Untangling Hair
by clickodak

Comment by sidpixel:
Hello from the critique club

An interesting image that meets the challenge.

Your portrait certainly captures the frustration of combing through tangles in long hair. I like that you have made sure the eye is good and sharp, essential for any portrait and the way her eye is directed towards the problem hair. I think this is oe of those occasions where it would have been better in colour. The mono tones of the important focal point ie., her tangled hair are too similar to reveal it effectively. Alternatively a different pose where the comb and hair are more prominent would have proved effective too. Thanks for your entry Marcel.

Life is like a Camera...
by clickodak

Comment by sidpixel:
Hello from the critique club

An interesting image assumed to meet the challenge.

I say assumed because I am not familiar with the poem but thank you for your comments which are sentiments I'm sure we can all agree on. Whilst your image is not particularly original it is well executed, your DOF and focus is perfect and the mono presentation is pleasing. I really think it deserved a higher score and placing than you got but you can reflect on the way your photography has improved and how much better this image is than it would have been a year ago. Well done Marcel, keep at it.

Untangling Hair
by clickodak

Comment by pixelpig:
doubt

Life is like a Camera...
by clickodak

Comment by Ammie:
A poem by stigmatic. Like a lie, pushing on the red button... Good job

Life is like a Camera...
by clickodak

Comment by posthumous:
obsessively gathering the world into itself
a tool for others to use
a funnel of wide, brilliant experience into a tiny box
breaks when dropped

Life is like a Camera...
by clickodak

Comment by pixelpig:
so they say

Untangling Hair
by clickodak

Comment by NikonJeb:
Great expression for what is the bane of people with long hair

Surrounding Urban Landscape
by clickodak

Comment by sidpixel:
Hello from the critique club

An appealing landscape that meets the challenge well.

What a viewpoint Marcel! It doesn̢۪t get much more urban than this! I like the starbursts of light you have from your chosen aperture and the softness of the water from the consequential longer exposure. The composition is good with the river breaking it up. I welcome J9̢۪s comments but I have to disagree with her, there is excellent clarity where it is needed, in fact the only lack of clarity is in the distant horizon, perhaps that is what she means, for me this really is not a problem, it enhances and emphasises the clarity of the foreground. The tonal range of your mono is good but perhaps the river may have benefited from a lighter tone to distinguish it more readily from the distant background, that̢۪s about all I can add, well done.

Surrounding Urban Landscape
by clickodak

Comment by jomari:
Great view.

Alien
by clickodak

Comment by pixelpig:
I have always thought so, & it's perch also looks quite alien