Blind Reflexion
by clickodak

Comment by blindjustice:
Quite profound, makes us question everything right back to existence, for a brief second.

Water Tap
by clickodak

Comment by Lydia:
7 from me. I love the idea of this... but I think the texture overwhelms the subject just a bit too much.

Yet still... I love it.

Distracted Cycling
by clickodak

Comment by snaffles:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

I like shots like this because I've taken more than my share of them...get it all framed up and then something unexpected happens. Here the cyclist adds interest because he's clearly looking at the barn too.

On days when you have such a flat, washy sky, remember to use as low an ISO as possible to help minimize it and to help bring out colours a little more. A deeper dof would help a lot too, esp as you shot handheld. Barnboard is usually a good mid-tone that reflects light well so you needn't worry so much about exposing for it. The cyclist being out of focus is a bit of a distraction as everyone here likes their whole scene front-to-back sharp. Still I like the way he helps add interest and provides a link between mid-ground, the barn, and foreground with the road. As the barn is broadside to the road, the cyclist adds depth and breaks up the flat planes of the shot.

Overall a different kind of shot that I think is fun to look at with its spontaneity. Just watch your settings! :-)

Susan

Distracted Cycling
by clickodak

Comment by JakeKurdsjuk:
Would have loved some more motion in the cyclist

Distracted Cycling
by clickodak

Comment by Ammie:
Nice catch, focus on the barn but cycler adds interest. Good one

Snow Goose in Love
by clickodak

Comment by snaffles:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

First off, Free Study is very difficult to do well in. I like this shot a lot, the composition is great, but I think the high ISO has cost you here a bit - the raised wing of the bird facing us looks very soft. I know Canon is lauded for its high ISO capability but even it has limits! The shot also appears to be backlit, so exposing for black in these conditions only makes things tougher.

The three *headless* geese wandering around add to the clutter, sadly. This is the kind of shot where you see a situation unfolding, and get ready to shoot bursts, cause in all likelihood by then those geese would have wandered out of the shot or at least enough that you wouldn't have to do a crazy amount of cloning.

Hope this helps

Susan

Distracted Cycling
by clickodak

Comment by Cyrilda:
I love the old barns.

Panic !!!
by clickodak

Comment by snaffles:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

Bwahahahahaaaa...Marcel, I had the feeling that I was going to end up with the crit for this image! Absolutely great capture, all the geese on the ground help to add a sense of stability as all their friends take flight. I can't even go with my all-time favourite nitpick of bleachiness, because there isn't any :-) Fascinating to see the varying amounts of tones in just simple off-white and the brown/tan of the heads. Amazed that you avoided areas of flat black, and your settings are dead on for shot like this.

Again, so glad to see this shot ribbon! Congrats yet again and continue to shoot and enter and win more ribbons :-)

Susan

Bird Egg Timer
by clickodak

Comment by sidpixel:
Hello from the Critique club

An interesting image that meets the challenge

Your intention to demonstrate the necessary passing of time to maturity of the chicks in order to break out of the eggs is quite obvious. I̢۪m not sure that its worked very well, the eggs themselves are quite insignificant through soft focus and diminutive size, certainly in comparison to the egg timer itself. I think it would have worked much better to have the egg-timer in soft focus in the background, that way the emphasis would have been on the eggs with a less obvious but equally effective inference of time passing.

For those concerned for the welfare of the nest ‘No fledglings were harmed in the making of this image’ might have been a worthwhile comment to include! Thanks for your entry Marcel.

Panic !!!
by clickodak

Comment by sidpixel:
Congratulations Marcel, another very well deserved ribbon for a dynamic and excellent image