Eggs frying
by trish

Comment:
Good idea, but the picture is quite blurry. If it were clear it would be much better.

Summer Fun
by DennisF

Comment:
Excellent picture! I can hear the splashing. ~9

Piano
by BobsterLobster

Comment:
IMO, the best of the piano pictures entered to this challenge. I love the way the right hand looks transparent.

Birds of a feather
by Jean

Comment:
Jean, congratulations! Excellent work.
~ Ursula

Beaute Naturelle
by lmhr

Comment:
Luis, congratulations! El retrato de Marisol esta hermosísimo!
~Ursula

Oldtimer
by kiwiness

Comment:
Congratulations! Great picture!
~Ursula

Overloaded ... Coming ... Flash Matrix
by gaja_tz

Comment:
FROM THE CRITIQUE CLUB

Miodrag, Hi,

This is a good photo that you entered to the wrong challenge (it seems from your comments above that you knew that). Connection to The Matrix is quite tenuous.

As far as the picture goes itself, it is beautiful! The lightning looks like it's going upwards, from the building into the sky. The indigo sky is beautiful. The buildings are nice and dark, the scattered windows bright, and the star shaped lights look like they're trying to reach out to the lightning.

Focus and lighting are right for this shot.

It looks to me like the photo is slightly tilted to the right? At least the big building to the right hand side looks like that. Maybe that's intentional, I think it actually makes the photo more dynamic than if the sides of the building were aligned to the side of the photo.

Overall, it's a beautiful shot, and I'm glad you entered it, just because it's very good to look at. But, as you know, it doesn't really apply to the challenge, and that's why your score is not so high.

By the way, I loved your entry to "glass"! Your picture was one of my favourites that week. Keep up the good work,

Ursula (uabresch)
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On the move.
by vtruan

Comment:
FROM THE CRITIQUE CLUB

Hi,

I guess as you say in your own comment below, this picture really does not apply to the Matrix challenge, and your score shows that.

As a motion picture, it really is not all that great either. As one of your commenters entered below, you need more clearly defined objects to make the picture interesting. There also is quite a bit of noise.

I think this is a snapshot that you entered just for the fun of it, probably without expeting that much from entering it. Looking at your portfolio, your better pictures all seem to have to do with nature (I guess it comes from living where you live). Anyway. Keep up the good work!

Ursula (uabresch)
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The Birth of Envy
by harveymorris

Comment:
FROM THE CRITIQUE CLUB

Hello, Harvey,

Your entry meets the challenge without any problems.

Colour / lighting: The colours are beautiful, especially the green. IMO it's hard to get a good green with many digital cameras, and yours is rich and bright without overpowering. Light also is very good. There is a real sense of dimension (depth) to this picture, even though there is not a readily discernible object. I like the textures throughout the picture, but in particular the texture of the red painting detail.

Focus: No problems that I can see. The painting is somewhat out of focus, but that works here.

Composition: I have more problems with your entry here; I would have never known that this was a painting by Bonnie Kline and a Murano glass pitcher if it weren't for your comments. I think it is perfectly allright to take a picture where what's in it will most likely not be recognised, but IMHO one would have to be very careful to somehow draw the viewers attention to something in the photo, to keep their interest, so that the picture is not dismissed as another "what is this?". I think another route in abstract shots is to work so that the viewer is allowed to see what it is without showing what it is.

I think that in a contest where viewers are voting on quite a number of pictures this "what is it?" becomes an issue. Your picture is clear and good to look at, but, again IMO, there really isn't much there to hold too many people's attention for a long time.

Overall: It's a good entry for this challenge, but it does not inspire the imagination enough to be a really good shot.

I'd like to say that you have some interesting picture in your portfolio. I like the architecture shots the best, they have strong lines and good colour. Is there a way that you can post larger pictures? The shots in your portfolio are quite small.

Take care,

Ursula (uabresch)
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Alder Creek
by SatelliteSpeck

Comment:
Beautiful. The water coming down looks like veils. The rocks are so clear. Very good choice for BW.