Me 'n my Girl
by eniko

Comment:
strange pp work but interesting

Escaped
by sempermarine

Comment:
strange processing but if that works for you...:-)

Self Portrait
by Lydia

Comment:
very cool but my, what hairy arms you have!

Land-o-lakes light butter : it's yummy
by pgirish007

Comment:
made me laugh so 8 for a real lol

lorem ipsum
by tate

Comment:
hehe interesting effect, must try it sometime!

What are you doing?!
by ke2211975

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

Cute dog, the framing is there, but the exposure is quite high so the dog's right ear is very blown out, meaning it's almost all a flat white because there is too much light. If you were shooting with a prime lens of 2.8 it may have been best to stop down to f.4 or f.5.6 as it looks like this was taken when the sun was high in the sky, not prime shooting conditions. Or at least soot faster; 1/500 or 1/640 could have made all the difference. Also dog's paw closest to the camera is chopped off, I always like to see the whole foot as opposed to just a partial one.

Overall not a bad image, just pay more attention to your settings.

Feel free to PM me with any questions

Susan

Lover Leap
by sugarbear

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

Straight off the bat...if people comment on your image, you might just want to click the 'This comment was helpful' button. If DPCers see that someone doesn't appreciate their feedback, then they will be reluctant to comment.

Now onto the image itself. The composition is just straightforwrard, no interesting Point of View to draw us in - ie you didn't eleveate yourself physically or alternately hunker down low and shoot upwards for a more dramatic effect. Exposure is just OK. The clouds in the sky are whited out and glarey, a big no-no here.

Finally...sorry but DNMC means does not mean challenge, and in this case, it doesn't come anywhere near close. Read the challeng descriptions VERY carefully if you plan to do well here. This challenge was meant to be shot from a street-level and this is clearly nowhere near a street, so you got many low votes there.

I hope this critique helps you understand why this image did so poorly and that you realize the importance of paying attention and simply not entering a challenge with an inappropriate image, simply for the sake of having an entry. I've learned that it's far better to enter fewer challenges with strong images that incontestably meet the requirements of the challenge, than to enter many with poor images that will be voted down for not meeting challenge requirements.

Susan

IMG_1129
by LoneRolf

Comment:
+1 on what Johanna says. The human eye instinctively looks for lightness at the top and darkness below. Remember these esp if you like to do land/seascapes. You may want to check out the work by Cuttooth. Mark ribbons in challenges with an almost annoying regularity :-) You could also try PMing him for more tips.

Zoe-Zoe
by jerowe

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

I really like this shot and wasn't surprised to see it finish in the top ten-congrats! Great Danes are so ridiculously gangly and long, it's no wonder that Marmaduke and Scooby-Doo were both GDs...they were meant to be immortalized in cartoons :-)

The tilt of the head is cute - she looks like she's trying to match the angles of the tiles. The eye contact is fabulous and amazed that at f2.8 you had enough dof so that the nose is in focus too; that kind of thing is huge here. The oof body emphasizes her height and helps emphasize the head.

The only thing I'm not crazy about is the nearly-blown whites on her chest...they probably didn't blink in-camera but they're awfully close! Still, a minor nitpick for a very good image.

Hope this has been helpful,

Susan

I will take my bed of leaves over my blanket, thank you
by jgirl57

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

Very nice chocolate Lab, one of my favourite dogs. The eyes are lovely, and the fall tones work well in that coat. The light is nice and soft, looks late in the day. He looks very tired! :-)

I'm surprised that this shot finished so far down. I'm not a fan of the corner of the blanket(?) visible in lower left. It's just there, there isn't enough to see that the dog is snubbing his blanket in favour of the leaves. Moving that blanket and some of those leaves from the face/muzzle, maybe get him making contact with the camera would have helped a bit more.

Hope this has been helpful, feel free to PM me

Susan