An apples offspring
by Trumpeteer4

Comment:
Composition:

I like your choice of background colour but feel the seed should be more off to the left with less room at the bottom. A bit like this but with more room on the right I think....



Technicals:

Good use of DOF to select just the section of the image with the seed in to be in focus but (unless its my eyes) the seed itself looks out of focus? The lighting on the seed is good and I feel you have managed the whites in the well.

Just my opinion :o)

Leading lines outake
by Trumpeteer4

Comment:
I like the placement of the frog in the frame and your use of DOF really helps draw the viewer to the main subject. I might be inclined to crop a little closer on the right handside to get rid of the edge of the step (?) at the top right. What processing, if any, have you done on this shot?

Day-2
by magenmarie

Comment:
Great colours! Again I would have to say this would look better with a slightly more of the lamp in focus, as it is with just the first few parts in focus the viewer isn't led into the shot my eye kind of stops once the pictures gets out of focus...just my opinion :o)

Day 1 LEAF
by magenmarie

Comment:
I like your choice of background and the lighting and colours are good. I would like to see a greater DOF as there is not quite enough of the leaf in focus for my tastes :o)

PuRRRRRple
by magenmarie

Comment:
Really cool choice of subject and I like the DOF but the overall image needs to be a little sharper IMHO

Day-1.jpg
by magenmarie

Comment:
You are excellent as this self portrait stuff! I really like your pose,position in the frame, choice of background and editing on this shot. They all come together nicely here to create a pleasing to the eye image :o)

Day-4.jpg
by magenmarie

Comment:
Well this one really made me chuckle!! What a great idea, good use of negative space and the thumb is lit nicely :o) I have to agree some calibration maybe needed on your husbands computer as the background is not completely black but excellent attempt :o)

Poseidon's Trident
by nds

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club Matthes!

Composition:

I am really impressed with how well composed this image is considering you were underwater! I like the trees leading from the left of the image and the position of Susi between them is very good.

Technicals:

Great lighting but a little lighter near the bottom may have helped and I would like to have seen a little bit more detail in the trees but not sure how easy that would have been to do! There does appear to be a little noise on the divers wet suit which I think one of your commenters pointed out.

My personal thought:

Overall I think this is an excellent underwater image and for a free study you scored pretty good :o)Anythings that could be suggested to change may not have been very easy for you to do due to the location!

If you've got any questions about this critique, please feel free to contact me via the PM system.

- Natalya :o)

Shepherds Delight
by KHolt

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club Keith!

Composition:

A wonderful, dramatic sky with great colour and detail in the cloud formations! I think this would have looked better if the house and hills were in silhouette against that great sky. That would have enabled you to lose the distracting elements such as people and cars by the house.

Technicals:

I have to agree with your first comment on this image, what happened in your editing?? I was pleased for you that you managed to score 5.3, for me your editing alone would have warranted a low vote (sorry). The sky colour does look natural, its the rest of the image I am struggling with.

My personal thought:

I am big on getting it right in camera (sorry again), and as suggested above with such a lovely sky the other elements would have looked nice silhouetted in my opinion. Oh and I suppose the biggest thing.....finish what you started before submitting :o)

If you've got any questions about this critique, please feel free to contact me via the PM system.

- Natalya :o)

Geothermal Palette
by rinac

Comment:
The colours are lovely Rina and I like the angle as it helps lead the viewer along the water into the shot :o)