September Rain
by clickodak

Comment by MadMan2k:
Great composition and I like the bit of light shining through the leaves. Also very sharp focus throughout. This would look great printed and framed I think.

The cowboy and his horse
by clickodak

Comment by JakeKurdsjuk:
Critique Club Comment:

Marcel, so here we meet again. LOL

As I mentioned below, I thought this was a nice use of shadows, but compositionally it didn't seem to work for me. I've now been staring at this to try and explain why, but I may have been wrong in that assessment and I want to now blame the treatment. While I do believe that the composition is a little cramped, what doesn't work for me is that there are too many distractions to keep me from wanting to look at the shadow (which also lacks punch). From the green fleck to the piece of white paper to the lines in the road and sidewalk, it's a little messy there.

Darken the shadow and this helps some. Getting rid of the green and the paper would be nice, but you run the risk of rules violations, but if make convert this to B&W those become almost non-issues.

Well seen and captured. I gave the original a 5, but I believe with a different treatment that removed distractions and made the shadow stand out against the dog I would have easily bumped it up a few points.

We can't resist to that....isn't ?
by clickodak

Comment by MadMan2k:
The title doesn't really make sense to me, and the photo has some motion blur. It does meet the challenge though, perhaps doubly so by using foods that are mostly black and white.

Turn and Turn
by clickodak

Comment by MadMan2k:
Nice perspective and composition.

Turn and Turn
by clickodak

Comment by damjanev:
I almost entered something similar. Same concept, different execution and style. I will post outtakes.

Turn and Turn
by clickodak

Comment by aliqui:
Overall, it's a little flat. Looking through the narrow opening also makes me feel nervous. I almost feel like I'm gonna get stuck somehow, even though it's just a photo. Ahhh, let me out!

...I like the leading lines coming from (or going to) the left corners.

Openness on my next vacation
by clickodak

Comment by JakeKurdsjuk:
Critique Club Comment:

I really liked this one a lot. The green grabs you and offsets the sand and shell nicely. Composition is very good, though I would have preferred the zipper to lead from the corner rather than the edge. The shell might have been better placed in the center of the spread of the zipper, more towards the crossing of 1/3 lines, or a second object placed there. Regardless, the shell feels like it's too close to the edge given all the sand. As I mentioned below, I'd also like to have had the green on the top zipper pushed back so that it exposed the teeth as with the zipper below.

A fine image that I gave a 7. A very deserving top 10.

The cowboy and his horse
by clickodak

Comment by tnun:
lovely interpretation.

The cowboy and his horse
by clickodak

Comment by posthumous:
one of the few entries to make use of shadows this way. well seen.

The cowboy and his horse
by clickodak

Comment by bspurgeon:
Funny