spookykid
by posthumous

Comment:
Hello from the Critique Club!!

I am not sure why I joined the Critique Club when all I seem to get are these amazing shots. It is making my job very hard.

I love the mood that you have set with the blacks and whites. The grain really pops out and brings out more details on the building and especially the door. The different textures you have going on here are splendid. THe buttery white of the goat, is in excellent contrast to the rest of the shot.

The ISO being at 400 helped along with the SP setting. The only thing is I would crop just a tad bit off teh top of your shot so that the full attention is on the goat and his surrounding area. There is too much black at the top and I am searching for details there.

I can see this in a shop selling like hotcakes, well done!

Steel Horse
by glad2badad

Comment:
Critique Club

A totally brilliant image. I am not sure what to say as the image speaks volumes just in its self. The positioning is perfect, the sharpens and details on the ATV are tack sharp. The blur of a perfectly formed horse in the background makes this shot perfect. The colour is right, i think going a bit blue may have spoilt this capture. I am tilting my head just a fraction to the right, so a tiny straightening may be in order.

fluffypuffins
by bobonacus

Comment:
Hello from the Critique Club,

Pffft, make my job hard why don't you, this is an amazing shot.

It can clearly be seen, that this is in the wild with the gorgeous blues of the sea behind the rock face. The background is nicely blurred, the birds are tack sharp and it is an overall excellent shot.

The only thing I can see would be to crop a bit off the top, there is too much space there and the focus would be more on the birds. 1/800th to capture this, they really are fast!

Well done on this excellent shot and the favs it got. I am now off to fav it too!

ButterflyGirl
by Rino63

Comment:
Hello from the Critique Club!!

My first reaction to this shot is , Wow how pretty, the colours are lovely along with the flower.

Technically it is over sharpened, you have got the flowers and the head of the butterfly spot on, but the wings are seem to be very oversharpened. There is a distinct halo around one of the legs, the top wing has a distinct blur around it, which I am sure was caused by the butterfly moving.

The blues are over saturated and come across as blown out and appear almost sparkly on the wings. The position of the butterfly is a good one bar the top of the wing cut off. I think that if you are going to go with the butterfly wings cut off, then make a tube with your hand and look through it, it is a close crop of just the head and a little of the body, but would have cut out the blurred wings.

quiet_observation
by MistyMucky

Comment:
Critique Club!

What an amazing view you have and obviously some strong legs to take you there.

I love this shot, you choose so well, the quietness of the mountain overlooking the hectic busy metropolitan of life. I think putting your bag on the other side of you would have looked artistically better.

The placement of you in the shot, is well chosen. The details are really brought out by your sharpening. The grass is a little over sharpened though but does not distract from the shot at all. In post processing , a little dodge and burn on the mountains could have brought them out a bit. They seem a little flat, so making the darks a little darker would have made them pop out. Good job on getting the white balance corrected in pp.

Overall, a very good photo.

Rooster
by Kathe

Comment:
Hello from the Critique Club!!

Well, wow what can I say, this has to be the most handsome Rooster I have ever seen.

An amazing job on the exposure, I do not think that the whites are blown out, Roosters tend to have very shiny feathers and you have caught all the details in them. The sharpening is excellent, there is a very small halo of white ringing the red, but it is hardly noticeable.

The top may have been cropped just a little more. The border choice was a good one. You used every single inch of your 720 allowance. DOF is very good.

Overall this is an excellent shot and placed very well.

Curious
by Siggav

Comment:
Hello from the Critique Club!!

This is so funny, I showed it to my kids and they are giggling now too!!

I think you did really well to get to this shot, I was impressed that the cat was actually looking at it upside down and you had not just flipped it. There is a lack of sharpness on the cats head, maybe a tweak or two with sharpening and saturations in post processing could have made a little bit of a difference.

The black border is very heavy, but it really works for this shot. Bumping up the ISO would have helped as well, bu that can be hard when you are catching a moment like this.

I can not wait to see it when you get fish in and hopefully the cat will be even more interested and we will see some more amazing shots

Horse Play
by Ivo

Comment:
10 straight across the board, well done

Anyone seen my pants?
by snaffles

Comment:
Critique Club

Those have to be the most fun pants I have seen. You nailed the challenge description very well with your position.

I like how you have lined up the pants lines with the bedspread lines on the left hand side. I gave this a 6 when I voted and here is why.

WHen I looked at the shot, I automatically tilted my head to make the bedspread stripes go in a straight line down the center. I also felt that the pillow wrinkles didn't add to the overall picture and could have been left out or pulled tight to get rid of the wrinkles. The lighting is all focused on the top of the photo, I think an overall bright exposure on the whole strip line would have made this snap off the page at you. I believe that some of this could have been achieved in post processing.

Saddle-billed stork weird position
by gipukan

Comment:
*Critique Club*

What an amazing bird. You certainly captured its position. I think it is important to read the challenge description more carefully to clear up any misunderstandings when shooting for a challenge.

The focus is off in this photograph and needs to be tack sharp on the stork. The colours on this stork are amazing and in post processing these colours could have been boosted to really stand out. Contrast would help this shot, at the moment the bird and the background all seem to be one. It is a fairly flat photograph so a different DOF would help as well. Your ISO is very high and that could account for the grain that I am seeing. Cropping on the left hand side would have got rid of some of the dead space and given more focus on the bird.

With amazing wildlife like this around you , I am sure we will see some stunning work from you.