Another One Bites the Dust
by DougPaz

Comment by Silent Sister:
This would definately be an OOPS. Good focus and sweet subject. What can I say.....I'm a gramma. I love these shots.

Adagio
by DougPaz

Comment by dwaters:
Plain simple and to the point. Maybe higher contrast though for a little more punch.

Another One Bites the Dust
by DougPaz

Comment by bjc0001:
Cute! Great idea. Wonderfully colorful and bright (and clear).

Another One Bites the Dust
by DougPaz

Comment by vonautsch:
It's a nice attempt. The amoun tof grass and pavement are a little distracting.

Another One Bites the Dust
by DougPaz

Comment by jjjaime:
very typical

Another One Bites the Dust
by DougPaz

Comment by Ram21:
Good use of colors.

Another One Bites the Dust
by DougPaz

Comment by IrishLass:
Oh, poor little guy...

Way Back to School
by DougPaz

Comment by e301:
Hey Doug - greetings from the critique club.

Well, everyone commented on it just about, and I'm sure you thought it yourself, but the contrast range is the major issue with this shot: it just cries out for some of those tones to get closer to white (I've just made the same mistake myself, in the repetition challenge, without the excuse of no editing too).

The toning works for the scene, of course, and beyond the brightness/contrsat issue it's a fine shot: evocative - perhaps more of an imagined past than one that seems very real to me. I never trust these re-creation places, always ask myself how diffferent it would be with twenty shouting kids in it, for example (surely never this clean!).

I think it lacks something to kick it into the 6's scoring-wise. Something dynamic, either in subject matter or the way you've dealt with it. It's a very straightforward shot at the moment. Couldn't tell you what that thing is, though :-)

Another One Bites the Dust
by DougPaz

Comment by TooCool:
I like that it actually fits the challenge!!!

Another One Bites the Dust
by DougPaz

Comment by myork:
great!