Pretty In Pink
by thetechguy81

Comment:
Hi from the C Club!

I can not believe that you did not get one comment on this adorable baby!! Well I am going to give you an in depth comment that you requested.

First off, an adorable subject, look at her hair, totally gorgeous!!!!!

Now lets get down to some nitty gritty bits!

Your sharpness is tack sharp, well done, the colours are good, the details are good also.

I think what would have helped with this shot, would have been a lower angle, get down to her level, as you have a slightly higher angle on her we do not get to see those big ole blue eyes that I see peeking out there.

When getting down and dirty with your subject, you will be amazed at what you see as you are on her level. you will see things as she see;s things and this can be amazing in photograph. Imagine just a little pink foot sticking out of her pink pants, that would be a classically great shot as well. A prop can sometimes bring an extra dimension as well, say a pink ball. This could bring a huge smile etc etc.

Having the hand cropped here is not helping the shot. I like how the bricks are brought out by her hair, same colours. The floor is not pleasing to the eye, having a blanket would be good here.

In post processing, there is not a lot more you could have done, I think you pretty much have it spot on.

You have one of the cheapest and easiest accessible models here, use her and you play alot with angles, different lighting different angles. I always found that a good tummy tickle was payment enough!

Fragile
by Plouc

Comment:
HI from the C Club,

You asked for an in depth comment on your shot.

This is a really pretty picture and I like the fact that you have several pink shades going on in the background.

Now to the nitty gritty, I am afraid you shot is really out of focus. When eyeing up a subject, find one that you really like then you can move your little adjuster to just focus on that and the rest of it will be blurry, or you can have the whole lot in in focus.

Your ISO is fairly high too in this shot, try turning it down to 100 when taking shots outside as they will not get any grain, which I can see in your whites. A tripod could help with camera shake and make your shots extra sharp and clean.

In post processing, there is not a lot that you could have done with this shot, a little more contrast would ha e give you more depth of feeling to this shot.

Keep trying, you have an eye for it.

Pink Flower
by JeremyFleury

Comment:
Hi from teh C Club

you asked for a more in depth comment on your shot in this challenge.

First impressions that you have a good leading line, your placement of the flower is strong and solid. You background is a nice buttery smooth feel to it. Then we get to the flower heads. I am not really sure how you got this look to it. It seems overally sharp, but not in focus or sharp at all. You have halo's going around the heads. I can not tell in your notes how you did this, maybe some smoothing? I am not sure but it doesn't work for this shot.

Your DOF and POV are strong, so try taking it again with these strong points and see what happens

Boronia Ledifolia & Bee Fly
by roz

Comment:
One of my tens!!!! You rock with your insects! Well done, well deserved!

PINK!
by Lette

Comment:
HI from the C Club

Nice shot, I just critques your Dad's shot on this!!

This is a nice shot, you have very good strong pinks going on here.

yo have a good focus on the flower, very sharp and clean with good lines. The only thing is it is a little over saturated so it is looking a tad blown out.

Your glass is tilted, so that needs straighteneing out.

Overall a good solid shot, well done

Blender
by pfx_photo

Comment:
HI from the C Club

you asked for an in depth comment on your shot for this challenge.

Interesting shot.

You have the right idea going on here. Your shot is fairly static though. Having another interesting thing going on would have helped, i.e something dripping off the end of the beaters.

Your focal point is at the top of the mixer, which is slightly dirty and being in focus does not help. try focusing on the beaters.

Your colour is a little grey in this shot. an adjustment in exposure, brightness and contrast in photoshop would have eliminated this.

a crop off the bottom would have filled the frame with the beaters and having the other beater in may have been more been a better POV.

I think this is an interesting angle and you should re shoot this, just to play with it. Well done

Whats cooking?
by keriboi

Comment:
HI from the C Club

you asked for an in depth comment on your shot for this challenge.

This is a hot shot!

You scored fairly well with this shot, well done.

I think it would have placed higher if you had had a more interesting angle to it. The right hand side is a little burnt out (ha ha) on your reflection of whatever is dried out underneath the burner. The rule of thirds would have made a good shot for this.

In post processing, not sure if there is anything else that you could have done, a different crop, but you are sharp and clean, the colour is great and gives the illusion of begin very hot.

well done

i think i NUKED it too long!
by apercep

Comment:
HI from the C Club

you asked for an in depth comment on your shot for this challenge.

Very clever idea!!!

Your idea is an excellent one, just needs a little tweaking. The challenge description reads that it is for an appliance, granted you have the appliance in your shot, but without reading you title it would be hard to know that that was your main subject. This could have been avoided with a little more light on the subject. I know that you wanted the 'milk' to stand out, so some back lighting of the microwave would have worked here.

Your photo is also tilted, so combining that with the darkness almost makes it looks like it is floating. In post processing maybe playing with the exposure and a bit with the curves may have brought out a little more of the microwave. Your 'milk' is very sharp and the lines are crisp and clean

Excellent idea and shot though

to the last drop - the perfect mug of coffee
by marxus

Comment:
Hi from the C Club,

You asked for an indepth review of your shot in a challenge.

This is a good shot, I see that you specifically asked about teh 1-2's votes and I will try to explain some of that for you.

The idea is an excellent one and the POV is good. Now down to the nitty gritty,

Your shot is pretty much out of focus. The rim is in focus in the left hand side, but that is it. The drip in focus would have worked better or the appliance that you where trying to shoot. A little bit more of the appliance would have helped too, even though everyone knows that it is a coffee machine.

The yellow behind the cup is distracting, now if you had moved that to center then it would have been more pleasing and not thrown the center off your shot, it would have looked more like a glow around your appliance.

there is not a lot that could have been done in post processing, your colours are good, textures are feeling right. As before focus is off so unsharp mask wouldn't have helped much. Get your self a tripod!!

Coffee anyone
by twodogz

Comment:
Hi from the C Club,

You asked for an indepth review of your shot in a challenge.

This is a nice macro shot!

Unless I read your title I would have had no idea as to what I was looking at! You did shoot this very well. I am finding that I am tilting my head to make it centered though, so a tighter crop on the left hand side to center it would have helped with this.

You have a good DOF going on here starting at the handle (?) and leading our eyes to the center. You did well with your light bounce as well.

There is not a lot you could have done in post processing that you didn't all ready do, but maybe just a little more contrast to give it some depth.

Overall, the comments that you received are pretty much spot on.