Guildford Hotel
by Qiki

Comment:
Lovely image to have turned to a negative ...

Alternate Reality
by DrAchoo

Comment:
This is a neat neg image. I like the lines leading into the picture.

New Dog , Old Trick -- Bad Sparkie!
by fotomann_forever

Comment:
Thought this was great ... send me one of these toys :)

Badges from the Open Road
by shamrock

Comment:
::: Critique Club :::

Hi, my name is Kari and from the critique club.

First Impression - the most important one:
Makes me wonder about the places this photographer hangs out ... what a great capture.

Composition:
The crop may be the issue ... but this may be all you had to work with .. your commentators have mentioned several improvements .. try them out and see how that goes.

Subject:
Meets the challenge well ...

Technical (Colour and light):
She is not as sharp as him .. but then again .. what you gonna do go up and say hold still so I can take this picture .. you did good with what you got ...

To grow its vote?:
Add a little brightness play a little more with contrast ... and just keep learning from each thing you do ... that is the best way to learn.

Summary:
Good luck good shooting .. and keep it up.

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Cheers

Kari

Sharing the Music
by tonyv

Comment:
::: Critique Club :::

Hi, my name is Kari and from the critique club.

First Impression - the most important one:
Nice sharing shot. Good candid ... lovely couple.

Composition:
This is well done, the picture is nicely cropped ...

Subject:
meets the challenge.

Technical (Colour and light):
Pity we can't direct the sun as a light source it would have been so much more helpful. This is crisp and lovely shot.

To grow its vote?:
This is a good solid shot as shown from the voting.

Summary:
Good work .. can't wait to see more.

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Cheers

Kari

Levitation
by abroken1

Comment:
::: Critique Club :::

Hi, my name is Kari and from the critique club.

First Impression - the most important one:
The black and white mood kills this shot in a lot of ways .. it is hard to define what each of the parts are through the melding of their colours.

Composition:

The composition is fine ... but think about the following when composing a shot:

Composition is about leading the eye into an image (painting or photo). Research shows that the eye enters bottom left and travels up to top right ("Leading Lines Rule"). Once in there, the same research tells us that the eye finds comfort when the point of interest (POI) sits on a thirds line or intersection ("the Rule of Thirds").

Subject:
Because of the colour I can't tell that it is crome ... this may have further confused the voters.

Technical (Colour and light):
Lighting is fine, but as mentioned colour would be great.

To grow its vote?:
Take note of what people say .. and have a look at the winning shots to see what you missed.

Summary:
Good solid shot, not your highest scoring ... and you have built up some fantastic pics.

Think about when black and white is appropriate .. and what you are using it to help convey.

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Cheers

Kari

Opening Day
by docurrie

Comment:
::: Critique Club :::

Hi, my name is Kari and from the critique club.

First Impression - the most important one:
Is this kid lost or what ...

Composition:
Lovely .. the DOF is great ... my only issue would be that he is entirely centred.

Subject:
meets the challenge with gusto.

Technical (Colour and light):
With that hat I would expect a darker face . .that it isn't is a testament to your shooting ... I like the lighting and how this is just a flukey type shot.

To grow its vote?:
Shoot the detractors .. this deservered better but only those who can read the voters minds do extremely well.

Summary:
Cool candid .. well done.

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Cheers

Kari

Easter GQ Boy
by Emilio

Comment:
::: Critique Club :::

Hi, my name is Kari and from the critique club.

First Impression - the most important one:
Such a cute kid ... and such a shove off look .. there is everything candid in that look.

Composition:
The top of the head missing is an issue ... the image is slightly soft .. but that is not a major ...

Subject:
Definately meets the challenge .. although I think that many didn't think so hence the voting.

Technical (Colour and light):
Lovely natural light and good pastel colours.

To grow its vote?:
Pays to get the whole body if you can ... hard to dictate for a candid .. but sometimes we get a candid and others don't think it is real .. there is little ways around this.

Summary:
Good shot .. keep it up you are improving all the time.

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Cheers

Kari

Unsung he lies
by soham

Comment:
::: Critique Club :::

Hi, my name is Kari and from the critique club.

First Impression - the most important one:
An emotionally drawing image.

Composition:
I think this works ok .. as the lines in the picture draw your eye towards the top right courner.

Subject:
Meets the challenge .. is a scary way.

Technical (Colour and light):
Black and white works well for this ... it appears shartp ... a little less DOF may have helped but I am not sure.

To grow its vote?:
a head or face maybe ... knowing that he was alive ... for a first entry you have done really really well.

Summary:
Good shooting ... I can see that you are going to create some stirs around here with good hard placed emotional shots like this one.

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Cheers

Kari

With Grandma's Help
by david1707

Comment:
::: Critique Club :::

Hi, my name is Kari and from the critique club.

Interesting to do a critique on your image but it is difficult if you don't give us any information in your photographers comments. When we do a critique, we go past just the photographic result, that's what voters comments do. The critique looks at what you were trying to achieve, how you wanted it to look and what issues you had in getting the image captured and ready for voting.

First Impression - the most important one:
First up ...not bad .. I think you scored better than I did with my first!

Composition:
The composition you have is fine .. but it doesn't take advantage of the cadid of the people ... here are some addional hints for composition in future:

Composition is about leading the eye into an image (painting or photo). Research shows that the eye enters bottom left and travels up to top right ("Leading Lines Rule"). Once in there, the same research tells us that the eye finds comfort when the point of interest (POI) sits on a thirds line or intersection ("the Rule of Thirds").

Subject:
Doesn't truely meet the challenge ... as it is about the camera and not the candid.

Technical (Colour and light):
The sepia tonings work ... but be careful not to overuse them.

To grow its vote?:
Think about what the challenge is .. look at the description, if there is one, and think about what you need to make the shot. For a candid it is hard .. cos you can't set up and control the shot ... but for others I think you will be fine.

Summary:
Good shot .. keep it up .. I want to see more from you.

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Cheers

Kari