In the Heart of the City, the Squatters' Village Grows
by Jak

Comment:
Good. I think a closer crop, just right of the pole, with less building, would be more effective. Still, 8.

Jim msp

Eureka Inn Unveiled It's Patroitic Christmas Tree for 2002
by shedevil

Comment:
Technically ok ( focus & lighting) - but way too busy & crowded.

Jim msp

US Opposes EU Open Skies Treaty
by Manic

Comment:
Very nice. A 9.
Jim msp

time
by ritaard

Comment:
Are you telling us that you shot this out of the time window? Or that your clock is wrong? I'm sorry, I don't see the message or connection.
Jim msp

Protest!
by hardwaybets

Comment:
Overexposed on the left, and center of attention on the left is a little blurred to me.

Jim msp

Star Wars
by SunChild

Comment:
A little too dark, and a little out of focus. It looks like your flash is not strong enough for what you wanted to light.
Composition of photo is way too busy for me. Lots of small items that I can't really see.

Jim msp

Street Child and his Dogs
by andrewm

Comment:
Good photo. Technicaly well done. Perhaps a little more space (wall) to the right would have changed the mood some. 8
Jim msp

After Bush Fire
by bayu

Comment:
I like this. I still see the smoking embers. Would a little closer crop with less green and more lower right side change message? I think so. Still, 8.
Jim msp

I wana be a phhhhotographer too !
by dimitrii

Comment:
(1) COMPOSITION (CONTENT) - Pretty good. I’d like to see the partial bodies on the right cropped out. The problem with that, you lose the Kodak sign. Can’t win. I like the partial face in the center, although a couple of folks did not. It’s good that he is looking at her. I like the pose of the girl, kneeling on the counter. Definite youth, paying attention.
(2) BACKGROUND – Pretty good, but two “blown out” areas are distracting – left of the girl’s arm, and right of her head. Looks like bad reflections. Overall background is also a little too bright, but probably hard to change in b&w.
(3) CAMERA WORK ,TECHNICAL – Focus and DOF look quite good.
(4) DIGITAL PROCESSING ,TECHNICAL – I assume you took this in color and converted to B&W. The conversion looks good to me. Good resulting textures. No recommended changes.
(5) MY OPINION ON THE PHOTO – When I first saw the photo and the title, I had trouble envisioning the story that went with it. A good picture, but “so what”; why would this be on a front page or a magazine cover? On the other hand, it would go well with a story on a “variety” page that covered a young girl who took photos for a school paper.

Jim msp
Critique Club

Entering Sisseton
by WRen

Comment:
Looks over exposed. Background way too hazy. Subject strikes me as so-so.

Jim msp