Street Merchant
by drphotos-dm

Comment:
HI from the CC Club,

I so want one of those monkeys!!!!!!

So 1st impression: very colorful, very intense. I am tilting my head a little so a bit of straightening out would have worked. Definitely needs some sharpening to bring out clarity and details. In post processing, instead of using the auto for contrast, play around with it, you will find that this also adds some depth to your shadows and makes it a little less flat. Selective colours would be your friend in this shot too as it is so colorful this would have given each colour just a little bit more of an edge.

Good placement for this shot, well done

Sea Stacks
by angkokweng

Comment:
Hi from the CC Club!

Looks like it was a cold day there!

First thing I noticed was your ISO, wow I never knew it could go down to 50.

It was a brave choice to go black and white with this shot, I think you could have gone with a longer shutter speed on this one for the creamy smooth like waves that is very popular right now. This would have contrasted nicely with the sharp jagged rocks.

Your rocks are interesting in their shapes, but I am not sure if it is the conversion to BW that has made the seem very over sharpened, there is a halo around the rocks from it. Playing around with different positions would have eliminated the ship and the branch. In post processing, if you use the selective colours and hue and saturation, then turn it into a BW, you will find that it brings out some amazing contrasts and details that get overlooked.

I am looking forward to seeing more of your work!

Erosion
by flickerslair

Comment:
Hello from the CC Club!!

1st Impressions, This is a very straight on shot, the composition could have been a little different.

You have a leaf in the water there, and if you look at teh water, it is almost shaped like a leaf. If you have dropped it closer and to the left, i think it would have had a greater impact on the viewer and been a stronger photo.

More contrast and sharpness would have brought out some of the details in the stone. You have the right idea for the challenge and the I would love to see some more PP work on this.

Keep on shooting

Al Manama Market
by el3radii

Comment:
CC CLub here!!

This looks like it would be a very busy place!

1st Impression is my eye is going straight to the the blue hand cart. I would crop out the cart, I know it takes away from from o the scene, but you still get the impression of a very busy and long narrow market place. Also n doing this, you will cut out some of the blown out lights you have on the left hand side. I see that you ISO was 400, I would have chosen a fast shutter speed for this indoor shot as it could be a little sharper, or you could have bumped up the ISO. You will get more grain with this though.

In the post processing time, some sharpening would have gone a long way with this shot, a little more contrast would have helped with the depth of your items that are on each side. Your horizon is a little tilted as well, this can be straightened out a touch.

Overall, a good shot, I can't wait to see more from you

Sign of the Times
by in2truth

Comment:
CC Club here!!

Well, there are definitely no children in this shot. It is a very good shot, very crisp and sharp , great skin tones, I have to admit though, he looks like a young teenager with a gun, almost scary.

I am not sure if there is much else that could be done with this shot, maybe black and white, but I would say it is more photojournalist than anything else.

Keep shooting!

lumière de soirée
by Ecce_Signum

Comment:
Hell from the CC club,

Gorgeous shot, almost perfection apart from a couple of little niggling things I can see. The border is rather large and does take away from the shot a little. I am a lover of dark photographs, so I am especially enjoying this one, but I do think that you should have just a tad bit lightened the horizon. If i tilt the laptop, i can see trees in the background, granted there are also some light posts and houses, but maybe just a little lightening.

excellent shot

CapeCodDreams
by Bear_Music

Comment:
Nice job Bear!

Midnight Blue
by vlado

Comment:
Critque Club,

First Impressions, Lovely night shot.
Second Impression, the first thing that stands out to me is the blue in teh water, it is almost blown out. In fact all the blues are very luminous and over exposed. Even though you used only ISO100, the dark sky does is coming across as fairly grainy.

You are tack sharp in this shot though, I personally think the border is a little heavy for this shot and would have benefited from a thinner one or not one at all.

Overall, an excellent shot that deserved it placement.

Goofybaby
by LadyK

Comment:
Critique Club,

First Impressions, AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW how cute!!!!!!!!!!!

Second Impressions, it appears to be a little soft. Eyes in portraits usually have to be tack sharp. I believe that a lot could have been done in post processing with her eyes, there is an amazing tutorial on how to make eyes pop on here. A little crop on the right would have really made the baby stand out.

Overall, a gorgeous shot.

animal
by scooter88

Comment:
Hi from the Critique club!

I bet your heart was racing when you took this shot, excellent shot.

This looks like it was straight out of the camera, a little more post procesing would have really made this shot outstanding. You have such clarity in her eyes that with a little saturation they would have been amazing. The sharpening is spot on and brings out great details.

A little more contrast would not have hurt this at all and given some more depth. I am not one for cropped off ears or heads, but in this shot, it really works.

Well done on your placement it was well deserved.