"Dragonfly Qigong"
by jomerner

Comment:
Hi from the C Club

Well, wow, I loved this shot and gave it an 8 when in voting. Here are the reasons why.

It is an outstanding shot, the crispness is defined in the wings, the clarity is excellent, your bokeh is smooth as butter and compliments the dragon flys well.

My only nitpick was the DOF, maybe just a tweak of the contrast would have given it a deeper feeling. Maybe pushing those greens to a darker colour would have helped.

Other than that, spot on shot!!! Do it again!

"Boys Will Be Boys" by George E Sargent
by jerowe

Comment:
Hi from the C CLub!

Whatttttttt an adorable baby, how big is that smile!!!!

You need to crop out some of the bottom of teh shot, just so it is straight, as of right now it is tilted and gives the feeling that he is going to fall over to the left. Because the letterings are so large, i think a crop off the top, to the third hoof print would have made him seem just a little more in proportion than he is right now.

I an not see anything that you can do to improve this shot bar the crop, it is adorable.

well done

The Falcon Lords
by stfleck

Comment:
Hi from the C CLub

Nice looking bird there!

There is something about this shot that just feels a little off. I think it is the straight lines behind it. They are throwing the bird off and making it look like it should be straightened out. I think a squarer crop may have helped this a little with that issue. The bird looks great, sharp and clean. I would like to have seen you zoom in a little bit more on this as you have such good clarity on the head. In post processing, the selective colours, colour balance and curves would have pushed those colours on the wing nicely. Maybe, just maybe exposue and contrast with a touch of gamma would have deleted your background somewhat.

Nice shot, well done

The Robots of Dawn, by Isaac Asimov
by jlglover

Comment:
Hi from the C Club

Coooooooool robot!!!

I think what is missing out of this photo is his legs. It would have been a better POV with them in there. You are tack sharp on your robot, clarity is good.

I read that you wanted the shadows to pop out a little more to show that it is dawn. I played around in photoshop with your picture a little tweak with the shadow highlights, reduced the exposure and contrast, then brightness and contrast, then hue and saturation and selective colours. This made a difference with the shadows and made them more strong without compromising the robot. The hue and saturation and selective colours brought out the yellows and magentas you have in this shot and made them a little brighter, this way it looked like dawn and also made the picture more warm.

I will echo what Art said, I wannnnnnnnnnnnt one!!!!!!!

The Iron Giant
by martinsphotobox

Comment:
Hi from the C Club,

I was one of your high scorer's on this shot, here are the reasons why.

I liked the overall shot, The different aspects of it came together for me, the blur of the train, the straightness of the poles and of course the great sculpture of the hand. It sort of meshed together.

Now in saying all of that, I would have liked to have seen some more motion blur on the train, a little more sharpness around the whole image or even just on the hand and the rest of it blurry. If you are going to go with such a high contrast to this shot, maybe turning it into a black and white would have worked better. Also, the main focal point is the hand, so that needs to be straightened out, that would give the rest of the shot a very interesting and different angle.

When you are in the midday sun, try lowering your exposures in camera, you will find that that will go a long way, you can also do this in Photoshop, try out the brightness and contrast as well. USM would have helped this shot a lot as well.

It was a good try on this and would love to see you reshoot it!

My, Oh My -- A Butterfly!
by Tirasco

Comment:
Hi from the C Club

I thought this shot was great and gave it a 9 in voting.

To be honest I do not think that there is much that could be done to improve this shot. Your background is bokeh enough to be interesting, you are sharp in the right places, the purples, which are the hardest colours to photograph and get correct are just right.

The only thing that may improve this is the butterfly and its colour. Play around with your saturation levels or curves, the selective colours may make it pop just a little more.

Porno For Pyros
by TomsPhotos

Comment:
Hi from the C Club,

Fun shot fits your title and challenge.

Your lighting is a little harsh in this shot, I would bouncing a light or a different angle. Even in post processing you can adjust the exposure, which in this case may have been the way to go.

A tighter crop off the top would have helped with the DOF and POV here. Cropping off the bottom would get rid of the line that separates the shot. You kinda chopped yoru knuckles off too!!

I would suggest a play with exposure, brightness and contrast and shadows and highlights to make this photo pop a little more, it is fairly flat right now.

Great capture of the flames.

"Curiosity"
by ytshuva

Comment:
Hi from the C Club

Loved it when i saw it in voting and gave it a 7, here is why.

You are catching a moment in time right there, probably never captured again with this little one. Your post processing is excellent. I would crop out the right hand side just past those red squigly lines at the top of the shot and a tiny bit of the left side to crop out that white dot.

your sharpness is excellent, your clarity is to die for, your colours are outstanding, your subject engaging, interesting, pretty as a picture.

Well done on this shot, it is excellent

Ephemeral Night Flower
by Pug-H

Comment:
gorgeous 10

Leadenhall
by Panks

Comment:
lovely shot, just not sure where the pink is