Winter romance
by Brin

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club

You scored a 6+ (which I hardly ever do), so i don't think scoring's a problem with this photo. I personally gave this a 5, I'm sad to say, but ONLY because I think a snowman is something that's already personified, so it doesn't really meet the challenge according to my personal standards. So my guess is that dnmc and overall darkness are the reasons this didn't score in the stellar range. Just a guess, though, and NEITHER of those things have anything to do with the true worth of the photo.

That being said, however, you did some really nice things to enhance the personification. The centering of your subjects, and silhouetting them against those lovely sentimental sunset tones, shows the sort of loving attention that a photographer usually saves for human beings. Also the high contrast, consisting of a few highlights and lots of dark tones, makes the snow indistinguishable from sand. Since we don't generally imagine snowpeople on the beach, you make it easier for us to forget that they are snowpeople.

Now, one of the reasons it DID reach 6-land is that for all the darkness there is still quite a bit of detail in the water and snow. The snowpeople seem a little soft to me, but I find that enhances the sense of romance.

How Much for the Girl in the Window?
by noraneko

Comment:
Ha! I love it! If this photo had "good technicals" it would be pointless. Instead, it's a whole story, a whole movie, a whole feeling.

Glowing
by Structor

Comment:
what?? an unusual photograph that is difficult to understand, and yet visually interesting, but at the same time clearly meets the challenge? how dare you? the voters shall punish you!! now if I could just get you to forget that stupid rule of thirds... 7

Still Life With Fruits and Sweet Wine
by De Sousa

Comment:
nice um... layering. 8

The Misadventures of a Slippery Snack
by Cutter

Comment:
I like how the photo seems chaotic but actually conveys all the needed information. 7

Red Hot Chili Peppers
by ShannonLee

Comment:
7 for cool enigmatic stuff. would have been higher without the obvious selective desaturation distracting me.

Litter?
by glad2badad

Comment:
unusual image. 7

Nature Morte
by lionelm

Comment:
I like how this wryly nods to painting traditions. 7

Mango Theif!
by OmanOtter

Comment:
pretty and pretty interesting. 7

Organic Onion
by IreneM

Comment:
not crazy about the placement of the subject, too symmetrical vertically and not symmetrical enough horizontally, but I do like this little world you've created. 7