Phish
by davidw

Comment:
Hi from the C Club,

I like your abstract, mainly because I can still tell what it is. Excellent work.

There is nothing that I can think of that you can do with the shot technically wise, but in post processing maybe playing with the selective colours could have made this a little more vibrant. It may have helped with the blown out highlights you have on the bottom left. I am not a huge fan of borders, but I think this one could take it.

Nice job!

Crown of Aloes by Norah Lofts
by tinkie2010

Comment:
Hi from the C Club,

At first glance I thought this was a Red Hot Poker Plant, I even looked it up, they are so similar it is uncanny!

I think if you are going to go dead center with a subject, then the whole thing needs to be tack sharp. The background is smooth with pleasing colours to compliment the flower head. I can even spot a piece of a cobweb on the in focus head.

In post processing there is nothing I can think that you can change you are tack sharp on most of the flower, colours are nicely saturated

Ghost Ship
by scottieham

Comment:
Yay one of my 10's outstanding shot

There and back again
by Richter

Comment:
One of my 10's. I love it, well done

Nickelback
by Alex_Europa

Comment:
hi from teh shot club

I am really surprised that this finished so low. I liked this very much.

Artistically, it is very clever. Technically there are a couple of things that are wrong. I think for this challenge having the face of the coin showing up a little more would have helped. There is a lot of grain and some sensor dust going on.

One tip for the blac and white is to saturate or use selective colours and play around with those before you change it to black and white, you will be surprised at what details come out this way. Unsharp mask would have also helped to bring out some details.

the shallow DOF is a great choice for this.

Yo-Spiff gave you an excellent comment below.

I would love to see you redo this shot.

Eagle Brand
by Plouc

Comment:
Hi from the C Club

Excellent shot, sharp clean details, very nicely sharpened.

I think the only thing that is hurting this photo is the size. Remember that you can go up to 640 on one side and the lower the resolution is the bigger your picture will be, so instead of 300, try 150 or even 100/ If you feel that you are losing details then go up.

Blondie
by LadyK

Comment:
Hi from the C Club

Good name shot , well done

The colours are over saturated making her tights a shocking pink which look almost luminous, the skin tones are fairly yellow/orangy. The boots are to die for though!!

you have an interesting background that really brings out your subject, a tighter crop would have helped with this shot, especially on the right hand side all the way to the window.

Your details are good on teh wood, very nicely done

Flower and die
by gmink

Comment:
Hi from the C Club

A nice choice of flowers to show in this life and death challenge.

The focus is not on the right part of the flower, it should be on the front part, what i can see of what is in focus is good details and colour.

Moving to a different angle would have helped with this shot. Your background is a nice buttery soft green, which is good.

If this plant is still around, take this shot again, because it would be worth it as it is excellent

"London"
by kingskingdom

Comment:
Hi from the C Club

What would you like me to say about this shot.

It is outstanding. I can not see anything that could have been done differently. your HDR is not overdone, you are sharp, crisp, clean, excellent saturations, cool tones.

Bravo!

Gulls at Sunset, Scheveningen
by fmalan

Comment:
Hi from the C Club

I like this shot, I like the fact that the water isn't the soft flowing water, this shot is real to me.

There is a tiny bit of grain in the sky, the colours are saturated nicely, your subject is well defined. It does seem to be a little over sharpened and maybe a bit of a crop at the top would be nice.

But bar that, a lovely image, well done