Up, Up, and Away!!!!!!
by chazoe

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club

Not sure I can add anything useful to this since you scored pretty well in this challenge. Composition is good, the subject is interesting. You received a lot of positive feedback so you must be quite satisfied with the result overall.

My only very tiny nitpick is there is some haloing around the balloons and the basket, obviously as a result of the selections you made. But this is only a small nit pick.

Balloon Blossom
by amateurboi

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club

I'm glad you enjoyed shooting this one. That is at least half the battle in my opinion.

I think your overall idea was pretty creative, but somehow it missed the mark. As one of your commenters noticed, the lighting is a bit harsh, particularly on your main subject, the balloon. The background I personally was not too fond of. A plain coloured background would have served you better, either white or black (just my opinion remember). The watercolour effect is the thing I notice first about this image and really the background should be secondary to the subject matter (in this specific challenge).

Using borders is also risky on DPC. There are a lot of people who hate them and that can have a negative impact on the score. I personally like a border if I feel it somehow enhances the image and use them quite often myself. In this case however, I think the border was a bit heavy and is not really necessary. I think it gives the feeling that the image has been boxed up somehow. In addition, the balloon is framed a little bit too tightly to the left. I would like to see just a little bit more space to the top and left of the balloon.

I think overall you did a good job at attempting something a little bit different. A few things in your set up (including using a plain coloured balloon rather than a multi coloured one) could have pushed your score up over the 5.

Feel free to contact me if you want me to explain anything further.

Sarah.

Bring the tulip and the rose, while their brilliant beauty glows
by khdoss

Comment:
Love this.

Spring
by karmat

Comment:
This is lovely

Beachcombers
by Melethia

Comment:
I love this. The toning really works well. Lovely silhouettes

Splash of Colour
by mBastin

Comment:
Seems over sharpened to me.

Working Late
by ondninja

Comment:
Probably not the only one to say this, but it's tilted and that really spoils it.

Capadocia
by mwwback

Comment:
Lighting feels rather flat in this, spoiling a rather interesting view.

Ice Lake
by Prime_Time

Comment:
Feels rather over sharpened (or topazed).

Path
by DistantColours

Comment:
Looks like Buttermere. I like where the path is taking me.