Turbulence
by Aaron

Comment:
I agree with emorgan49. Good picture!

Old Stand By
by jerrft

Comment:
FROM THE CRITIQUE CLUB

This is a nice, simple shot. Black and white seems like a good choice, although it might add interest to have the image in colour. The picture is nicely in focus. Light is OK, but not great - the glare on the front right corner of the stapler in particular is distracting. I think a bit more contrast would be nice. The simple white mat (border) is a good choice here.

It is hard to know what to say about this image. It is a fine shot, but it's not an exciting picture, and IMHO few people will spend much time looking at it or coming back to it. Anyway - keep shooting!

Ursula (uabresch)

Ball of bands
by MajorChaos

Comment:
FROM THE CRITIQUE CLUB

Like one of your commenters below, I am wondering if you made this just for the challenge.

Light: Seems OK, no problems that I can tell.

Focus: I'm assuming you wanted the edges of the ball to be blurry (out of focus)? On that assumption, I think you did a good job with focus, but, IMHO the contrast between the sharp middle and blurry edges of the ball is a bit much. I think I would have preferred the edges to be slighly more in focus (but that's opinion).

Composition: Again IMO, placing the ball right in the middle of the picture makes for a rather static picture, without much visual interest to hold the viewer's attention.

Overall: I think this was a good idea for office art, and a technically clean shot, but not an exciting picture.

Keep going!

Ursula (uabresch)
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Peeking through life
by asharisan

Comment:
Very nice! I love your idea of using all the branches as a frame. To my eyes, you (the person) looks just a tad out of focus, but I'm not sure of that. B/W is a good choice here. ~8

cigarettes will kill you...
by aimster702

Comment:
I love the red background - it's very daring of you to use it! Very nice overall. My one comment, it might have been better to use a different colour pencil (for the cigarette). ~8

Collage Of Color
by Shiiizzzam

Comment:
Beautiful! I LOVE this picture! Are those real leaves? How did you take this pict?

Timeless Youth
by dodobird

Comment:
I can see the face of the child, but barely. I'm sure you're hearing a lot of "too dark" comments, so I'm not going to pitch in. The expression on the child's face is very nice, like a "little thinker".

Night Falls on the Ohio River
by alanfreed

Comment:
I think this is a very good example of low-key. I like this picture. One of my favourites.

The Key To Life
by Tarbini

Comment:
I like this picture. It's neat how you kept the sparkles of the chain in the border. I like the background for the cross. Not much to complain here.

Dreaming of the Major League
by Sonifo

Comment:
Good example of low-key. One of my favourites. (Nothing to complain!)