Driftwood
by Gracious

Comment:
Gracious, I really enjoyed this photo. It was one of my favs in the free study challenge :) Maybe you could elaborate on what is visible through the hole in the wood? That puzzled me from the beginning, but I still love the shot :)

Left, Right, Left, Right, Left
by Gracious

Comment:
Greetings from the critique Club :)

Gracious,

The capture of motion here is nice, but the image quality is lacking. You did not include your camera settings for this shot, so I can't really comment on how they affected the outcome of the image. It looks like high iso probably..

Compositionally, I would have tried to include the feet of the girl in the foreground. "Marching" is the theme of this shot and the feet that are doing this marching are cut off in the bottom of the frame.

Shots like this one are difficult for sure :)

John Setzler

Self Service
by Swashbuckler

Comment:
illegal composition...

Flap
by dadas115

Comment:
most excellent shot... = 10 - setzler

Median
by greenem2

Comment:
excellent motion shot.. the starred lights form the long exposure work well here... :) - setzler

Flag Was Still There
by hardwaybets

Comment:
great shot :) I think it would be slightly stronger with the flag pole showing, but i'm still giving this a 10... stopped motion it may be, but motion is still dominating this image... great work :) - setzler

Prince Crossing
by Nickrz

Comment:
This is one of my favorite shots in this challenge... This looks like rear curtain sync flash and it did a wonderful job lighting up the reflective back of this train... good work :) = 10 - setzler

Adrenalin
by oriontrail

Comment:
This is a great capture of motion.. I think this is my favorite shot in this challenge... great work :) = 10 - setzler

The Unknown
by arnit

Comment:
very interesting use of lighting on this shot... she's looking up into the unknown... nice idea and good work :) - setzler

Visions in Blue
by Yomi

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club :)

Jeremy, this is a great macro shot... I think th desaturation of everything but the blue works fairly well in this image. I don't believe there is really anything that I would change abou this image... One of the things that I do believe could be a problem here is the desaturation itself. You got several comments about the editing and how it was done legally. In my experience at DPC, I believe that the voter in general will score lower if they believe you have broken any rules. I can't remember if this photo got any DQ requests or not, but I believe that it did. It's unfortunate that a large number of people here don't have the understanding of what can and can't be done within the rules of the challenge. The modifications that you did do add some interest to the photo, IMO. In most cases, I try to avoid edits that could draw suspicion, no matter how simple they may be for this reason.

Keep up the great work :)

John Setzler