Embarrassment
by Konador

Comment by melismatica:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

Ha! My very next photo on the cue after reading your email regarding my first critique!
I liked the humour of this photo but it wasn't a perfect viewing experience for me. I've looked at it pretty carefully and I can only conclude that I find the cropping a bit tight. I think the intent was to get a good capture of their expressions but I would like to see a bit more of the ridiculous costumes and maybe some context, like a smirking glance from a passerby. While I'll agree this is quite obviously an embarrasing situation, their embarrasment would be more keenly felt by the viewer if their humilation was being witnessed by someone other then himself.

I like the color combination quite a bit. I'm not crazy about what appears to be a desaturated background. I think the blurring would have been sufficient to separate the subjects. As it is, the delineation is so sharp they seem almost super-imposed on the background.

I liked the originality of the subject and the street photography quality of the effort.

Green
by Konador

Comment by surfworx:
Quite amusing and interesting.

Green
by Konador

Comment by zmaerd:
Awesome! I really like this idea. Nice DOF and great color.

Green
by Konador

Comment by jenesis:
This is a really neat idea. The color is great and the DOF is what really makes this shot. Nice take on the challenge. :-)

Green
by Konador

Comment by movieman:
I wonder why this had to be validated. People are lame, always questioning things.

I think this is really cool. My only problem with the image is the challenge is "words" not word. Eh, but it seems that there are pretty much just as many single word entries as there are entries with words, so I'm not going to dock you for that. 8.

Green
by Konador

Comment by postaltheclown:

Green
by Konador

Comment by beauty_doesnt_pose:
Very nice colour.. (10)

Embarrassment
by Konador

Comment by thunderbug:
interesting.

Inflorescence
by Konador

Comment by siggi:
Its kind of like its snap shot from a dream.
But there is no place for the eyes to rest, needs larger DOF for this flower. You should try this on diffrent flowers or angles.
6 or 7 if I where in a good mood.

Inflorescence
by Konador

Comment by BobsterLobster:
Wow, very creative, original shot. Don't know what it's doing all the way down here. I hope you keep shooting good new stuff that doesn't appeal to the masses!