c u r l s
by Ja-9

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

Nice enough studio shot but seems to be a little too safe. Nothing objectionable about it, but nothing to get over -excited about either. After the focus-hungry voters see what they're looking for in the first shell on the left corner, there's really no other reason to look elsewhere. Maybe having part of the middle shell also in focus would have helped draw the eye in more? There also seems to be an odd double reflection happening right near the base of the shells.

That's the best I can give you, hope this helps somewhat

Susan

Coastal Sunset
by jerowe

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club

Hmm this is the kind of image that makes the case for me as to why phones are not as good as cameras. The top two thirds of this image are flat and washy, while the bottom third is actually very nice to look at with nice thirds and leading lines. To be blunt I'm surprised that this snap finished over 5.5.

Having read your photog's notes, the one question I can't help but ask is, why oh why didn't you use your camera?!

Susan

The Kashmiri.
by romil

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

This image was already discussed in the forums, so I have little new to add here. The tones are interesting, though a little washy, and I never thought I'd see someone in India wearing a parka/anorak! I do have to admit that does throw me off a little as I'm expecting to see him in more traditional clothing, but ah well.

The unlevel horizon distracts from your subject; the blown-out part of his beard on the left is an additional distraction. Shooting at a slow speed while having the ISO jacked up to somewhat ridiculously high levels - it IS daylight after all, your subject is just a few feet away; ISO 200 to possibly 400 should have been perfectly fine. Then you could have had more dof and a faster shutter speed, which would have added more tones to your subject. Composition is a little on the safe side, with the subject centred and head-on to the camera.

Not a bad image by any means, but you may want to pay a little more attention to your settings and the light especially when shooting in ambient misty light like this.

Hope this has been helpful.

Susan

"Alight at Night" @ Upper Canada Village
by RyanW

Comment:
waitaminute, is that a Ferris wheel? Is that historically accurate? ;-)

Its A Ho-Ho-Holiday
by MEJazz

Comment:
Heh, one of those 'seen-from-space' houses!

Cement truck
by MadMan2k

Comment:
8 for audible lol...reminds me of seeing freight trucks decorated for the season driving down the road :-)

Lake Kleifarvatn
by Gudjonotto

Comment:
Gorgeous.

Tricolour
by Ecce_Signum

Comment:
Turned out well, Andi!

Temptation
by RKT

Comment:
babe in the woods?

It's beginning to feel a bit like Christmas
by markwiley

Comment:
Now if you're really brave, plug those suckahs in. Or get LED versions which don't emit heat.