All Alone
by talj

Comment:
T, I still love this one.

Baltic Town
by kolasi

Comment:
Looks like Riga :)

Sunset with Bike
by zeuszen

Comment:
Really like this. Did you use one of the pre-programmed B&W settings on the camera or is it done on the computer? I quite like playing with the camera settings, they are quite cool. :)

Giggling girls
by Melethia

Comment:
Pity it didn't tip the 6.00, but good score nonetheless. Well done, glad this one worked out.

Automatic Transaction Machine
by pawdrix

Comment:
I sort of figured this maybe yours, the urban scene seemed to fit in well with your style. I also happened to be one of your 10s. This one worked very well for me. And glad to see you got some Don bling :)

Resting
by Melethia

Comment:
Deb, this is lovely. Like it a lot

Nine Spirits
by MaxFinger

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club

I noticed this is only your second entry on DPC, takes a few challenges before you start to get the hang of what works and what doesn't around here.

From a conceptual point of view, I think this is good. It is quite interesting and slightly unusual. However, the execution does let this down quite a lot. It is a very busy image and there is no main subject for the viewer to focus on. Your eyes are drawn to the "incense" and yet this doesn't really feel like it is in the right place.

The rest of the lighting is a bit flat and uninteresting. The image largely looks out of focus, mainly due to the uneven lighting I think.

The composition is way too cluttered and is very tightly framed making it very hard to look at.

As I said, I think the idea was interesting, but the technical aspects and the composition really let this one down.

Girls prefer nine best friends
by mbish7373

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club

I didn't actually vote on this image (I only managed 20% in the 9 challenge) but had I done so I would likely have given it a 5/6.

I do like the subject and the composition is great. The centered composition with a square crop was certainly the best way to go with this one. The depth of field was a good choice.

For me though the lighting seems a bit flat. I think you could likely have corrected some of this in post processing. I dragged the image into Photoshop CS3 and noticed that an adjustment (using Adobe Camera Raw) in the white balance settings brightened the image up a lot, made the background whiter (without having to adjust exposure, brightness or levels) and overall the image had a bit more depth.

I also agree with Ericwoo about the border, I feel the black doesn't enhance the image at all.

Still, overall I think it was a nice idea that fell a bit flat in the execution.

Forever Different
by BeefnCheez

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club

I quite like the idea of this but think the execution lets this down. Having browsed others comments, I think there is some good advice.

The composition as Ericwoo says, is a bit too tight. A bit more space around the hands would have helped a lot. Good choice to use the black background. I also agree that the white balance is off on this and a more natural skin colour could have been achieved with some simple editing in Photoshop (or whichever tool you use).

Being a bit picky here, but a manicure may have been a good idea before taking a hand shot, it would have made the image more pleasing to looking at. I don't mean full women's type manicure with polish and all that, just a tidy up of the finger nails.

With some change to set up and some better editing you could probably have increased the score a bit. I doubt however, that this was ever going to be a ribbon winner as it really is lacking the DPC wow factor.

Red Arrows
by joekent

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club

It is quite difficult to offer a critique on one of the ribbon winning shots, but I'll have a go since you ticked the box for a critique.

It must have been incredibly difficult to capture this image, so I take my hat off to you as the composition is spot on. It never ceases to amaze me when I see images of formation flying how anyone manages to get these shots. Those planes move quickly!

Choosing to desaturate this image was interesting. I personally am not a fan of selective desaturation and had I voted then it would surely have influenced my vote. I very rarely find it enhances an image and in this case I think a blue sky would have worked so much better. I am however, clearly in the minority on this issue as you still scored above a 7. I wonder if you would however have scored higher overall with a fully saturated image?

Anyway, quite difficult to critique since it is a really well done image.