Dad and dad....
by Iraklis

Comment:
Well done on your ribbon. Great score!

#2 - The Church of Our Savior on the Spilled Blood
by bobonacus

Comment:
Ah, you have that nice wide angle lens. I couldn't quite get the whole canal and the Church in one shot! It's such a beautiful city, isn't it?

Week 38 - Yet Another Flower
by Ken

Comment:
The background has a very painterly feel to it. I would actually very much like to see this in colour.

Week 37 - A Simple Flower
by Ken

Comment:
Interesting look to the blur in this image. I was going to say, how strange to see this type of flower at this time of year, and then I noticed you shot it in August! :)

Circular Perfection
by MsAmbrosia

Comment:
From the Critique Club

Seems to me this shot was one of those that didn't immediately jump out to the speed voters. This is a pity as I think overall it is a good photo. It surely meets the challenge and the composition is great. Another possible reason for the lower score is the subject does lack a bit of the DPC wow factor.......

It looks to me that is slightly soft, I am not sure if this is because it was cropped or if it's a product of the slow shutter speed & high ISO combination. I may have reduced the aperture to get a slightly faster shutter speed, which should have minimised the possible camera shake.

I am sorry this did not score higher, I think it is a strong image for this challenge, but the score is suffering due to some technical issues.

by yanko

Comment:
Fashion mag stuff as I see it. Awesome. I do actually like the heavy border in this.

Clementines
by Bear_Music

Comment:
Great stuff. Hope you enjoy....

Thank you Lehman Brothers
by Rino63

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club

I thought this was a clever concept, I loved the title and thought it very apt for the current times.

I was sorry to see it did not score higher, I believe it was somewhat under rated. I can only assume that you got hit with some DNMC voters who thought it didn't represent a Feast as such. (Reading the comments below would indicate to me that some may have missed the irony in this shot, which is a pity, whereas others clearly go it).

I do find the blue water glass a little distracting, largely I think due to the colour, a non-coloured glass may have worked better. I liked the flower on the plate and felt it blended well with the olive. I thought this was a well exposed shot but the composition could have been improved a bit, as someone suggested, moving the olive a little to the right may have helped, as would either removing the water glass completely or using a different one.

Overall a clever, well excecuted image which I felt should have scored higher than it did. (I gave it a 6 btw).

Hope this was a little bit helpful.
Sarah

Num Num Yummy
by Pipe_Dream

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club

First of all well done on 11th place.

My first impression of this pic is that it is very busy. I personally found it had too many things to look at and this made it hard to look at.

So, from a compositional point of view, I feel it would have worked better without so many things on the table. The random wine glass doesn't add much to the composition. If you had taken a step to the right, you may have avoided the white curtain and the pitcher that are creeping into the right frame. By doing that you would also have got more of the cello in the background which would, I think have worked well.

To me it looks like it is not really properly focused and that you have used the clarity slider a little bit too much to try to compensate when converting the file (via ACR). If you haven't done this, then I'm sorry, but this is what it looks like to me. I also am seeing a slight yellow colour cast in the image, but that may just be my monitor.

I think you should be pleased with the score you got. Others clearly disagree with my point of view, which is all this is. :)

Regards
Sarah

trouble brewing
by Iraklis

Comment:
Crumbs, this looks menacing and you look awfully close. Take good care of yourself, things look like they have got quite out of hand.