Hang In There
by Judi

Comment:
I can't tell its sex!... where are the "things" LOL

Liquid constellation
by fiona

Comment:
Hello from critique club :)

Nice photo. Meets the challenge, but I am not here for that...

Technically, good photo. Good lights and exposure. Not too sharp, little rainbow affects which gives a blurry feeling to my eyes (strange). Nice compositing, tight and clean image.

If I voted, I would give 5 or 6 to this photo, and 5.1 overall score is about right.

i checked your page, you do have this "photographer's eyes" thing, you see things the way normal people wouldn't see most likely. So, keep on clicking, you will be one of the big shots, oh maybe a year or two (if not sooner) here in DPC.

Never give-up, and develop a thick skin... I don't know why I said that but it is my suggestion to you :)

Leo

Puzzle
by drj5

Comment:
Hello from critique club :)

Jon, I will be honest as I can be with you. I recognize talent when I see one and you are definitely one of them. Here are the things I like about your work,

1-Ideas
2-Imagination
3-Execution of your imaginations
4-Composition

What else left for you to get ribbons?

1-A better camera (this is a joke, haha), I love 30Ds

I think you need to find better subjects? I don't know. It probably and most likely practice practice practice situation. More photos you take and enter, better you will get, and I tell you one thing, you will get better quicker than others.

For this photo, I think you got 5.0 ( I mean good score) for the fame :\ Don't get me wrong, as I said, close to a perfect image but not too interesting. You also missed a white spot on the middle, should give a bit more angle... DOF is ok, I think I would probably keep the same amount. But frame goes pretty well with the overall photo. I think you got your 0.3 or 0.5 range from the frame. I definitely voted 5 or 6 though.

Keep up the good work; try as much as you can and you will start 6+ s very soon :)

Leo

SDOF
by lectrol

Comment:
Hello from critique club :)

Last minute idea?! that's a very good idea. I thought it was a ring. For sure, this is not a 6.0 shot... easily 6.4 or 6.6 range. Some people I tell ya :P

I have not much to say about this, but still, since I am in critique club and your photo came to me as next one... let me do my job.

Technically: Perfect
Composition: perfect
Idea: perfect
Challenge worthy: 100%

ok, I am done.

Sorry pal, but if you need negative critique, you should ask again, I can't find anything wrong with this photo :P

You do have the equipment and you know places, so it seems from your page, and I don't understand, with all that good stuff, you only have one ribbon. As your superior (I think critique club members like generals or something you know) I order you to get more ribbons... NOW.

Ok, keep up the good work. Watch for hot spots on your photos. It very well might be your camera, but you do have little problems with 1-shutter speed 2-iso 3-aparture. Keep them in balanced ;)

Leo

Cleansing Fibers
by unitt

Comment:
Hello from critique club :)

5.0 little low for this. I thought it was some prints on sand or something. Nice lights there, very interesting. B&W I think one of the things killed it. Burn area on the leaf also point taker.

Technically nice, compositing is nice. You know this is not a top of the line photo, but you did good job. You came up with something interesting. My first entry was 4 something, so, you already did good start.

Keep on practicing and entering challenges, I have a feeling you might get a ribbon soon :)

Leo

Domo Arigato, Mr. Roboto
by 1m1A

Comment:
Hello from critique club :)

Nice. I believe if you did have everything sharp instead of out of focus area on the right, it would look better.

I like the colors. Very cool colors. crop is ok but I think I would either crop it more on top, or give more space to even top with bottom.

I would give around 7 if I did vote, and I believe 5.7 is about right for overall score. Vignette border and a bit more image processing (not whole a lot) could get you bit more score... then again, it's my personal opinion :P

Keep up the good work, you do have the talent, need some more practice :)

Leo

Dripping from what??? Hmm....
by mbrutus2009

Comment:
Hello from critique club :)

Veeeeery tight DOF, cool. Nice colors, technically good. My problems with this photo are the angle of the composition, crop could be done better and drop could be straighter... and I believe post process is a bit overdone.

5.5 almost 5.6 is about right for this picture. I probably would give 5 or 4, and I would guessed overall would be around 5.2 5.3 tops.

Practice practice practice.

Good luck on your future challenges, never give up :)

Leo

A Lighthouse Keeper
by Artan

Comment:
Hello from critique club :)

Some people, most likely one of them was Art, gave 1's to everyone who doesn't meet the challenge. dang.

I checked your page, it's incredible that you only have one ribbon not more. But I believe they are on their way soon, just keep on trying.

Light house photo is a very impressive work. Technically perfect. White doesn't burn my eyes, I can see the details on the structure and dark areas don't scare me at all :P nice post process. Composition is perfect also. The reflection and rule of third here very nicely put. I would get you 8 or 9 if I did vote. 6.0 low score, as always for my taste, I would probably guessed it around 6.5 or 6.8

Good work, very good work :)

Art's long search for the woodie tree takes him to the ends of the earth.
by scooter88

Comment:
Hello from critique club :)

If you look at it carefully, a thin monkey holding up bunch of three branches :P

and the sky does remind me The Simpsons :D

I like the minimalism here, earth is almost a line, and sky partly cloudy with white puffy clouds :) blue sky. I tell ya, this does NOT deserve 1s, but they must be DNMC people :\

Technically very good photo. Quality image, sharp and soft at the same time! Compositing, as I said, I like it a lot. I wish that bushes or whatever on the left, wouldn't be there. Then again, nothing is perfect. I didn't vote for that challenge and if I did I probably would give 6 or 7. 5.5 a little low for my taste. 5.7 or 5.8... maybe stretching a little but it's a nice photo.

I checked your site again. You know what you are doing, so keep up the good work :)

Leo

Reborn
by Brin

Comment:
Hello from Critique Club :)

First, this is not one of your good work, although probably one of your best of the fast shots.

Technically, very good. Exposed right, sharp and clean.

Composition, very nice, right on the money of cropping job.

Post process also very good, the blur, frames... everything works very good together here.

Nothing bad to say about this photo, idea and execution is well. I probably would put something different in the background, pink reflections taking a bit attention away.

I would vote around 7 or 8 if I did vote. 5.9 is about correct score.

Keep up the good work, you don't need much critique, you seem like know what you're doing ;)

Leo