GothGirl83
by Judi

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club. Let me start by saying that you have met the challenge perfectly in my mind. You have the Gothic feel down well in my opinion. You have captured the feel and it makes the viewer want to look longer, especially into the eyes. Great focal point of the whole shot. The coloring is well done, and the white background makes it stand out.

A few points that dont go well with the challenge in my view and could be improved on. The skin is over processed, almost looks plastic. A result of too much neat image I assume. It takes away from the gothic theme by making it seem fake, the nose seems to fade into the face. I also wonder about the tight crop at the top, would be nicer to see the top of the head and the beautiful red hair. Overall well done and the score reflects that in a high scoring challenge.

MattO

The Shape of Perfect Flight
by GIS_boy

Comment:
I love this shot. One thing that bothers me is that I cant see the birds head, the eyes in the shot would have made this a 10. I gave it a 7

Classic Curves
by hughletheren

Comment:
I like the photo and the colors but the string holding the object up is really distracting, might have tried some monofilimant fishing line so it would blend better, otherwise its a great photo. 6

A Weaver
by tonyv

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique club. First off let me congratulate you on an amazing shot. I really like this. Although I didnt vote this challenge, I would have scored it an 8 or 9. As far as why it didnt score very well, alot of voters may not know that the sibject is named weaver, BTW I beleive that is a Southern Masked weaver, but thats not your fault. Now on to the critique.

Great compostion, very good focus, and I love the colors. SHallow DOF works very well here. The only thing I might have sugested was bumping the color up a bit. I think the voters really like colors that flash and jump out to them, maybe play with the hue or saturation on the yellow and make the bird jump out a bit. Overall a great job, and I am kind of surprised it didnt score above 6. Good luck on future challenges.

The CRISPiest Chip In The Bowl
by sajin

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club. After reviewing your photo I think you have met the challenge pretty well. Technically you have a small DOF that makes your main subject stand out and ask for the attention of the viewer. It has good focus and I like the border, it seems to add to the photo.

A couple of points I think could be improved, centering the subject doesnt seem to work well here, you could have moved the object to the corner of the photo and had the object come out of the corner, might play with different crops to see it. Also the angle on the light adds a bit of a distracting shadow behind the object, perhaps an light angle that moves the shadow to below it might have worked better. And the back ground being the same color as the foreground kind of blends it all together, maybe some different colors in the background to help your object jump out a little more. Overall good job and good luck with future challenges.

Winter Grass
by linda12201

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club. I have studied your entry and have some thoughts on it. First off you have met the challenge technically real well. Your photo definately shows a shallow DOF, well done. I voted this photo a 6 during the challenge.

A few points that might help you bring the score up for the next challenge. The main image is lacking the pinpoint type of focus on the main object that seems to be required to score well here on DPC. Your main subject is also a little dark. I would recommend playing with different lighting to help that out. The background while blurred is still a bit busy. Try and get the composition of your photo how you like it, and then step back and look at the background and see if you can get the view you like with a background that adds to your entry. And the last note is to try and remember to always use the maximum allowable size of 640 for the longest side of your entry. This alone would have brought up your score in my opinion. Well done and good luck with future entries.

Alone with autophobia
by MQuinn

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique club. After viewing your photo and trying to decide what I like and what I think could be better here are my conclusions. I think that you have portrayed a fear to the viewer well through parts of your photo. The subject against the fence alone at night portrays that very well. It sets a mood and the lighting is well done perhaps a single light on the subject could have helped. I think that the cars are a bit distracting and take away from the "alone" theme. Had the cars not been in the photo I think it would have done a better job of portraying the feeling of being truly alone. Rules of thirds are pretty well followed, however choosing a different spot without the top post of the fence going off view could have helped. Perhaps cropped the fence top post off so all you can see is the fence across the screen. The shot is a little dark, I think that perhaps the lights on the cars may have messed with exposure a little. Overall I think you did a pretty good job, and am kind of surprised that it didnt score a little higher. Good luck.

I'm scared of Balinese statues; Garuda and Puppets
by pa_cuthbert

Comment:
Greetings from the CC. I think your photo shows true fear. The expression of the subject adds to that. Rules of 1/3rds applied pretty well. Now on to the critique part.

The color and lighting seem very flat and maybe even a bit noisy, not sure if that was intentional to try and set the mood but I think it takes away and doesnt add to the photo. The composition is pretty good, however the wall and cabinet? in the background appear to be leaning and take your focus off the subject. I realize that moving the statues may not have been an option, however moving the subject to take away distractions in the background may have helped score better along with the lighting change. Good luck with future challenges.

All eyes on you
by nico_blue

Comment:
Greetings from the CC. Wow an oppurtunity to Critique a great photo. The photo has true emotion to it. I can almost feel the fear of the chair. The lighting sets the mood well. And over all a well done photo as usual for you. A few things do distract me about it, but they are nitpicky. The white pieces of dirt around the floor do distract a bit. And the almost blown out part of the desk at the upper left of the photo. I think the name of the phobia in the title might have helped a bit, however the title you gave it is powerful and fits very well so its hard to say.

Wife-o-phobia (or Agliophobia- Fear of pain)
by zxaar

Comment:
Greetings from the CC. This is a funny shot. With a good poke at humor. Black and white works well. However the challenge was to let your picture relate a fear or phobia and relate the fear to the viewer. I'm not sure a light hearted attempt worked well with this challenge and I think your score reflected it. Photos taken of other photos generally dont do well. The flash reflection on the photo takes away from what you have in the photo. I think the photo scored just about where I would have voted if I had voted this challenge. Taking a more serious approach to a serious challenge will net you better scores. Good luck.