Trouble In Paradise
by GeneralE

Comment by briphoto:
Very nice! The blossoms are as lovely as the barbs are cruel.

Kids Love McDonalds
by GeneralE

Comment by inspzil:
Greetings from the Critique Club
By Inspzil

Before I get started, this is a strange photo.

Composition - I could see where you get love out of this. Its not really what I think the challenge was about, but in its own way, it does meet. That being said, Ronald looks like he's seen better days. The figure and Isaac are reasonably well framed. I'm not wild about the shot. It would be better to see Isaac's face methinks. Don't take this the wrong way GeneralE, but this is a little creepy IMO. As unbelievable as this may sound coming from me, I have no suggestions on what to change really to make it better. I'm stumped. Maybe Grimace?

Technical - A little blurry perhaps, but in spur of the moment situations, you are generale lucky to have a camera with you more or less turned on in your hands ready to shoot. Exposure is pretty good and the overall picture quality is quite clear, nothing lost by bumping the ISO up to 200. Processing looks pretty minimal. Nothing really to note.

Overall - I do not like this photo, even as a simple snapshot. I don't know any nice fluffy way to say it generale so I hope you can appreciate my directness. Maybe I have a clown-phobia that I've never addressed, but something strikes a wrong chord when I look at this. I understand the concept and I do feel it meets the challenge (a little loosely perhaps). And honestly its not a badly taken photo.
With that said, I'm moving on... My apologies if I said anything too offensive and also that this critique is basically worthless. Good Luck in the future challenges GeneralE - Bob

Trouble In Paradise
by GeneralE

Comment by dsidwell:
I can see the idea here, but the flowers are still the triumphant ones.

Trouble In Paradise
by GeneralE

Comment by Malokata:
Nice contrast, but I don't see the despair here.

Trouble In Paradise
by GeneralE

Comment by Dustin:
nice photo. good job.

World of Wire
by GeneralE

Comment by jmsetzler:
This is an interesting abstract. I don't know a lot about stock photos, but this one concerns me slightly. Without the title, I don't really know what I'm looking at, and in the world of stock photography, you have to be able to sell you image for use in various media. I'm not sure what type of media would use an image like this :) - setzler

Cornered!
by GeneralE

Comment by Becky:
The texture of this photo is nice.

He Went Thataway!
by GeneralE

Comment by goodtempo:
Critique Club Critique
Composition/Content The base the beads are on is dirty and not square to the frame. Very distracting to the image. The idea is not bad, just not pulled off very well. It might have been better if the entrance to the maze was not so long and then your finger could be on top of the base, that way the table top would not be distracting.
Challenge Does not meet the challenge. Waldo is a person that is hard to find in a picture.
My Opinion Focus and lighting is ok, but I would have cleaned my subject first and framed the subject better, at least in post processing. I would also try to meet the challenge a little better.

Gull-able
by GeneralE

Comment by kiwiness:
Did you ask those gulls to stand there like that??? Cool! If this photo had been more in focus it would have enhanced it emmensly, the sharpness is missing.

Gull-able
by GeneralE

Comment by DougPaz:
Very cool, seems to be just a bit soft on the focus though.