Rental Bikes
by frisca

Comment:
WHOO HOO!!!!!

Congrats! :)

circle of zen
by magnetic9999

Comment:
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The specific character means "city."

What if he picked the one next to it, that means "wood" or "tree."

They are Chinese characters.

One day I'll fly away
by pesinn

Comment:
I gave this shot a 6 originally. I think it looks like you fired a flash to capture the action. I like the action but dislike the color effects of the flash. I like the idea - the execution is something you know now you can work on. Maybe seeking out shot like this a few hours before sunset would give you the right amount of natural light to not fire the flash.

X-ray frames
by kiwiness

Comment:
Ribbon hog!!!!!!!!

I mean that in the best possible way. Congrats.

circle of zen
by magnetic9999

Comment:
Nice job Mag!

Salt & Pepper
by severin

Comment:
Congrats on 4th - I've been there!

Monday Monday
by jmsetzler

Comment:
edit comment removed per photographer wishes

Message edited by author 2005-10-05 12:55:53.

Peaceful
by BAMartin

Comment:
Greetings fromt the Critique Club
Hi BamBam!!!

Composition
Excellent use of the rule of thirds here. I love the 'emerging' from the water you have going on.

Color
Good colors - hard to get a 'true water blue' in a pool type area. I like the darker colors here. The contrast is nice between the animal and the pool.

Lighting
This shot seems a bit bright - what if you took brightness down a little bit? Or ... something to make the blacks blacker and keep the whites white?

Subject matter
I love this shot for fauna! S/he's so cute! Absolutely meets the challenge.

Overall
Great job. I don't think the score reflects the thought in this shot - and how cute it is!
Happy shooting!

Hyles lineata (white line sphinx moth)
by briphoto

Comment:
Greetings fromt the Critique Club
Hi Brian!

Composition
Excellent - but what if you went wider and got more of the flower? I like your use of thirds here.

Color
I think the detail in the colors of the caterpillar here are amazing - I don't like the blur on the flower. I wish I could see those colors be richer.

Focus
Good shallow DoF, but you got the edge of the flower - I like it behind, but not in front. Nice highlighting the fauna though.

Lighting
He wasn't gonna wait for sunset, probably. :) I like this shot at this time. The lighting brings out his own colors, which are the highlight of this shot.

Overall
A 7 score is a fabulous vindication of when you've done something right - and you have. Congrats and happy shooting!

faith in chaos
by stephan

Comment:
Greetings fromt the Critique Club
Hi Stephan!

Composition
Because your background is almost unseeable, the composition is hard to judge - the ant is nearly centered, but coming into the shot, which is good. I would have preferred an even tighter crop on the ant.

Color
I don't like what you did with this, but that's just my preference. Obviously you had an idea - it wasn't communicated to us because we couldn't see notes during the challenge.

Focus
Off, but you know that (given your comments).

Subject matter
Good choice of subject. I would have preferred the ant doing something, or going somewhere, thought.

Overall
Post-processing kills this for me, but you wanted to do it - don't be disheartened by this score. Sometimes you kill a shot, sometimes you really do extremely well. One of your shots (Edison's Gift) is one of my 3 favorite shots on this site - keep shooting!