Monday Morning Traffic @ Heathrow!
by robcon

Comment:
Thats a great shot, I think that the focus isnt quite sharp enough though. The picture draws you in and the line of planes leads you to the edge of the shot, a plane just taking off would be good to give the sky a bit more interest. Natasha

Santa & the sun spotted in Manchester
by Paulk

Comment:
Composition-Content
I loved this picture, the title is great and is really tells the story. I think that cropping a bit off the right of the picture would have helped, would have placed the tower at a "rule of thirds" point. This would also have made Santa appear larger in the frame. I would also have like to have seen the bottom of the statue, so pulling back a little would have included this. At the moment, the tower and the Santa are vying for attention.

Background
The other main point of the story is the blue sky and this has been left nicely clean with no distractions behind the tower etc, so strengthens the overall impact.

Camera Work-Technical
There is some distortion at the ends of the frame where the building appears to curve up, has a slight fish eye effect. More cropping or moving back could have got rid of this. As a said before, I think a closer shot of th tower and Santa would have been good. I also like the idea of making a vertical shot and then these problems would have been helped. On the right frame of the building there is some glare from the sun, so maybe shooting at a different time of day would have got rid of these and also added a bit more colour to the Santa.

My Opinion
I loved this picture, made me laugh. I used to live in Middlesbrough, so I know how rare the sun can be up there! The picture fit the topic well and I can imagine this being used in a local paper. Great Picture! Hope that this helps!

Low wages, long hours, bad conditions
by Crystal Streams

Comment:
The shot is good, but the title doesnt seem to fit as it looks clean and he seems happy enough! (IMO)

Over the Top.... !!Touchdown!!
by risu81

Comment:
Composition- Content
I think that the composition is pretty good, getting the crowd and the players into the shot adds interest. However, i think cropping off some of the foreground would have brought us closer to the action. Zooming right into the players would also have been interesting.

Background
Overall, I like your decision to include the crowd, however the lack of Depth of Field throws them out of focus, which would have been OK if the players had been in focus!

Camera Work-Technical
The shutter speed was a bit slow here and so didnt stop the action, I think this kind of picture needs good sharp focus. Try setting faster shutter speed, also using a monpod could have helped with camera shake, I have the same problem with my camera, especially with a long zoom.

Digital Processing
Colours are nice and bright, especially the reds.

My opinion
I am not a football fan, so on a personal level, it doesn`t hit me. However, I think you chose a great topic for the challenge and one which does interest many people, so you would reach a big audience with this picture. I am sure you can see for yourself from the comments, what everyone is saying about shutter speed, however you have caught motion well and something along these lines could be good for the motion theme! Good Luck and I hope that this helps!

Hey, Come Back!
by lament

Comment:
Cute! The colours are a little washed out, but the relationship here is fun.

I wana be a phhhhotographer too !
by dimitrii

Comment:
Its got a lovely feel to it, but I think that the extreme tilt should be corrected.

Homeboy Brings Jobs
by Gotcha

Comment:
What a wonderful shot, very interesting mural. I think that this really needs some people slouched up against the wall though, the human element would have made this a very high score. Natasha 6

Sharing Is Caring
by indigo997

Comment:
Absolutely gorgeous child!

Drug Bust
by hblake

Comment:
I am from England, we have no guns and I am amazed that you can get your hands on this variety of weapons, I just hope that you are a policeman!

I think a bit more cropping off the top and bottom of the shot would be good as its just empty space. Also the flash is a little bright on the foreground objects and a little dark at the back, as its shot in B/W a more evn light ie: overhead light could have been used without fear of colour cast. Natasha

Entering Sisseton
by WRen

Comment:
The low key approach is beautiful here. I am not sure that it would have a stong enough impact for a newspaper or mag. But the effect is great.