Gone Fishin'
by Konador

Comment by rblanton:
What a pig... nice catch on this one...9

Surface Tension
by Konador

Comment by alien2thisworld:
Very interesting abstract feel, and lovely shades of blue to black. I would also be interested in seeing this same image in razor sharp focus. GJ :)

Gone Fishin'
by Konador

Comment by Skip:
boy, sometimes 1/250 just isn't fast enough, is it? most excellent work! good luck!

Fright Night
by Konador

Comment by megryan:
Here's another one that should have finished higher. Some of the shots above this I'm left scratching my head how they got there !

Surface Tension
by Konador

Comment by messerschmitt:
cool intrigue!

Be Strong
by Konador

Comment by Melly8522:
my mom got me a poster of this and when I was mad at her and kinda rude I admit, she took it back and I haven't seen it since!

I blame her attitude that I got from her! I wish I didn't!

Fright Night
by Konador

Comment by kdkaboom:

What's this doing all the way back here?? I'm on of your four 10s, man. I totally loved this... The grin and the eyebrow, they did it. Frightening! Yay! :)

Spinny
by Konador

Comment by Skip:
this is cool! you might want to clean it up just a bit (take out the noise), and you'd have a nice piece of art. you might want to consider doing something like this for a series, but going for different colors.

Fright Night
by Konador

Comment by wewillexplore:
Greetings from the Critique Club.

I am immediately reminded of "On the Verge" when I see this. I think the biggest difference is focus - there you were focused on your eye and face. Here you are focused on the dark eye and the one that's lit up and catches our attention is out of focus.

I think the smile distracts from the fear factor as well, because it's not a "scary smile" but a "jolly" one. :)

Not much else to talk about here - the negative space is well used and the composition is interesting to look at. Good luck and happy shooting.

M

Treble 20
by Konador

Comment by tristalisk:
Greetings from the critique club!

First impression: wow fuzzy... oh ok it's for the brokeh challenge.

Does it fit the challenge: yes it does fit the challenge it is without a doubt brokeh. However I feel that part of what may have hurt the score for this picture is that the brokeh does not enhance the image IMO. The Center of intrest the rear of the dart does nor have enough detain by itself to keep me interested.

Title: Treble 20.. I have no clue what this means. So I am unable to form a relationship between the title and the look of the photo.

Lighting: From what details I can make out the lighting looks to be good There are no harsh shadows or blown out areas.

Focus: While your shallow DOF did give you the brokeh for the challenge I feel that you may have went to shallow. Perhaps allowing the viewer to see more of the dart and maybe the fins leaving the board in brokeh would have been more interesting.

General Overview: While I like and enjoy alot of this shot. Such as I like the rich colors. I think the proportions were done well, and I realy like what I see as the concept you were aiming for. I would not have voted this above a four because it still apears to an out of focus picture to me. I can see where this is easily a love or hate shot. It will come down to a matter of personal opinion. Is it out of focus with a shallow DOF. Or is it a creative use of brokeh.

I wish I could have written you glowing review. But I assume that by submmitting for a C.C. critiqueyou would rather have an honest opinion. I do however enjoy alot of yopur other work. Even if this isn't one of my personal favorites of yours, I hope to see what wild and interesting shot you come up with next.