I'm still standing
by snaffles

Comment:
Hi Susan

Greetings from the Critique Club

It's been a while since I did one of these for you :)

First impression of this image is that it is nice and cheery. The colours are great and it's a really good idea. However, I do feel the composition is somewhat cramped and a bit busy. I'm sure it would have scored higher had there been a little bit more space around the umbrellas, they just somehow feel far too squashed.

From a technical point of view I think the lighting is fine, nothing is really burnt out which could be a strong possibility.

Mainly I think with this image, it is the composition that prevented a score above 5.

Rudbeckia
by korpen

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club

I thought this was a very striking image when I was voting on the HDR challenge. So much so, I gave it quite a high score, even though I'm not sure HDR really works that well for flowers.

I think the centered composition worked very well for this image and the white against the black background was excellent.

As one of the purposes of using HDR is to bring out the details in the shadows and highlights, I think it would have been nice to see a bit more detail in the centre of the flower, however that is a minor nit pick.

Overall very well done image. I suppose the main reasons it didn't score higher is a) it's a flower and quite often these are not appreciated on DPC b) some people did not think it was HDR.

glasses
by LevT

Comment:
OMG, I LOVE this. It is awesome. Well seen.

Morning Watch, Winter Harbor
by Bear_Music

Comment:
Very lovely

Choc '99
by baronne

Comment:
Oh what a pity this didn't score higher. I guess this totally missed it with the non-UK voters. If anybody else reads this comment, a 99 is a bit of British thing. Two chocolate flakes dipped into the ice-cream as shown above. I guess you got a lot of "did not meet challenge" votes. Way too subtle for people not in the "know". (I am a Brit, so got it)

Grunge
by colorcarnival

Comment:
Loved this one Michelle. Well done.

Passersby
by Melethia

Comment:
I had a sneaky feeling this was yours Deb. I almost commented. It's got a Deb look to it. Under rated of course.

Pearl Dawn
by Ecce_Signum

Comment:
I just realised the second 9! Never even noticed that to start with. :) Glad it went up a bit.

Message edited by author 2009-09-23 00:09:39.

High Tide
by talj

Comment:
T, many many congrats on a great score and your blue ribbon. See, I knew it was going to be worth our while getting up so early! Hopefully you will get this printed nice and big. Again, many congrats.

Bend
by Paul

Comment:
Very striking