Scotlands Finest
by stphq

Comment:
gorgeous lighting and lovely girl, but feel the ol' hand on the haunch is done to death.

Say hello to my friend, Mr. Hammer
by KfirLevAri

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

Reminds me of the Saw franchise of movies - like the wielder of the hammer has to bludgeon someone to death in order to retrieve something from their body which is supposed to set them free. Up in the air over the comp, I am trying to figure out if the image would have been strengthened by the whole hammer being in the frame. Have to agree that the pp is a little heavy, it's overwhelming the image. The settings are a little puzzling, I would have tried to shoot faster - 1/6 is awfully slow for a shot like this. I think you would been fine at ISO 400 - 640; I feel that the original image was much darker than this due to a low ISO and so the pp is to draw out details. Keep in mind that you can get noise at ISO 100, you still need to get the exposure right. As a final nitpick I would have tried to keep what is visible of the hammer in focus, and let the arm/hand be just out of focus. It's obvious what they are and as we're meant to be *meeting* Mr Hammer, he really should take centre stage.

Keep up the good work, you can always try my suggestions out and see what transpires. You can never shoot too much!

Feel free to PM me,

Susan

Knock him cold, keep play snowballs
by mcaldo

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

I love the freshness and spontaneity of this shot. The girl looks like she's having fun getting ready to whip off a snowball, and one of the cops is watching her. They may not even know it's a girl from the back with the hat/hair/guitarcase/leather jacket. But still watching that potential hooligan! Compositionally I don't see anything to complain about, though maybe you could have dodged her face a little and burned out the few highlights - the ring on her right hand, a few other teeny glints here and there. The b/w is a good choice, and I didn't really notice the guitar case til read your notes. I feel like I'm there watching this scene unfold. And even before I saw this in voting, I thought that she looked a lot like my sister-in-law...and yep she's a singer in a rock band! Pity that the voters don't see the beauty in pictures like this, but such is life. Keep shooting and entering!

Feel free to PM me,

Susan

Exmoor Weanling
by temba

Comment:
too much vignetting

The Princess and the Matriarch
by dtallakson

Comment:
love the stoned Weirmaraner! :-)

Nobody wins.....
by stuntman

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

Very interesting concept and execution. The rock is sitting on the paper, which the scissors have already slashed, and in turn tried to cut the rock, which resisted and broke the scissors but was still damaged, so didn't really go as planned...so extra points for an effective title :-)

I do agree wholeheartedly with Katie ( littlemav). Your lighting is quite good, the bg unobtrusive but adding some texture to the shot, a nice change from matte black bg. The concept and execution are a)simple and b)effective, which seems to be the winning combo on this site. Yes, killer pp skills a la gyaban and Judi will help but only so long as you have a good basic image to work from in the first place.

Comp is a little on the safe side, being centred etc, but hard to fault for a setup. And at this stage better safe than sorry isn't such a bad idea!

So welcome to crazyland, make yourself at home, and go out there and shoot. Then shoot some more. Shoot stuff you've never shot before. Push your comfort zone. And above all, have fun. Looking forward to more of your entries.

Feel free to PM me,

Susan

Curves in F
by dswann

Comment:
nice work bassbone! And if you're not him, congrats on being mistaken for him :-)

Wall-e on the rocks.
by CassieDoodle

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

Aww, so cute! Good to see that such a simple setup works so well. Great expression from Wall-e, and the rocky set definitely meets the challenge. Wondering what those slick-looking areas are supposed to be, oil or something similar? Good comp and use of thirds especially, I can see some pp has been used but not a lot, which is always a plus in my books.

Overall nice work, glad to see you back here and keep shooting!

Feel free to PM me,

Susan

Frozen
by gyaban

Comment:
Amazing image as usual, Christophe! See you on the front page!

White Wedding(Paper Dress)
by kimberlyMai

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

So we meet again Kimberly...muwahahahahaaaa...;-) Very cute and funny idea, and it works very well in b/w. I'm not so sure about the 'scarf', I feel it disengages your head and body; maybe doing a veil instead, either just in front of your face or hanging down behind and ofsetting your hair, may have worked and given more of a feeling that says 'bridal'. A little puzzled by the umbrella but maybe it was going to rain and your dress would disintegrate? :-) The angle works though and echoes that of your head so can't complain too much. I'd have liked to see the back of your closer hand in focus and you a few more feet forward away from the basement wall but that's being nitpicky. Did you try to bounce a strobe off the ceiling to knock out the shadows being cast upwards? A suspended piece of foamcore would take care of that.

It's always a pleasure to critique your images, Kimberly, keep up the good work!

Feel free to PM me,

Susan