Gallipolli, Italy
by tinkie2010

Comment by RianBotes:
Beautifull place and nice mood. Just feel that maybe you have to much in the pic here. Needs simpler composition.

Rain drops
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Comment by kellyo:
You need to decide on your subject here. If it's the whole flower, then it needs more DOF to allow us to see more of the petals in focus. If it's the water drops, you could have come in closer and filled the frame with white. As it is, our eyes are jumping back and forth between the left and the right sides where the plane of focus lies.

Gallipolli, Italy
by tinkie2010

Comment by robm001:
This is missing the mark for me. Not quite enough contrast but the moon is blown out.

Gallipolli, Italy
by tinkie2010

Comment by bmartuch:
I like how this image is in seperate layers.

Gallipolli, Italy
by tinkie2010

Comment by mgarsteck:
seems a little off to me.

Gallipolli, Italy
by tinkie2010

Comment by KarenNfld:
A lovely scene, very relaxing.

Gallipolli, Italy
by tinkie2010

Comment by alanfreed:
Nice scene! The lighting seems a little flat to me, and it looks like the moon was burned a bit.

Gallipolli, Italy
by tinkie2010

Comment by Ter:
nice shot

Old tractor
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Comment by vawendy:
Comment:
Good day! You're the recipient of a "critique club" critique! So feel free to take this with a grain of salt :D

First Impression: The colors do make a strong first impression - I happen to like saturation. However, with the HDR, I feel that it's flattened the image out a little too much. I think it would have benefited from a little more contrast.

Composition: I like the composition--I like the choice of not including the entire tractor. I would have been curious what it would have looked like including the front wheel, but I do like your choice of composition.

Subject: Very good choice of subject.

Technical: As I mentioned, I would have liked a little more contrast to give the image a little more interest. Also, I feel that the steering wheel being soft is distracting. I liked the shallow depth of field to blur the background, but with such a prominent placement, it feels a little awkward having the steering wheel blurry. One other consideration: you might want to play around with the crop a little. It might be a stronger picture if you cropped down from the top--the structure in the upper left corner tends to draw the eye without adding much to the overall image.

Final thoughts: Fun shot, nice colors, good choice of subject matter for the challenge. Some adjustments in the contrast/cropping might strengthen it.

Week 2 Yellow - The funeral
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Comment by WeJay:
Very personal shot. Nicely done for the moment it captures.