Subject Nº 6,999,998,678: Jessica
by Insomniac

Comment by Senay:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

Sorry about the wait for your critique, this is coming out of the backlog!

Another image of yours, this one is much more difficult to try to critique hehe.

What is there to even say about this picture? You placed 6th in a challenge with a lot of great entries, one of my favourites in the contest, and I'd have to say the best photo of a baby I've ever seen!

Everything is so perfect, but if there was one thing I would change it's that arm on the left behind the head. That's just a small nitpick though. Great job!

If you have any questions click here to message me!

Senay

Urban Vigil
by Insomniac

Comment by Mitch55:
Nice combination effect, with the great graffiti augmented with the light trails. 8

Urban Vigil
by Insomniac

Comment by phlover:
Love this photo, one of my favorites....

Urban Vigil
by Insomniac

Comment by JohannesFrank:
I like this one gott good colors

Urban Vigil
by Insomniac

Comment by PennyStreet:
Nice addition to the artwork - good thinking!

Urban Vigil
by Insomniac

Comment by Manelin:
congratulation, very good idea

Urban Vigil
by Insomniac

Comment by odriew:
The added lights really make this photo. One of my favorites in the challenge. 8

Purple Frenzy
by Insomniac

Comment by Senay:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

First Impression: Two lightning bolts in one shot! I especially liked the lightning strike near the church, it looks like it is lighting all of the front. Or maybe it is.

Subject: It's not often that two lightning strikes are captured it a photo, at least not this well done. Best of 2009 and maybe a long time before you get a chance to capture this again.

Technical: At first I felt there was too much space at the very top, after looking at it though I think it's perfect. If you take any away from the top you would lose some of that blue colour.

Final thoughts: I don't really see anyway that you could improve this particular image. I hope to see more from you on DPC. I checked my favourite photographers by votes given, over 9 challenges I've given you an average of 6.67.

If you have any questions click here to message me!

Senay

Message edited by author 2010-01-30 00:58:12.

Tenuous
by Insomniac

Comment by Gatorguy:
Hi, Critique Club here...

I like this image and the dirty nails don't bother me in the least ;) I like the DOF, I think it's just right. I also like the conversion to the soft sepia. I think the dynamic color range of the hands themselves is right on the money except for the right side (see below).

The only two criticisms I have are that I think it's a bit hot on the right side which causes the eyes to move off to that part of the image. Not what you want. The other thing is it's a bit linear so not very compelling to look at for very long, at least for me. I wonder if a bit of a diagonal rotation might have added more interest and popped this over the edge into the 6's. Being REALLY nit-picky, there is something shiny in the lower left that I wish wasn't there. A ring maybe? Its just a bit of clutter with a beacon on it that calls for me to look at it.

I think this was a good choice for this challenge but it may have suffered score-wise because it's not a new look at the subject matter for people here. I didn't vote in this challenge but would have given this a six if I had.

Hope this is at least somewhat helpful.

Urban Vigil
by Insomniac

Comment by snaffles:
gorgeous piece of artwork, and I like the streaming lighttrails. 7