Kitchen Flower
by psychephylax

Comment by Arachnophilia:
great composition, and choice of subject matter. 8

Kitchen Flower
by psychephylax

Comment by Anachronite:
cool take on this idea... and all blue.. good capture
~anachronite

Planned Parenthood Protest
by psychephylax

Comment by andrewm:
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Critique Club


I enjoy the composition of your picture—it is unusual but it works. ones eye seems to be led around in a square reading the signs and I find that I go back to the focal point which is the woman’s face.Having said that I think this works in the context of this challenge—it is a very newspaper image-packed with information so that the copywriters don’t have to do much work!
In the background the spikey fence fits well into the image of an angry protester.

Your photo seems well exposed although I notice criticisms of overexposure—but I think you may have oversaturated the colour or used levels too much or used a small part of the picture –blown up-- because there are chromatic aberrations all over the photo-in the leaves along the sign and these may be exacerbated by the over saturation.

However I think the strength of your subject – the owl like spectacles peering defiantly from a white face enveloped in a black anorak – This is an image that the viewer remembers for a long time.

Planned Parenthood Protest
by psychephylax

Comment by PTLParsons:
Good subject. Photo too sharp and bright with all the white on the signs. The leaves in th background actually hurt my eyes, as well as the fence. Good subject but poor execution. PTL4

Planned Parenthood Protest
by psychephylax

Comment by chrysalis:
Good shot.

Planned Parenthood Protest
by psychephylax

Comment by Sonifo:
This is a great shot. Can I read more? Vote 9 Sonifo

Planned Parenthood Protest
by psychephylax

Comment by rll07:
very well framed

Planned Parenthood Protest
by psychephylax

Comment by johnny_justjohnny:
this is a lot like the firemen picket line picture that got submitted this week - you got great compositions that include all the signs - at the same time you can tell the woman's got a real compelling look on her face, and that's where the real sweet rectangle's gonna be, when you look at this shot you want to be close enough to really see her.

Planned Parenthood Protest
by psychephylax

Comment by GeneralE:
You could make it focus a little more on your subject if you used the narrower aspect ratio -- it still retains the entire sign but gets rid of anything extraneous.

Planned Parenthood Protest
by psychephylax

Comment by Turbotech:
Who has not seen this. Very dramatic.