Nanny-Nanny-Boo-Boo!
by SJCarter

Comment:
LOL. That's great.

Dotting i's
by Little King

Comment:
I wish there was a greater sense of motion but otherwise a nice shot.

Money Shot
by hensonbl

Comment:
I'm betting money you missed that money shot. :P

fallen angel
by tcmartin

Comment:
That's pretty interesting.

Julia
by Man_Called_Horse

Comment:
nm

Message edited by author 2006-06-26 05:42:47.

dog days
by posthumous

Comment:
I gave this an 8 and thought it was a strong entry for this challenge. And oh yeah I got the same carbon copy comment from American_Horse. Realy nice when you get copy and paste like comments.

Young and Alone
by davidus428

Comment:
Congrats. This was one of my top choices.

I deserve it
by Haukur Jo

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

Well you can't get more indulgent than that for the common man. :P As coronamv pointed out in his comment, a thicker head would have bumped up the appeal. Also, the focus is off a bit. The lower bubbles are fairly sharp but you are not using a wide enough depth of field. I would bump up the aperture setting to at least F/8 to get more of that rim in focus.

Another thing to consider is shooting at a slightly lower angle so that we don't see the back of the rim at all. That's how you'll see a lot of glass images taken when shot head on like this.

That's pretty much it. I do like the use of negative space here and how you got the glass fading into the background. Really if you just improved the DOF so that more is sharp you would have a higher scoring image.

A is for April
by theonemule

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

This fits the challenge however I feel it doesn't do more than that. The cropping is too tight and the image could be sharper. Also the image has too little contrast and for a black/white image that's pretty much the kiss of death in these challenges. If you have access to a program like Photoshop or a free version like GIMP, I would make a histogram adjustment (levels or curves) to make the blacks blacker and whites whiter. A levels "auto" adjustment would accomplish that.

However, improving this photograph with editing wouldn't have gotten you a much higher score as the photo itself feels too much like a snapshot to begin with. While those can sometimes producing great candids and keepsakes they are generally not scored highly in the challenges so keep that in mind. To improve in the challenges you need something that says wow to the voter and probably the best way to do that is with lighting and color along with post processing. So if you are interested in any studio work or editing in general I would frequent the forums as there are lots of good info there to get you started.

No sticky fingers on the handles, Papa is watchin!
by escapetooz

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

Very cute. The strong framing here was a plus with voters. However, the blown highlights and the low contrast held this back, IMO. I know this is a sepia image and you are not going to have true blacks but the low contrast coupled with the highlights probably gave voters the impression that these things weren't technical mistakes and not done on purpose. I do like the low contrast look you have here so maybe avoid the clipped highlights especially that area on the right corner.

As for the composition, I like the choice you made here i.e. the cropping and positiong the focal point off-centered. What I would have liked better would be for her to be looking at the viewer. However that probably wouldn't be an easy task getting her to look and capture her licking her fingers.

All in all a good entry and an even better keepsake.