Surf's Up!
by lentil

Comment by AzCKelly:
Wow, amazing capture. Love the colors. It just pops out at you.

Surf's Up!
by lentil

Comment by bowronfam3:
IMO this doesn't meet the challenge requirements of rule of thirds. This photo is VERY MUCH centered. However, it would be a lovely photograph to enter in a more appropriate challenge.

Higher Perspective
by lentil

Comment by Artyste:
Hello, and greetings from the Critique Club. The critique you are about to recieve is tailored for DPC challenges alone, and is not intended to be seen as an artistic critique per se.

Initial Thoughts

I like that you're looking for different ways to approach "perspective", but just too much missing (and too much *not* missing), to be a real contender.

Composition / Content

There's no real composition here. To the viewer, it's as if someone just aimed a camera and fired of a shot without any real thought or care for what they were shooting. A bird's eye view perspective, but without any real focal point (as a lot of the commenters touched on). This is, indeed, one of the most difficult types of shots to do in any way other than a "documenting" type of way. What you want is some kind of point of interest, and then let the neighborhood flow from that, but finding that point of interest can be a real chore.

Background

No true background per se.. but the fade off into the smokey/misty hillside doesn't add much to the photo.

Camera Work / Technical

You didn't give any information for this section, but your exposure looks ok. Focus is a little soft.

Digital Processing

Again, no information so I can't comment on this area.

Fits the Challenge

Technically, it fits the challenge, but that's all it really does. There is no basis for it to go any further, and the points against it probably made most voters start you off with a 5, and then go down from there.

My Opinion of the Photo

For my part, I find it to be a messy, uninteresting photo that has a place as a personal document (for instance: We climbed this mountain today and saw this), but really just falls flat as a DPC entry. Dull colors, clutter, no focal interest, no leading lines, just nothing to really grab me (or a voter). As much as we sometimes wish it (and I know I've been there).. simply meeting a challenge is *not* enough.. and without that little extra effort, languishing in lower scores will usually be your fate. Good luck in future challenges. I do know for a fact that you have some talent there.

Surf's Up!
by lentil

Comment by elite:
Good Catch !! I like it !

Sleepy Jaxon
by lentil

Comment by Philos:
Critique Club Comment:

Cute little baby.
But a little disapointing score I guess.
It's not very difficult to explain why it didn't score that well...
DPC'ers Nono list: No Flowers, No Pets and No baby's
Those are not my rules, but it's my understanding that those photo's just don't score that well.
As mentioned the lighting of the photo is not exceptionally well done, I guess it's all ambient light of a not so brightly lit room. You could have tried to get it better with PP.
It's a nice picture, but remember that nobody knows this baby here, so for the voters this is mostly only a snapshot of a baby iso a portrait.
You have to capture the voters, and try to trick them into voting higher, capture them with something you think they want to see. That's the only tip I can give you I guess.

Keep on shooting.

Peter

Surf's Up!
by lentil

Comment by elee3009:
Great action take. By the rule of thirds, the point of interest is where the surf board comes out from the waves which could have been pretty interesting. Only problem is that I had to look harder for that 'coz the interest and focus at first glance is on the surfer's face and body, overshadowing the point of this challenge. Hope that makes sense. Wondering if it wouldn't have been more impactful in keeping with the challenge to re-frame the surfer a little to the third's intersection on the right.

Surf's Up!
by lentil

Comment by Riponlady:
wonderful action shot, colours great, very sharp, not sure focus of surfer is third but board certainly is

Surf's Up!
by lentil

Comment by kloughe:
Very nice.

Surf's Up!
by lentil

Comment by Tranquil:
Great capture! ;)

Surf's Up!
by lentil

Comment by ankit0621:
Beautiful capture however i do not see what part of it complys with the rule of thirds. May be cropping from the right would have been ideal letting the mans head be the point on the cross lines.