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by GinaRothfels

Comment by e301:
from the underneath of the Critique Club

SO: compositionally strong - that heavy diagonal works well as a concept to hang the image on, but evidently not meeting the voters idea of what was required here. I think perhaps that might be a simple function of the scale of your shot: most if not all of the successful images depended on texture being apparent on both the fine and the grand scale: so the detail works, as well as the overall structure of the image (one might phrase this as saying that the shot worked as thumbnail as well as in full). This just doesn't really communicate on the finer scale, I think; at least, no more than it doesn on the larger. The progression and patterns of reflected light in those hollows are possibly too untidy, not clean and smooth ewnough to enhance the metallic nature of the whole.

That's only a suggestion, but evidently something put folks off this one. The colouration may have hindered things too - I can see a feeling that it might have removed some sense of tonality, or rather imposed its own sense of tonality onto the shot, rather than letting things come through. perhaps, in the end, it was just too close to the abstract (well, absolutely close to my eye), and the voters actually wanted to know exactly what texture they were looking at? Who can tell sometimes ...

Some more info from yourself might have helped make sense of things though.

Tug of War
by GinaRothfels

Comment by moniepenny:
Hello from the Critique Club!

First of all, this is an interesting, candid shot. It does however, have a snapshotish quality to it that seems a little bland to me.

This image would benefit from being more sharp, as well as having the colours more vivid. The details of the feathers are lost on the bird, he would be much more interesting if you could see all the little feathers on him. The cage is very distracting, but may have not been an option to remove it. If that's the case it's very unfortunate because it would be a much better image without it.

The photo has a certain charm to it and is amusing. It generates a response from the viewer, so it is a successful shot.

Anger
by GinaRothfels

Comment by amdonno:
i miss this show!

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Comment by imagemakersphoto:
I like the hard light creating the heavy shadows. I realy like that the second eye is visable.

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by GinaRothfels

Comment by kopa21:
Nice job. Really like the lighting and shadows on this.

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by GinaRothfels

Comment by arsenal:
really cool, like an abstract

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by GinaRothfels

Comment by IndigoButterfly:
lovely. looks like a watercolor.

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by GinaRothfels

Comment by jeevartist:
good

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Comment by arjun_m_e:
gud

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Comment by sepillai:
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