The Simple Joys
by BJokerud

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club

Well done for getting a good solid score in this challenge. Always nice to score a six or higher. I am afraid I only rated this photo a 5, which may, on reflection be a bit tough (sometimes I wish we had a chance to go to more decimals).

Whilst I felt this captured the challenge topic pretty well, there were a few things that just stopped me giving it a 6. I found the composition to be a bit too cramped. I would like to have seen some more space around the dog, so it was more in context that it is.

The stick is hiding the dog's eyes which is a pity. Finally, for me, the lighting seemed to be a bit flat, making the colours a bit flat too. I felt a tweak in the levels to brighten it up a bit and a slight boost to the saturation would have made this stand out a bit more.

Anyway, you got a coveted Post Luminous award, so you know at least one person liked it a lot!

A Bow on a Bough
by Citadel

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club

The first thing that pops into my mind when looking at this, is what is the subject? Is it the branches of the tree, or is it the bird? In other words, it was not immediately obvious which possibly hurt your score.

I didn't vote on this one, but probably would have only given it a 5. Although it is quite well composed, I found the branch sticking in the top left of the frame to be distracting, as it invades what would be some negative space, and also it is out of focus. Given that this was an advanced editing challenge, I do not think it would have been out of line to have cloned that out.

The sky is not a particularly interesting colour, it is not intense enough to give the impression of a sunset, but tends to look grey and a bit murky. Given that the tree and bird are in silhouette, I may have been tempted to try this one in black and white (but then, I am a big black and white fan).

My critique sounds a bit harsh, apologies, I was just trying to explain the lowish score. It is not a bad image, I just think it could have been a bit stronger with some extra editing steps.

Dancing In The Shadows Of The Trees
by skasuba

Comment:
Well, this was certainly one of my favourites in this challenge and one of my highest scores. Sorry it didn't do better.

Buddies
by Retroesque

Comment:
Don't think you are creatively challenged at all right now! This is an added bonus, as we get 2 for the price of 1.

Chairs
by Balko

Comment:
This is very different. I kind of like the colours.

Dancing Queen
by gsal

Comment:
Could be a Goodmanimage. Wonderful image

desolation
by magenmarie

Comment:
The texture definitely adds something to this image. Nicely done

Petrified sentries
by ELLIPS

Comment:
I also thought that this was Ursula. I thought that it should have scored much, much higher.

Vase & Lily
by dafletchr

Comment:
You sure do have a wonderful collection of things to photograph in your home. This is another excellent photograph.

Edison Vase
by Lutchenko

Comment:
Well done!