Stranger in Candy Land
by karmat

Comment:
I understand your theme with this shot, but the image seems a bit 'busy' for my own taste... - setzler

Sunglasses At Night (Cory Hart - 80's song)
by khanhx

Comment:
best of show.. - setzler

Sidewalk Etching
by rll07

Comment:
I don't understand this relationship to the challenge... sorry... - setzler

Contrast
by Aaron

Comment:
This is a neat shot and an interesting use of high key contrast, but i don't understand the theme as pertains to the challenge... - setzler

Stranger In My Cup
by Rackat

Comment:
This is very imagninitive... excellent work! - setzler

Too Many Goldfish Martinis
by spiderman

Comment:
kudos on a cool photo! = 10 - setzler

Ice Shell Mining
by amonteforte

Comment:
beautiful work with the light on this shot... =10 - setzler

Seen Better Days
by connie

Comment:
Great shot.. I love the entire concept and mood of this photograph... = 10 - setzler

Destination: Ice-Fishing in the Great White North
by mariomel

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club :)

I am going to enjoy critiquing this photo because I gave it a 10 during the challenge. It's simply a great shot. I have read through your comments and I sorely disagree with those who wanted to see fill flash on this shot. I LOVE the way the backlighting has silhouetted your subject. Sure... the lens flare is an object for debate, but i don't really think it detracts anything from this image. This is called Iris Flare or Lens Flare in technical terms. As you can see, the shape of it is hexagonal. This is the same shape as your aperture opening :)

One modification i would enjoy seeing on this photo would be to crop off the left third of the image to create more of a vertical shot, keeping the sun in the frame. I don't think that the bucket and fishing gear that is in view on the left side of the frame is really adding anything to your image... maybe cropping that out would be an enhancement. Hold up a piece of paper in front of this image and split the sun down the middle... that makes a pretty neat image too :)

Great shot and keep up the good work!

John Setzler

It's a bird...it's a plane...
by zadore

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club :)

Hi Zadore...

I'm at a bit of a loss on how to really critique this photo. There is nothing wrong with the image, but there is not a single particularly inspiring element of the photo other than the clouds. The clouds do look nice, but they aren't the focus of the challenge unfortunately. I can't really see a way to improve this particular image.

This photo placed mid pack in the challenge, which tells me that the overall voter thought it was just an average photo. Maybe some stronger 'punch line' would have improved the performance here on a larger scale. I think PTLParsons' comment sums it up best.

Keep up the good work :)

John Setzler