Erla
by IceRock

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club :)

Children make great photo subjects... especially for the 'cliche' challenge. The pose you selected for this shot also works very well to show some good emotion with the child.

The white balance on this shot seems to be a little strange. There is a good amount of yellow cast from your light source on the subject and on the background. If the camera would not correct this on its own, maybe a little bit of desaturation of the yellow channel in photoshop would correct this for you.

The bit of 'catch light' in her eyes is a nice element :)

The border on this shot is a bit overpowering for me. Your border creates strong contrasts in the image and they attract my eye away from the subject. I understand the effect of 'film' that you were trying to create, but I believe that a border should compliment the photo rather than become an element of it.

Keep up the good work :)

John Setzler

Trinity
by Davenit

Comment:
beautiful still life and excellent lighting :) = 10 - setzler

A New Beginning
by Yomi

Comment:
phenomenal shot... the subdued colors of the environment really make this shot for me :) = 10 - setzler

Happy Hallmark...er...St. Valentine's Day
by zadore

Comment:
This is a beautiful shot... the desaturation of the color works beautifully here and the composition is excellent as well... great work :) = 10 - setzler

I've Bean Latte'd!!
by smellyfish1002

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club :)

I think this is an excellent before and after shot... I particularly like the composition of the glass on the right side of the frame. The 'path' of the glass creates a nice leading line as well. The contrast of the glass against the bean background also adds a nice element to this photo.

The only area I can see for some possible improvement is the lighting... there is a strange gradient in the 'path' in the beans that looks slightly strange... I don't know if any additional depth of field would help that or not...

Keep up the great work :)

John Setzler

Learning about High Heels
by simplyfocusedstudios

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club :)

Children make great photo subject :) I think this is also a nice choice of a 'cliche' subject for this challenge as well.

I believe the 'essence' of this challenge topic of 'cliche' was more than just to create a photograph of a common subject. In order to be successful in this challenge, you needed to create a better than average photo of your common subject... Your subject needed to be photographed in some unique way that sets it apart from your common images. This particular photo doesn't seem to have any extraordinary elements to set it apart from other standard 'child' photos. Maybe trying some extreme camera angles and natural light sources would help improve the overall impact of the shot :)

John Setzler

Liberty and Justice for All - 2
by kevinswope

Comment:
great perspective and the color is excellent.. .great shot :) - setzler

Concealed
by Remie

Comment:
This is nice work... I really like the white... I can't really say much more... great work :) = 10 - setzler

In the morning sun
by eikidigi

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club :)

Hi Kodak...

Children are definitely great subjects for photographs... especially in the 'cliche' challenge.

I like this composition... I think the harsh lighting adds a nice element to this photo... a little bit of surrealism maybe :) It also creates a sense of loneliness and content at the same time... The child is alone, but seems very content with whatever he is doing :) It reminds me of my own early saturday mornings as a child when I would get up before my parents and start my day on my own :)

One of the things I like about this photo is that normal compositional rules don't really apply. The strong perspective of the hallway really works well...

I'm sorry I don't have much that I can add to improve this photo... it looks excellent as is :)

Keep up the great work :)

John Setzler

Light
by thatguy

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club :)

This is an interesting concept of the cliche challenge.. As far as being considered 'cliche' I'm not sure... I can't recall seeing too many photos of this nature around :)

The color composition you chose on this gives it the feeling of a black light of some sort... It does have a nice abstract effect...

Compositionally, I don' believe that clipping the light fixture with the bottom of the frame is really helping anything... Moving it up in the frame may help out some :)

Keep up the good work!

John Setzler