blend together to create a seemingly fluid scene. As an example, see DougPaz's "Back" Cover Girl."

Photograph Information, Technicals & Composition Review
Good shot of these aircraft (Challenge subject aside for a moment). Being so centered, there could be more interest added by a variation in composition, especially with the whiter cloud area creeping into frame bottom left.

From your Photographer's Comments I see that you knew this might not meet the Challenge. I can see the 'position' aspect/interpretation, but the Challenge was about the 'clever photographic composition and placement' to create a layered type image.

Comments, Score & Placement Review
30/42 is fairly low down the pack, but a score of 5.06 is quite good, considering the Challenge description.

Only a couple of your commenters seemed to have the Challenge a high priority when viewing/voting, which might also explain your average score from them of 6.87. One comment seems quite helpful regarding your composition.

Summary
Maybe a shot of these two at a different angle, showing them 'morphing' in some way may have enabled you to have a strong contender for this Challenge, otherwise this is one of the statistics of 'DNMC'. Always like it when I can see the pilot in the cockpit, so I like that aspect (and the shark nose) of the Warthog and nice shot of the motion of the propeller on the shiny Mustang.