Shroom...
by Truegsht

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Hi from the C Club

Great shot, I love it.

I am not sure why this placed where it did, i really do think it is a good shot. The background is a little too much, I would have cropped it a little closer to the top of the mushroom. Your slug is hilarious! You may be a tiny bit over sharpened as you have halos around the black bits on top of the mushroom, but it brings out the underside perfectly /

Maybe a little dodge and burn on the underside would have separated it a little more and some on the leaves. But honestly I can not see much wrong with this shot, I really like it

Rise and shine duck
by kurtmooreoh

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HI from the C Club

That would be a female mallard, nice birds.

Your focus is not so sharp on the bird, the focus seem to be on the plank of wood just in front of her. A tighter L crop right up to her tail may have helped with this shot. Play around with zooming in and out with your camera. in post processing some sharpening would have gone a long way with this, play around with the brightness shadow and curves and see if that doesn't add to this shot too

Shades of grey.
by EgillP

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Hi from the C Club

Fabulous title you have there fits teh shot very well.

I think a little more of a crop at the bottom would have made the water pop out a bit more, you have some fabulous cuvey lines going on there and would have been nice to see then some more. You do have some grain going on here and some tight halos around the mountain tops.

In post processing, a tip that I worked out is that before you turn it into black and white, is to play around with the saturations, selective colours , curves and brightness contrast. then turn it into black and white, you will be amazed at what a difference it makes to your details.

I bet this is an amazing place to see

Superficial Colors
by aporagen

Comment:
Hi from the C Club

Fabulous shot.

I am not sure why you only got this placement it is a pleasure to look at.

One of the things that I did notice is that the eyes could have been a little brighter, in a portrait, the eyes are the core to the image. In post processing just bring those eyes out with a tiny bit of dodging and burning. Your crop on your left hand side is a little tight, allow a little more space there.

Over all , excellent photograph it was a pleasure to study it

"Mixing" Cooking Oil and Dark Soya Sauce
by Cheerz

Comment:
Hi from the C Club!

I like that you used the term Soya versus Soy sauce. In the UK and in the USA soy sauce is more commenly known versus the Soya sauce of the Commonwealth.

Your shot is interesting, unless I knew that this challenge was about oil and that you had written soya in your title I would never have guessed what this was. It looks like a macro of something amazing.

That being said, it is a little dark, maybe in post processing you could have used the exposure to lighten it up a little or even brightness contrast. The soya has made a great glob right in the middle of your picture. Maybe have your plate of oil and a drop of soya sauce in a corner then mix it up to give you the rule of thirds.

Your sharpness is spot on and clarity is good. Do remember that you can have up to 200k in Advanced editing and 720 on one side.

H O M E : Flinders Street Tunnel 9:50:55 am
by hotpasta

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double post sorry

H O M E : Flinders Street Tunnel 9:50:55 am
by hotpasta

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Hi from teh C Club,

Well not sure what you want me to say about this stunning image. It is excellent.

The only nitpick I have is the yellow arrow, when I saw it, I my eye wouldn't stop looking at it. Your horizon is a tiny bit tilted but I think you wanted it that way,

A perfect piece of Photojournalism. Well done

Skipping to Nirvana
by bspurgeon

Comment:
HI from the C Club,

Well, huge congrats on the placement, very good!

Not a lot I can say for this shot, the proccessing is excellent, sharp, clean, clarity is spot on, excellent details and fabulous silhouettes.

The tilt is very extreme, and when looking at it to start of with, it is too extreme. But looking at it longer it grows on you.

Well done!

small and deadly
by sohappy_02

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Hi from the C Club!

What an interesting shot, i love all the greens with that vivid white.

You shallow DOF works really well here with this subject. But I couldn't actually tell what it was until I read your notes. . More focus on the actual insects would have helped , when i looked for a while, i could tell it was a wasp type thing and spider, but the back of the body of the wasp was out of focus. If it had been in focus then it would have slapped me in the face and screamed spider eating wasp.

Your post processing is good, just needs a little more sharpness, the colours are outstanding. So a little more DOF would have brought this score right up there.

Wet Slumber
by jessielude

Comment:
HI from the C Club

Powerful POV here. The grain is very dominant in this, I think just a tiny bit less would have given a little impact. Also your cropping could be more dramatic in this shot. Crop out the shower curtain and the soap dish, and BAM you are full force on with your 'body'

I do not think there is anything else in post processing that you can do, as this seems perfect for this shot