Bahsworth & Brodamire
by Gotcha

Comment:
excellent pet portrait :) The background offers a nice contrast for the black dogs... great work :) = 10 - setzler

Laid Back
by sahko

Comment:
This is the absolute perfect cliche shot... your depth of field is perfect... the softness of this photo compliments the subject very well... great work! = 10 - setzler

hit the point...
by neoathematrix

Comment:
excellent shot.. one of my favorites this week... I think your shutter speed was perfect to catch the slight blur on the train... great work :) = 10 - setzler

Ladies in Red
by TerryGee

Comment:
This is an excellent shot... I love the sharp detail.. the red and the green compliment each other very well here... = 10 - setzler

A square meal
by snaperuk

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club :)

Your 'square' concept in this image is easily understandable. The lighting is aslo nice and even for the image... I like the soft shadow underneath the plate on the front side.

The image lacks sharpness. As I look at your camera settings, I am a little lost. I think that the ISO 400 setting may have kicked your shutter speed up. I believe that a lower ISO setting would have slowed down the shutter, provided some more color saturation and possibly increased the sharpness of this image a little. I'm not sure what resolution the F601z is, so I'm not sure how to comment on that part...

Compositionally, this photograph is fine. It's nice and symmetrical and well-centered in the frame of view.

Keep up the good efforts :)

John Setzler

The Early Bird
by jitams

Comment:
excellent action capture... one of my favorite shots this week for sure... great focus, clarity, and depth of field :) = 10 - setzler

Square..... and..... Plumb
by autool

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club :)

Hi Autool.. it looks like I get your image two weeks in a row :)

I really appreciate images like this. It fits nicely into one of my favorite themes of 'form and function'. ...what makes things work... how things 'fit' together... sharp definition... cold steel... I don't know what it is about the concept, but I like it.

In photographs of this nature, tack sharp definition is important and you have captured that well here. Your command of the camera is well noticed in this image and your past images also.

What would make this a stronger image? Hmmm... There are two elements in this image that I would have worked with myself... I probably would have cropped tighter to start with... actually framed this tighter with the camera. Your square and checkerboard is 'floating' in space. There is nothing wrong with that.. just my personal preference. I would have possibly even clipped onto the square with my crop. Secondly, I would have possibly pursued a lower camera angle. The reason for this is that I believe you could have made the reflection of the checkerboard play very nicely on the metal square. You already have a nice reflection of your black checkerboard squares on your squares... could a deeper reflection create more awe in this photo? Maybe... just a thought :)

Your use of diagonals here is perfect. Diagonals always create a stronger composition for my eye. I'm trying to decide about the centered composition... I can't make up my mind how well that is working for me. I think that the tighter crop that I mentioned earlier would releive some of that by removing some of the extra negative space...

Keep up the good work... I'm looking forward to critiquing some more of your photos :)

John Setzler

"An Extra Piece?"
by slammin

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club :)

The concept of 'square' here is very strong. Your image also drew me in to make me look and think :) I played with the puzzle in my mind but I can't make it work out in my head :)

I like the color in the image as well.. the strong colors are always nice. I wouldn't change anything compositionally here either.

I don't really know why this shot didn't score a little higher. It is an interesting photo. The comments you received don't seem to indicate much negativity either. Maybe it's posslble that the 'novelty' concept of the photograph did not create much impact for the viewer. The 'artistic' value of the photo may not have the "i want to hang this on my wall' factor.

Keep up the good work :)

John Setzler

Happy Valantine's day, dear!
by mirac

Comment:
this is amazingly beautiful.. the detail is great and the water drops add a lot to this flower... great shot.. probably my favorite of the week :) = 10 - setzler

Cute as a Bugs Ear
by Sonifo

Comment:
this is a phenomenal child portrait.. black and white was a great choice for this work.. the contrasts are great :) = 10 - setzler