Untitled
by dali_lama_2k

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

Interesting shot of a shutter, which we are all familiar with. I *got* what you're trying to do here as I've done similar work, and gave you a 7 for the effort.

However, the blue/orange lines of chromatic aberration are caused by the light and possibly the lens you used, too, detracts from what should be clean, sharp lines. It looks like you were set up too close, within the camera's minimum focusing distance. That and the angle makes for a tough way to get a clean shot, esp a macro of the subject. Generally you have to ensure that both your lens and subject are on precisely the same plane. Try to take what you're learned and reshoot, it never hurts to see what will give you the results you like but from a different angle.

Feel free to PM me,

Susan

Memory Lane
by lobrin

Comment:
Oh wow Louie, huge huge HUGE congrats on the first ribbon!!! So proud of you, keep up the great work!! :-)

Message edited by author 2012-03-21 16:58:47.

Chocolate, Chocolate, Chocolate!
by CJinCA

Comment:
Sofia, are you shooting food again? :-)

Chocoholic
by Whebb

Comment:
good one, mainling chocolate!

The Color Papers
by bnilesh

Comment:
nice work Irene!

Golden Age of Travel
by CaptainJack

Comment:
nice shot but the pp looks very heavy.

Flying High
by Judi

Comment:
WHEEEEEEEEEE!! Getting vertigo just looking at this! 10

Scarlett
by FourPointX

Comment:
nice ride, Leo! :-)

Event Horizon
by markwiley

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

I gave you a 7 in voting, probably because I was jealous that I didn't get this shot :-) Very nice and subtle, plenty to look at apart from the ripples. Love how the two leaves converge right there. And the bit of bark poking out of the water adds to the shot just enough, without being distracting. The tones are great, nice and muted but still colourful enough to add interest.

And for all your worrying, you finished with a 6.5 in the top 10 - so I'd say keep on doing what you're doing, it seems to work!

Feel free to PM me

Susan

Floating Along : In the style of Natsumi Hayashi
by lola72

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

This is a very well done shot for both the challenge and, going by your comment, your newness to the wonderful world of photography. The leading lines and tones are fantastic and very BC-ish (lived there for 6 1/2 yrs). I see you have a good grasp on the technical stuff though on such a murky day, you probably could have shot at an even higher ISO and done no harm. Hubby's doing a great levitation, how many did it take?

Now for the nitpicky stuff...in all honesty the only thing I really would change is having him more to the other side of the bridge. He looks like he's heading out of frame. Looks like you're already crouched down using a low POV, of which I am a huge fan. I don't imagine getting him to wear brightly coloured footwear is much of an option though, is it? Now if this place is close to home, make the most of it and if you can talk him into it, try and reshoot a little and see what you get. Never hurts to shoot as much as you can.

Overall a great levitation and entry, keep up the good work!

Feel free to PM me.

Susan