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

Future Travel in Production
by EizlAw

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club :)

When I first viewed this photograph, I did not really see 'Travel' in it. The image itself does not show travel taking place or a mode of travel. I do see your intent with the photo, but I think, in general, you may have deviated too far from the theme of the challenge to score better with this image.

I think a little lower angle possibly would be an improvement so that the information on the computer screen is more visible to the viewer. With an image like this, however, the viewer will have to spend too much time viewing to really grasp your interpretation of the challenge. For this reason, I believe that your comments were few and far between. There is nothing here that grabbed the viewer and said "spend some time looking at me" :)

Technically, I don't see any problems with this image at all. Subjectively, I think it could have been stronger.

The technical ability tells me that you can definitely have command of your camera... keep plugging :)

John Setzler

Romeo & Juliet Love Theme (A Time for Us)
by KarenB

Comment:
This is a beautiful composition... I wish the red/yellow tint could have been kept off the keys and the score of music tho... great shot :)

train window
by KAOS

Comment:
should have scored much higher....

train window
by KAOS

Comment:
beautiful shot and excellent exposure to go along with it :) I can still see all the details in the darker areas and nothing in the window is blown out. I believe this is my favorite image in this challenge.. great work :) - 10 - setzler

Prodigy
by inspzil

Comment:
Children are great subjects for photographs. I think this particular shot would be much stronger (as would be with most child shots) if it was taken from a lower angle. Adults seem to naturally want to point the camera down at children. This seems to accent the fact that they are small. Your image impact could change dramatically if you shoot from the same level as the child, or even below level :) - setzler