The Frustrations of Being Ignored
by Breeee123

Comment:
I am man, hear me roar ;)

Greyledge Falls
by SJCarter

Comment:
Missed this one... love the flow and the balance between light and dark. The greens of the moss are very realistic, (read>>> not overdone with the green slider ;) ) The whole scene is quite refreshing.

Autumn's Winter
by heathen

Comment:
Nice shot. You could enter several of these each year. I for one dont get tired of this view. Contrast bump? sure. That would have probably have changed your "1" vote to at least a "3". ;)

Red Star Dawning
by hihosilver

Comment:
This is a pretty cool shot, even without the crazy clouds.

zion
by deepfrog17

Comment:
You have done great justice to this beautiful place. One of my favorite places ever!

Pigeon Point Lighthouse
by MacDonald

Comment:
You must be a neighbor, of sorts anyway ;) A striking place indeed.

Water Colors
by Neil

Comment:
Great job with providing interest from front to back. Good luck!

Autumnal Fern
by Simms

Comment:
Very Good. I love the inclusion of more than one frond. At first glance the picture appears very busy, upon further review it becomes very ordered and balanced. Congrats.

Sunrise Reflecting Clouds
by acoppola

Comment:
Hi from the Critique Club...

Please PM me with any comments or questions regarding critique as I would be glad to discuss. I will offer these comments both with the challenge in mind as well as general technical aspects.

Subject matter: The clouds are truly beautiful and the lighting on them makes the picture striking. I do feel it suffers a little bit without an additional contextual object(tree, ground, etc.) Challenge wise, the lack of a clear morning type setting(although i would agree that this looks like a mornign scene) hurts the score.

Techniclaly I couldn't offer much to improve on, your exposure controls the hightlights and still gives good detail accross the frame. I suppose a slightly faster shutter could have benefited you but 1/30 isn't too bad IMO, especially if you were able to brace yourself while shooting.

Colors are very pleasant with natural colors. The small darker clouds along the bottom do not add anything IMO so a tighter crop might have been nice. It is an easy picture to look at and like, but doesn't have a striking focal point to really catch the viewers interest.

Keep on shooting and enjoy what you shoot. Dont worry about the scores as they are secondary to your enjoyment.

Cheers,
Mark

The Night Watchman
by JeffryZ

Comment:
Here is my stab at the pic... First, it seems rather heavy on the RH side of the frame with the heavy shadow area. The light behind the cat provides such a bright spot that it overshadows the image of the cat and its silhoette(sp). I think the picture would have benefited by a little less shadow on the RH and placement of the light behind the cat or even out of the frame.

OK, i reallize most cats don't pose on command so it would be hard to make this happen but i think the picture(and the score) might have been improved.

Picture also seems a bit soft, maybe the .8s shutter speed was responsible for this. Overal, not an unpleasing photo, just one that needs some compositional and technical tweaks to really make it shine. And never underestimate some people's hatred of cats! :)