The Colors Of Musical Past
by cubix

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Greetings from the Critique Club...

Hi Cubix :)

If you request a critique from the critique club, you should always fill out your 'Photographer's Comments' field when you submit your photo. When you don't include your own thoughts on the image, you can't really expect someone else to give their time and effort to give you a critique. It makes me think that you don't care enough about your own photo to take the time to post your thoughts on it...

The first critique I have for this image is your depth of field. I can't see any particular reason why everything in this image should not be in focus. Shallow depth of field is generally used to either isolate a subject or to draw attention to some particular area of an image. In this image, the entire field of view is the subject. There is no added effect created by the shallow depth of field.

I think this is a good subject for black and white photography simply because the subject is already lacking in color. I also think it was a bold move to shoot this scene straight and level as you have here. I actually think it has a nice balance and works out well in this composition.

Vigil.
by Nospeak

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Greetings from the Critique Club...

First of all, I think it's important that you include your camera settings when requesting a critique. That information is beneficial to me when offering you suggestions on how to improve your work :)

I think this is an excellent subject for a black and white photo. I also applaud the camera tilt. I do that quite frequently myself to create imbalance and added dynamics. This particular subject seems to have a lot of smaller composition opportunities within the field of view you have presented here as well.

Per your notes, I believe you were going for a dark sky effect, and it seems to have worked out to some degree, but I believe the rest of the image may be slighly underexposed by the methods you chose to achieve that effect. The highlights are almost there, but not quite. You may be able to improve this effect by using a polarizer. The polarizer will darken the sky without much loss on the existing highlights in the scene...

DownTown
by YourBuddyFlo

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club...

If you request a critique from the critique club, you should always fill out your 'Photographer's Comments' field when you submit your photo. When you don't include your own thoughts on the image, you can't really expect someone else to give their time and effort to give you a critique. It makes me think that you don't care enough about your own photo to take the time to post your thoughts on it...

I can't offer you much here because you didn't bother to fill out your camera settings. I do agree with a lot of the comments you have already received regarding exposure time and lack of sharpness in the still areas of the image. Compositionally and subjectively, I like what you are presenting, but the execution is rather poor...

Formalities Aside
by O'Holleran

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club...

If you request a critique from the critique club, you should always fill out your 'Photographer's Comments' field when you submit your photo. When you don't include your own thoughts on the image, you can't really expect someone else to give their time and effort to give you a critique. It makes me think that you don't care enough about your own photo to take the time to post your thoughts on it...

The lighting on this image needs some help. The color tones are a little bland for my taste. I also think the composition is a little too tight overall, but I'm definitely no source on this type of photography. The image also appears to be slightly soft. Some additional sharpness would be excellent in this photo.

No Emotion
by Buttox07

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club...

If you request a critique from the critique club, you should always fill out your 'Photographer's Comments' field when you submit your photo. When you don't include your own thoughts on the image, you can't really expect someone else to give their time and effort to give you a critique. It makes me think that you don't care enough about your own photo to take the time to post your thoughts on it...

As far as this image is concerned, it's rather bland. The overall tonality of the photo is very flat, which doesn't lend itself well to a great black and white image. You should probalby play around with this concept some more trying different lighting schemes and compositions to work it into something more intriguing :)

Giorgio Armani
by sangeeth

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Greetings from the Critique Club...

This is definitely an interesting photograph and well executed considering it's a basic editing challenge. I like the whole concept you present here, but I don't think it really meets the challenge. I do, however, believe that the challenge title and description for "Fashion" are a bit ambiguous and contradictory. In my personal experience, fashion photography usually involves models (people) being used to showcase clothing, jewelry, and accessories. What you have presented here is more along the lines of product photography than fashion photography. The score you received is not bad though.

Nice work :)

Sailing Away
by garrett14

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club...

If you request a critique from the critique club, you should always fill out your 'Photographer's Comments' field when you submit your photo. When you don't include your own thoughts on the image, you can't really expect someone else to give their time and effort to give you a critique. It makes me think that you don't care enough about your own photo to take the time to post your thoughts on it...

This photo scored rather well, but I don't think it's the greatest scene for a black and white. The sky and the water both blend into a rather dull gray. The boat does stand out fairly well against this but I think it could be stronger. A polarizer (if not already used) would likely improve this contrast...

John Setzler

Birth of the Cabbage Patch Kids
by ladpupmoe

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club...

If you request a critique from the critique club, you should always fill out your 'Photographer's Comments' field when you submit your photo. When you don't include your own thoughts on the image, you can't really expect someone else to give their time and effort to give you a critique. It makes me think that you don't care enough about your own photo to take the time to post your thoughts on it...

A new pastime
by beggs

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Greetings from the Critique Club...

Hi Beggs :)

There is nothing particularly wrong with this photo as far as composition and execution is concerned. It also meets the challenge. Where I think this photo failed is simply by the fact that it doesn't show any particular strength in the realm of photography itself. There is nothing about it that has visual impact. It doesn't stir any real emotion in me as a viewer. I find myself using this type of comment quite frequently. I may start to sound like a broken record, but I believe that meeting the challenge alone is simply not good ground work for building a great challenge score.

I never owned an Atari. Lots of my friends had Atari and I really wanted one. I managed to bypass the Atari craze and I got an Intellivision. At the time, Intellivision was much better than Atari, but that was soon followed by Colecovision, which was better yet :)

Been there done that..........Lost the T-shirt
by PhotoRyno

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Greetings from the Critique Club...

This photo, as a sitll life, isn't particularly well executed. It's lacking sharpness. When shooting a still life where you have total control over the environment, there is not much room for error. I can only guess at this, but based on the settings you posted and the lens choice you used, I'm assuming that you didn't use a tripod. That probalby contributed to the softness of the image. It does look like camera shake.

As for meeting the challenge, I think it's marginal. Everything in your image is indicative of a wider time frame when viewed by most. Meeting the challenge in a specific way is always the best route.