Eenie, Meanie, Mynie...
by SJCarter

Comment by divadaedalus:

OK, are you taking candid shots of the Altar Guild again? Neat pic. Liked the blurring on this one. Seeya on Sun. MMM

Eye of the Beholder
by SJCarter

Comment by divadaedalus:
WOW!!! I am so proud of you, bro. Such a poignant pic. Sis Greeley and crew send greetings!

Eye of the Beholder
by SJCarter

Comment by Jutilda:
Man, Jimmy, did you pay that monkey to pose like that???? Simply amazing work.

Eenie, Meanie, Mynie...
by SJCarter

Comment by patio127:
This is really cute. Nice capture !

Circa 1954
by SJCarter

Comment by Sylva7:
I don't know what it is, but there's something very striking about this. I like it.

Circa 1954
by SJCarter

Comment by Zigomar:
Appealin colours, somehow I don't like the blur, I would prefer everything in focus.

Balance
by SJCarter

Comment by LalliSig:
Greetings from the critique club :)

Let me start off by saying for me it doesn´t really meet the challenge, the photo itself has no action going on, for me the challenge meant to take a photo of some kind of jump where something or someone was in mid air and also the title doesn´t help in this regard since balance really implies that the person in the photo isn´t about to jump but rather standing still and not trying to fall down, a jump the farthest thing from his mind.

Technically it´s a nice photo, well lit with the expection of the slight blown out highlights on the stone you are standing on. Composition is nice also, I like that you can just see the legs and you cut off the right leg just above the knee. The left leg though bothers me a bit, think I would have liked it better if it were either totally out of the frame or more in it, the foot being there too. I like the backround and the shallow DOF, I see you did that in the post processing and you could have fooled me, I am usually quick to spot fake lens blur but here it didn´t even occur to me till I saw the camera used and the photographers comments. I like the colours, contrast and sharpening and think you did a nice job with the post processing.

Mainly because of the non jump factor in this challenge I can honestly say I would have voted it a 4. If this was a balance challenge I would have given it a 6 since it´s technically nice but doesn´t have that wow factor, 6 is something I give to above average photos that miss that certain "wow factor". I can at least certainly understand the low score but I think it´s solely because of DNMC votes.

Kind regards from Iceland, Larus.

Turn of the Tides
by SJCarter

Comment by catholicskin:
Great shot. I love the mood that those grey clouds set, which reflects that of the blurred waves. The waves seem to me that they have an overwhelming sense of midtones, so i would boost up the whites in levels, if that doesnt overexpose that brillient sky of course. Other than that, the picture is perfect.

Night Crawler
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Comment by catholicskin:
I love the contrast of the moth which is soft and delicate, compared to the rough texture of the surface its sitting on. Also like the head in focus and the wings out of focus, the detail is still visibal in the wings. Nice!

Circa 1954
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Comment by facesastheycome:
Gorgeus image the colors blend n well ,not sure about the soft focus blur you have used 8