Interconnection
by clickodak

Comment by mariuca:
A portrait of Lyssa, the goddess of raging fury

Raining Day
by clickodak

Comment by bmartuch:
Very well done.

Raining Day
by clickodak

Comment by tanguera:
A colorful lily pad in the midst of blur. Lovely.

arch windows
by clickodak

Comment by sidpixel:
Hello from the critique club

A cluttered image that meets the challenge on a basic level

Hello Marcel. What a lovely old building you have found here its architecture certainly fits the challenge well. I'm sorry but I have to say I feel quite uncomfortable with the composition it just doesn't work for me. Whilst I like and often use diagonals they can be very effective but here they make me feel as though the building is about to topple over. This effect is compounded by the foreground building on the left of the frame, it is perfectly straight. The lamp is very intrusive in a way that is not lending itself to the overall image. The staircase is an interesting feature but it is just too much in relation to the overall image. I think there is just too much going on here for it to work effectively, as they say, less is more.

I like the mono processing and the full range of tones you have. As the image itself stands perhaps a squared up crop of the right part of the main building excluding the lamppost might work. Whilst I like the foreground building I don't think a square crop of that would work because you would have to include that unattractive and intrusive lamppost in a way that just wouldn’t work at all.

I see the corner of the foreground building is rounded, if the windows too are rounded I think a return to those windows and looking at the reflections of the main building in them could be well worth looking at. In my minds eye I am seeing some gorgeous reflections that capture this lovely building in all its glory and having the windows themselves as the frame you will capture those lovely windows too.

Drink and drive...The aftermath could not be a party of pleasure
by clickodak

Comment by snaffles:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

Very good message you're trying to put across here, Marcel, and I applaud the effort. The shot needs work mostly in the composition, the dof and lighting are quite good. First off, a level horizon especially as you have a liquor glass with booze(?) in it, which automatically gives us a colourful focal point to look for. So the horizon we seek, so we don't get dizzy looking for it, is the surface of the booze. It MUST be level. You also need more room, especially around the glass, as this is looking a little cramped.

Otherwise looks pretty decent, but as Bear mentions, the word 'Aftermath' is supposed to be the title. When that little flag appears next to a challenge description, pay close attention and read it carefully. Other minor changes I would make apart from ensuring the glass and its surface were dead level: I probably would have stretched out the handcuffs as far as possible from one another. Just to put some space between the keys and the glass. I also might have sought to focus on the fore part of the handcuff on the left, with the keys. But that's me.

Hope this has been useful!

Susan

Message edited by author 2015-12-13 19:57:38.

arch windows
by clickodak

Comment by Tiny:
I really like this, but not sure about the crop. Not that I have any alternative, but others may.

Jeweled beetles Mosaic
by clickodak

Comment by snaffles:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

Wow, what a colourful entry, Marcel. Looks like a veritable traffic jam of beetles of all sorts, and I didn't even know there was such thing as an insectarium, let alone one in Montreal...must go visit someday.

The use of diagonals serves you well, it adds dynamism to the shot of what could otherwise have looked very boring and fusty in terms of comp. The only thing I can find wrong is maybe the shot came across as cluttered to most voters; there is no one beetle dominating the pic and drawing attention to itself more than the others. Still, a very pretty shot, would look great on a calendar, and it finished well, so not a bad effort.

Keep up the good work!

Susan

arch windows
by clickodak

Comment by bmartuch:
Such beautiful architecture.

arch windows
by clickodak

Comment by Lydia:
Lovely bw tones!

Creamy Yogurt
by clickodak

Comment by Lydia:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

Congratulations on your Top Ten finish!

I love the way you have the yogurt dripping, yet still piled up up top. Gives a sense of motion well.

I wish there were less of it, though, to really show that it's a spoon that it's on... at least a bit of the spoon's bowl needs to show, I think.

I'd have cloned out those sensor dust spots since it's Advanced editing.

Nice lighting... shows the swirls and levels well.