Birthday Dreams
by cheegirl

Comment by Germaine:
IMHO there's too much going on in this picture. I'd have cropped it in on the girl and the teddy bear. Also, the table cloth needs to be centered better. One side is hanging off too much.

Birthday Dreams
by cheegirl

Comment by Art Roflmao:
Cute! Great setup - love the tall grass and all the fixins. If I had to pick on one thing it would be the overhang on the tablecloth would look better level. Picky, I know. Great job!

Hell's Alley
by cheegirl

Comment by alfresco:
* A Critique Club Comment *

Hello Laurie,

Please keep in mind that I am not a professional ....

Composition
I love the colors, the hues, the shades, the shapes, the circles, this is a very interesting composition. I feel that had the yellow light circle around the marbles been uniform (the yellow falls off near the top and top/right around the marbles) it would have helped to make the image pop.

Technical Details
The linear reflections on the bottom and left are distracting to me, as are the similar reflections in the marbles. The depth of field is nice, it works very well here. The soft focus of the marbles is nice as well. It feels as if the crop is off just a little, the left is closer to the ring than the right. I wonder if a square crop with the entire outer circle visible might have been interesting and made this photo pop more

Aesthetics
For me this photo is very aesthically pleasing. All elements work very well together to make quite the unique image, one that begs to be inspected for quite a while. The blend of complementary colors is excellent.

Relationship to Challenge
This photo meets the challenge perfectly, you have used an interesting perspective (above) to create a dramatic effect (surreal marble hell). I will say I don't quite get the title, but I'm slow that way.

Overall this is quite the interesting image. I like it immensely and feel the score doesn't reflect your interesting perspective. This was a difficult image for me to critique, abstracts are just that and subject to the interpretation of the observer, I'm sure someone smarter than I could have given you a better critique.

If you have any questions or comments please feel free to PM me.

I look forward to seeing more of your photos.

-jp

A Mother's Destination Fulfilled
by cheegirl

Comment by Sherri1209:
What a great image. Nice use of b/w and brings to mind lovely togetherness of family and sisterhood (I have two sisters myself) I think it is wonderful that you didn't go with filling the screen up with the primary image...Great job and very nicely done.

Bubble Trance
by cheegirl

Comment by hanneke:
I love the look of the little girl. nice

A Mother's Destination Fulfilled
by cheegirl

Comment by carisakD70:
I would have cropped out a bit of the dock...

Bubble Trance
by cheegirl

Comment by OrionThe Hunter:
almost a 10 I would have liked the bubble more is focus and the girl a little less sharp

Bubble Trance
by cheegirl

Comment by maxj:
great picture!

Bubble Trance
by cheegirl

Comment by ericpi:
I love every part of it. Great tone, captivating expression. My first "10".

Bubble Trance
by cheegirl

Comment by macrothing:
4 - If the bubble were the dominant feature would make this a much better shot for this Challenge in my opinion. Nice candid/portrait though but... the bubble, just wish it popped out and was nice and 'clear'.