4D low angle
by galatia_n

Comment by bvy:
Perhaps what it lacks in intrigue is made up by thoughtful composing/arranging of elements. I wonder if a bit more light would have helped.

4D low angle
by galatia_n

Comment by Yo_Spiff:
Love the perspective and the subjects.

Happy family on a Ride
by galatia_n

Comment by galatia_n:
Many thanks to all of you especially those who gave comments.

Happy family on a Ride
by galatia_n

Comment by hesitant:
great shot (there's room for at least one more on there!)

4D low angle
by galatia_n

Comment by tanguera:
There is a creaminess about the lighting that I love.

Happy family on a Ride
by galatia_n

Comment by sylvanalynn:
this seems more panning than bokeh. it's cool. but it's not really bokeh. ok. i'm not trying to be rude. ok.

Happy family on a Ride
by galatia_n

Comment by Qiki:
Appears to be more motion blur than bokeh.

Happy family on a Ride
by galatia_n

Comment by neesham:
Nice Panning shot, Stands out the rest of the ideas in this challenge.

Three in a basket
by galatia_n

Comment by galatia_n:

Originally posted by paulbtlw: Greetings from the Critique Club: Sure, there are some warm colour here but beyond that baseline appeal, there is quite a bit that is problematical with this image. Firstly the unsharpness; outside of the challenges and styles of execution that embrace blur, DPC is fairly intolerant of unsharpness images. Camera movement unsharpness like this is the worst received and most easily fixed, especially when I see you shot this at f/11 and ISO 400 - you have plenty of room for change in those settings not to have to live with 1/5 sec exposure times. Additionally, I think your composition is not well suited to the subject; the crop sides of the basket constrict the image and have the effect of funnelling the viewers gaze upward, like squeezing toothpaste - our eyes end up looking at the dull background of out of focus plate and chopsticks. Much better I think to have opened your aperture wide open, use a landscape orientation and offer a lower depth of field of the food and basket. I would have pulled back a little too and included the sides of the basket. Having said all of that, although this would have addressed the technical short comings of the image, the overall subject matter of food seldom does well outside of food-focussed challenges; pictures that create stories tend to do better. Some users like h2 can manage to make things and objects very interesting but do so with careful planned lighting and extraordinarily well executed pre and post technicals. Overall, I can see what you were going for but the image is let down by technical choices and given the type of image, it needed all the help it could get to be successful in this challenge. Paul

Thanks a lot for your critique, enlightened me how to improve my skill.

Three in a basket
by galatia_n

Comment by Paul:
Greetings from the Critique Club:

Sure, there are some warm colour here but beyond that baseline appeal, there is quite a bit that is problematical with this image.

Firstly the unsharpness; outside of the challenges and styles of execution that embrace blur, DPC is fairly intolerant of unsharpness images. Camera movement unsharpness like this is the worst received and most easily fixed, especially when I see you shot this at f/11 and ISO 400 - you have plenty of room for change in those settings not to have to live with 1/5 sec exposure times.

Additionally, I think your composition is not well suited to the subject; the crop sides of the basket constrict the image and have the effect of funnelling the viewers gaze upward, like squeezing toothpaste - our eyes end up looking at the dull background of out of focus plate and chopsticks.

Much better I think to have opened your aperture wide open, use a landscape orientation and offer a lower depth of field of the food and basket. I would have pulled back a little too and included the sides of the basket.

Having said all of that, although this would have addressed the technical short comings of the image, the overall subject matter of food seldom does well outside of food-focussed challenges; pictures that create stories tend to do better. Some users like h2 can manage to make things and objects very interesting but do so with careful planned lighting and extraordinarily well executed pre and post technicals.

Overall, I can see what you were going for but the image is let down by technical choices and given the type of image, it needed all the help it could get to be successful in this challenge.

Paul