Parallel Lines
by Quigley

Comment:
my four year old son says: i like your picture, where did you take it?

Montana Country
by LadyK

Comment:
the colours, the rich, buttery yellows, are wonderful in this.

Bahrain boat and buildings
by Melethia

Comment:
the boat is real, the buildings only a bad dream...

Wagen No 2
by Melethia

Comment:
the driver looks so - i dunno - 1970s dignified? does that make any sense? i think it's the sears catalogue pose and brown clothes that do it...

Russian Orthodox
by Melethia

Comment:
sad story, but,ooo, lovely postcard-y framing.

Late Afternoon at the Bookshop
by JimiRose

Comment:
This is a Critique Club Critique

I really quite like this image - the deep tones, the bright highlights, the limited mid-tones all work well. The composition is great; the leading line implied by the cyclist, the repetition of circles in the wheels and pavement, all the lines and angles meeting and dispersing in the architecture. The man, man on bike, empty bike and mannequin set up wonderful vibrations, as does the unmet gaze of the cyclist - or rather, we meet his gaze, not the book buyer, at whom it was aimed.

The overall feeling of the work is great, it really feels right. Well doen indeed.

To The Brim
by Phobic

Comment:
This is a Critique Club Critique!

This is an interesting image; the long vertical line not a drop formation often seen. It is technically good, with focus, and exposure spot on. I quite like the composition, with the concentric circles more implied than shown. The leading line of the long drop (hah) brings the eye through and into the image and its circles again and again. The star, its incipient crown gives some nice tension to the composition.

Really, I think your main problem with this image, in this challenge, is that it's not really high contrast. High contrast should have strong blacks and whites, with a limited range of greys between, while yours has a full tonal range of greys. Generally, away from the whole high contrast thing, there's something seemingly missing in the back area (underside of a plate?), the tones just feel, empty. I'm not entirely sure why.

All in all, well done, and I think the low score is more to do with the normal contrast than anything else.

Cheers,

C.

Night with Light
by heavyj

Comment:
this is a lovely image, but i'm afraid it's not really a high contrast image. high contrast has a limited tonal range of high and low tones, with very few intermediate tones. the ultimate high contrast is pure black and white, no greys. the more greys or intermediate tones, the less high contrast it is.

One Last Ride Into the Clouds
by klkitchens

Comment:
this is a very nice image, but i'm afraid it's not really a high contrast image. high contrast has a limited tonal range of high and low tones, with very few intermediate tones. the ultimate high contrast is pure black and white, no greys. the more greys or intermediate tones, the less high contrast it is.

Thoughtful
by scruff

Comment:
this is a lovely image, but i'm afraid it's not really a high contrast image. high contrast has a limited tonal range of high and low tones, with very few intermediate tones. the ultimate high contrast is pure black and white, no greys. the more greys or intermediate tones, the less high contrast it is.