Mother Lynx
by Goldwing_ed

Comment by SandyP:
That is a beautiful photo! Worthy of showing off! I wish you could see the offspring for this challenge, but it's still a great photo.

Mother Lynx
by Goldwing_ed

Comment by DrAchoo:
Kitty is just slightly OOF. It's a nice shot, but I'd like to see kitten. This is 100% dependent on the title. I don't mind the center composition.

Mother Lynx
by Goldwing_ed

Comment by Coley:
As an image this is well done, maybe crop a bit of the right to reduce the centre feel . As per the challenge, the viewer has to take your word for it

Mother Lynx
by Goldwing_ed

Comment by rachelellen:
the huge border is distracting to me, and I would prefer to see something other than the title that indicated motherhood... this is otherwise a good photo of an animal.

Sunset over Holland
by Goldwing_ed

Comment by FotoMunki:
This is a very nice picture, I really like it, but I think competition is tough - good luck!

Sunset over Holland
by Goldwing_ed

Comment by echo54:
nice tone

Sunset over Holland
by Goldwing_ed

Comment by hollisterGq:
I love this sunset!

Sunset over Holland
by Goldwing_ed

Comment by mandyturner:
beautiful sunset, I wish you would have been closer to that windmill, it would have been a great subject to enhance your sunset.

Sunset over Holland
by Goldwing_ed

Comment by Bud:
Nice colors.

Dead End of the Netherlands
by Goldwing_ed

Comment by funnylooks:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

Firstly, as an entry to 'dead end', I like the overall greyness of the image. This is a bleak image pointing off to nowhere through the North Sea. One thing I would note is that the title just says it is a dead end; to me, the image had more impact on finding out that it is actually the northernmost part of the Netherlands.

The composition is good.

I seem to find that my eyes wander over the photograph, as though searching for something to follow or land on. Even minimalist and surreal photos tend to have a followable flow/line, or points of interest.

At first I was going to say that maybe you could play with the shadows and highlights a bit, and bring more depth to the image. It would be the 'stereotypical' thing to do to add more interest to the photo overall.

However, being honest, I don't think that this image has those components that make an eye catching photo really pop out, and creating a really flat, stark and empty image puts it into a different category of interest. Unfortunately, it is not a category that seems to appeal to a large audience, and dpc is based on popular vote.

-- Mariana (funnylooks)

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