Easy as 123....Simple as ABC
by Ja-9

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HI from the Critique Club

You asked for your shot in this challenge to have a comment from one of the members in the Critique Club.

this is such a fun cool shot!!!

There really is nothing that I can think of that you could do differently, maybe dodgeing the yellows a little to make them brighter. I am not sure why you used a gaussian blur on this though as it could be a just a tad sharper.

Overall, fun cool shot that did well!

Lemon grass crusted salmon with Macadamia nut pesto linguine
by Cuttooth

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HI from the Critique Club

You asked for your shot in this challenge to have a comment from one of the members in the Critique Club.

This sounds yummy!!! There are a couple of things that need to be addressed though. You have this wonderful plate, which is not square ( I have red square plates!) which is just perfect for this shot. They are long and lean and show off yoru spag and salmon very well.

That being said, your leading line which starts with your plate, then pasta then salmon makes my eye travel all the way to the top left corner and falls off the side of the photo. In other words, there needs to be a full stop somewhere in your shot. Either have the corner of the plate as a full stop or full frame with the salmon as your end piece.

Now the pasta is either whole wheat or your whites are off. If it is whole wheat, there is not a lot you can do about that, but you can play around with your white balance, or selective colours whites, then they would have popped a little more.

Your salmon is secondary in this shot, but that also would have been nice to see it in focus, A-Dep on your camera would have taken care of that. Now the reason I am saying this, is you have 1 red and 1 brownish, and the red is winning in this shot, so some soft flakey pinks would have rounded this shot off nicely.

I for one am now hungry after looking at your shot, which is a compliment as you have evoked a sense in me.

Well done

Spaghetti burning
by tinkie2010

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HI from the Critique Club

You asked for your shot in this challenge to have a comment from one of the members in the Critique Club.

This is a fun shot and original, I have heard about setting light to pasta as a way to light candles and bar b q's. I had just forgotten about it till I say this shot. I am going to go and try it!!!

You didn't do too badly with this shot for scores, it is very original and I don't believe I have seen it on here before. There are a couple of things that could be worked on though. You have a great big sun bubble in the middle of your pasta, this could be caused by something on your lens , have a quick look before shooting to see if your lens in clean, your focus is a little soft, did you use a tripod or was this handheld. Tripods are a must in low level lighting as there is no camera shake.

Your focus needs to be tack sharp in this sort of picture as it would get the flame, sticks of spag and the smoke sharp.

The border is really strong in this too, maybe tone it down a bit,

Try it again!!!

The Great Escape
by todbedy

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Hi from the Critique Club,

You asked for your shot to have an in depth comment from a member of the Critique Club.

Ohh come on, how am I supposed to give an in depth comment to something that is brilliantly thought out, planned, executed??????

You are sharp, clean, clarity is spot on, the colours that you chose work well.

Excellent work!!!

Pasta
by chanone

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Hi from the Critique Club,

You asked for your shot to have an in depth comment from a member of the Critique Club.

The thing that is hurting your shot here is the black adn white. You have excellent focus, DOF is relaly good, POV is different.

Just needs colour!!!

Ghostly light
by snaffles

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Hi from the Critique Club,

You asked for your shot to have an in depth comment from a member of the Critique Club.

I looooooooove this, I think it is really good. You have managed to bring a whole new line concept to your photos!.

I think that this is a brilliant anbstract of what can be done, I think just a little more contrast at your background would bring out the lines even more.

I really like this, I think it should have scored higher than it did for artistic merit

Mama and Baby Sheep
by KarenNfld

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Cool shot!!! Well done indeed!!!!!!!!!!

Purple is my favourite colour
by ekmai

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Its a real Veggie Tale!!! You did it so well as well,

Congrats!!!

Cool !
by EgillP

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Hi from the Critique Club,

You asked for your shot to have a comment from a member of the Critique Club.

This is certainly a chilly scene!! I like how your blues and whites contrast so brightly against each other. You have a massive tilt going on though in your horizon, this certainly needs to be straighten out as right now it looks like everything is falling off the page or a crop off the top.

In post processing, i would suggest a little saturations of cyan and blues just to bring out a more blue look in the water, the bluer the water the colder it will look with this particular shot.

Good shot

Contemplative
by leematthews

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Hi from the Critique Club,

You asked for your shot to have a comment from a member of the Critique Club.

you have excellent focus here for not having a tripod, your ISO is high, but there is a lack of grain , so you controlled what lighting you did have fairly well. The shot is slightly flat right now though, in post processing adjusting your exposure, brightness and contrast would have given this a boost.

Great try