Landman's Cave
by pall

Comment:
Greetings from the critique club!

Great find and perfect for the challenge. Tough scene to expose for but I think you pulled it off. Composition could be a little stronger as indicated by previous comments but I guess the question is "How?"

The angle you chose gives a sense of place which is important I think. Shooting into the cave wouldn't have given us a sense of the interior that we see here. Shooting from a lower angle would have resulted in more bright sky. Moving left or right, judging from the walls, doesn't look like an option either. I'd be curious to see what other angles you shot but I don't imagine they're going to be any better than what you presented here.

Polluting Our Oceans
by BrianR

Comment:
Well...comment 2000 for me. This would have done really well Brian. Its a terrific image and has a great message. You may have wanted to straighten it so that the stream of oil was vertical but that's pretty minor.

A Look Back in Time
by cpanaioti

Comment:
Strange. I don't remember seeing this. Great capture.

"London"
by kingskingdom

Comment:
Terrific image. I really can't say any more than that

A Zen Moment
by Marc923

Comment:
oooooh...I really like this. Great moody sky and I'm not sure if this was converted to monochrome or if the scene itself is monochromatic but looks great this way in my opinion

A Photo Finish
by jumboshrimp

Comment:
Nice capture but the processing doesn't work for me. The saturation has been pushed way too much making the image look cartoony.

Condemned
by Naco

Comment:
Greetings from the critique club!

Striking image but I am not sure about the make up and the knife as mentioned in previous comments. You have a beautiful model with beautiful natural light. Had the light been harsher and the makeup applied to look edgier perhaps the eye lashes and the knife would have worked.

Visualizing this without the eyelashes and knife I see a great emotive portrait here.

Brooklyn Bridge
by JamesA

Comment:
I like the way you've incorporated the lines into your composition. I agree with Hotpasta on the suggestion to use monochrome. It would help bring even more focus on the lines.

This looks like a tough scene to expose for: there's some blown highlights but also some dark areas where we'd like to see more detail. Shooting from the other side of the support might have helped. (I think you could still get the same composition if I remember correctly)

Rome
by JamesA

Comment:
The sky is terrific in this shot. The building is interesting but it feels a bit truncated. I can't remember this building so I can't give any advice on different ways of framing it unfortunately.

I'd also be curious to see what this would like like in monochrome.

Wait...I dropped my sunglasses
by Judi

Comment:
Its never fun getting dumped on your head. Especially when you are riding a horse that's supposed to be broke. I got tossed one spring while out on a ride and fractured the vertebrae at the base of my skull. If I hit a little harder I wouldn't be around today to submit to DPC.

Interesting processing. Usually for these type of the images they tend to be presented "straight up". I like this though. My only complaint (and its a small one) is that the horse look especially shiny. The image appears a little angled but I think it adds to the action.

You captured the action perfectly though I am not sure she'd like to have a print. ;)

In any event, great capture and I hope that she is doing well.