Patriotic
by jpb56ny

Comment by skief:
Like the picture, but wouldn't want to live in that building :-)

Patriotic
by jpb56ny

Comment by Allen:
nice job on the picture i like all of the colors to it good job.

Patriotic
by jpb56ny

Comment by GolferDDS:
I like the angle and the shot. I wish you had not cropped out the upper right corner of the flag.

Patriotic
by jpb56ny

Comment by Sonifo:
oh ya you got that right. Proud to be an American. God bless you!

Patriotic
by jpb56ny

Comment by eloise:
I'm going to have to grade this down a bit for not being about YOUR home, IMHO. This is of course just my own (perhaps over-narrow) interpretation of the challenge, but I have to draw lines somewhere to make judging easier, and I feel people who tried to shoot their own home deserve a better chance at high scores. That's a public building, not a home.

Patriotic
by jpb56ny

Comment by PHOTOCHlX:
Nice image of NYC and also gives a nice feel of American pride. 8

Patriotic
by jpb56ny

Comment by scw1217:
Nice composition of the flags.

Fruit Bowl
by jpb56ny

Comment by HBunch:
*Critique Club*
This seems way too busy and cluttered for my personal taste. I'd like to see this with about 1/2 the stuff. Maybe just use some of the grapes, the orange fruits, and a few leaves from the raspberry plants.
The focus doesn't really seem to be consistant. The leaves seem ok, but the fruit itself seems a bit soft. Could be a result of lighting issues.
This does appear to be just flash. Not usually the lighting of choice. You could have taken this outside maybe. Or into a well lit area and seen the difference. It would create some depth, and probably reduce a lot of the selective glare on various fruits.
The angle and framing/cropping is ok. Had there been less elements in the photo, it would have worked better, however, I do like how you fill the entire frame of the photo with the subject. Still possible even with fewer elements.
The colors are ok. a few colors you don't really need in there, which does distract a bit from the colors you are trying to highlight. Fewer elements would help this also.
~Heather~

Fruit Bowl
by jpb56ny

Comment by Olyuzi:
Very nice composition and the colors and focus are really sharp. I do find the lighting a bit too harsh, however and don't like the reflections that you can see in the fruit.

Fruit Bowl
by jpb56ny

Comment by Becky:
The arrangement of the fruit is nice.