Waiting
by in2truth

Comment by suemack:
Love the expression on her face!!!

Waiting
by in2truth

Comment by Melethia:
"Angel to go!" Fun and definitely suited to the side challenge!

Waiting
by in2truth

Comment by spiritualspatula:
Hahaha. The fairy's expression is priceless. Mum's happy and child is less than pleased. The expressions really do a lot for this.

'Snake' - Venomous Western Brown
by in2truth

Comment by dixonp1:
Love this shot.. and u have some nerve... dude danger factor 10.. im giving u a 8 over all

'Snake' - Venomous Western Brown
by in2truth

Comment by pjd101:
wow! i love the eyes in this!

Sign of the Times
by in2truth

Comment by hotpasta:
That's not a bad shot Em...I wonder if it would have been stronger as a black and white???

Sign of the Times
by in2truth

Comment by taterbug:
Great environmental portrait, with added social commentary. Good job on exposure too. Nice job.

Green Explosion
by in2truth

Comment by in2truth:
Thanks Salmiakki. The sky was originally a beautiful blue and no clouds, a gorgeous sunny day but I replaced it with the greyish colour on purpose.

The tree is a ghost gum, so I wanted the sky to be as dull as possible so the green in the leaves would stand out.

This is the original . As you can see, the bright blue washes out the green leaves.

I won't be using the same border idea again.

Thank you for your critique, I appreciate it.

Green Explosion
by in2truth

Comment by salmiakki:
I'm not sure any "critique" I give you is going to tell you more than the comments you have already received, but I'll give it a go since you commented in the critique club thread that you would like some feedback.

First of all, congratulations on an excellent score for your first challenge! Look forward to seeing more of your work.

Turning to the image itself. This was a great choice for the challenge. The angle you have chosen to shoot at really gives the feeling of coming from the ground. However, as one commenter said already, it is a bit of a pity you cut off the top of the branches & leaves.

Next, turning to the border. DPC voters have a love/hate relationship with borders. However, typically if the border is a subtle white/black border then it's ok or even the latest trend of movie syle borders, but anything outside of this type may hurt the score. In the case of this image, I think the grey border makes the sky, which is blue look very greyish. It definitely detracts from the image itself as you eye is drawn to it.

I honestly believe if you had skipped the border altogether, you may well have pushed your score into the 6 range. As it stands, 5.89 is an excellent score.

Sign of the Times
by in2truth

Comment by teranb:
not really what I would call a portrait, more of a photojournalistic shot