Southern Delight!
by vtruan

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club...

Hi Vtruan :)

This is a phenomenal photograph. I gave it a 10. Unfortunately, you probably suffered from the 'not enough orange in my face' syndrome in the challenge. The detail, tone, and overall aesthetics of this photo are just great.

Great work as usual :)

John Setzler

Fiery Marigold
by sfalice

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club...

Hi Sfalice...

I think you succeeded in creating 'orange' where none existed. Unfortunately, I think your subject suffered from the process. The detail and interest in this flower is in the shapes and textures of the bloom. Your back lighting makes the background more of the subject than the flower itself. Unfortunately, there is probably no way to correct this with your choice of subject. When I see a photo like this, I normally believe that the challenge topic is all the photographer had in mind. Sometimes a photo suffers when something is 'forced' into the challenge when it normally doesn't belong. In my humble opinion, I would have saved the marigold for a personal photograph and searched for something better fitting in the challenge.

John Setzler

Here with me
by heida

Comment:
This is a simply beautiful portrait. I can't offer you any suggestions for improvement. I can say that this photo is definitely top notch work. = 10

Birder's World
by debrown

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club...

Hi Debrown :)

Cardinals are beautiful. These guys visit my back porch regularly and eat all my black oil sunflower seed when the squirrels aren't hogging it. This particular shot feels a little odd to me with the blur. The red also feels a bit too heavily saturated.

John Setzler

Crash in the night
by terje

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club...

Hi Terje :)

This is a classic theme for motion blur and it's nicely done. My initial feeling about this shot is that the exposure is too long. I think that if you re-try this photo and shoot it at f/11 and 10 seconds, you will probably see a huge improvement :)

John Setzler

Chaotic Reflection
by russi

Comment:
This is a great photo. I don't like the way you have used the title to wedge it into the challenge though.. I would have given it a 10 otherwise :)

Air Force Magazine
by orussell

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club...

Hi Orussell...

This image has suffered a bit in quality, maybe from the 100% crop. I'm not sure.

These planes are massive and that offers some amount of interest in this photo. I can't really offer much critique on this one. Subjectively, the image is OK. There just isn't much about it that really grabs my attention.

John Setzler

Antique Review (special sewing issue)
by Louison

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club...

Hi Louison...

I enjoy 'antiques', especially in photos. The sepia toning you chose works nicely here.

This particular composition has some opportunities. This one looks rather 'linear'. Maybe some amount of 'chaos' in the order of the items in the photo would create a strong image as well. A higher camera angle would also possibly work well here. Maybe raising the camera up a few inches and turning it counter-clockwise would upset the horizontal composition enough to make something else interesting :)

Keep up the good work...

John Setzler

Horticulture
by vtruan

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club :)

Hi Vtruan...

This is a nicely executed black and white. The choice for black and white really brings out the texture and shape in this subject. I think most of the comments you have received here about sum it up though.. For a 'Horticulture' magazine cover, I struggle with the concept of black and white. For a fine art magazine of some sort, this shot works nicely :) Some of the absolute best flower photos I have ever seen have been done in black and white. I think you simply introduced an opportunity for critique with the combination of the photo and the title.

Keep up the great work :)

John Setzler

National Geographic
by bjallen

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club...

Hi Bjallen...

This photo has potential, but I believe the exposure through the airplane window really had some issues. The photo just appears to be 'hazy' overall and it probably came from the window on the plane. I think the division between the blue and green in this photo could be much stronger, and I'm not sure if post processing would correct it efficiently or not, but it's possible.

Beyond that, I think Cuba would be a beautiful place to visit... I would love to go there someday myself. I think I will probalby see that happen at some point in my lifetime :)

John Setzler