Starbuck's Secret Ingredient
by xlr8tn

Comment by mikaellu:
Good idea!

Starbuck's Secret Ingredient
by xlr8tn

Comment by Nald:
Good selective desat. 9

Starbuck's Secret Ingredient
by xlr8tn

Comment by ibkc:
This was an intersting way to jazz up a bean shot. It stands out from the crowd. Nice DOF, and good job overall.

Missing You
by xlr8tn

Comment by mandyturner:
*Critique Club*

Greetings from the Critique Club! Hello my name is Mandy and I will be your critiquer today.

First I want to point out the good things. Black and White pictures are my favorite! But with this shot, I think that color would have been a better choice. I think that it is nice that all of the ducks are going in the same direction. I like how they move your eye across the photo from one corner to the opposite corner. So your cropping was good.

Now for the nick pickety stuff. High Key effects are great on SOME pictures. I think that with water photos they make the photo less intersting. Water shots can be so magical with all of the reflections and movement. Why remove that? The ducks seem to be out of focus, but that could have happened with the processing of the high contrast or when you converted to black and white.

Your subject does not fit your title. Ducks swimming does not say Missing You, IMO. Maybe if there was one duck swimming alone. Maybe if there was a mother duck and her babies behind her with a definate gap between the second to the last baby duck, a missing you theme would have been easier for the viewer to relate to. Or maybe that is just a bunch of hogwash. What do I know? I hope this was helpful and good luck in future challenges.

mandy

Starbuck's Secret Ingredient
by xlr8tn

Comment by Troutbear:
Funny. It would be funny to also see the one stand out bean even more orange almost nuclear.

Starbuck's Secret Ingredient
by xlr8tn

Comment by Eagle Eye:
Always a one loaner eh? Fun idea.

Starbuck's Secret Ingredient
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Comment by philup:
good 10

Starbuck's Secret Ingredient
by xlr8tn

Comment by tpoc:
love the theme! i would be interested in seeing richer colors in the beans...the light reflects off them and it seems to dilute that lovely brown.

Starbuck's Secret Ingredient
by xlr8tn

Comment by Sherri1209:
Which one of these are not like the others?? Great job. Love the soft lighting/focus and think this was very well done.

The Sower
by xlr8tn

Comment by RulerZigzag:
this is excellent. Great sun effect...wow.