Having My Heart In The Right Place
by Mr_Bond

Comment by persimon:
Looks a little dark. I think a little vignetting around the edges qwould bring more attention to the heart.

Having My Heart In The Right Place
by Mr_Bond

Comment by jfwolpert:
some light on the heart would make it less flat

Having My Heart In The Right Place
by Mr_Bond

Comment by AdrienneGC:
A litle too dark

Having My Heart In The Right Place
by Mr_Bond

Comment by Mephisto:
nice use of selective desaturation here.a little dodging and burning would have helped to get more contrast, bacause this lacks.
i hope for your model that the heart was only painted with water colors and not a tattoo ;P

Piering Out
by Mr_Bond

Comment by sfalice:
Greetings from the Critique Club

Your first Challenge, and you did quite well. That's a good score.

The voters liked your pun (I do as well) and they liked your photography. As well they should. You saved it nicely from the dreaded half 'n half exposure that slices an image in half since you placed your horizon just above the center line.

The image is crisp and properly exposed. I expect that if you were able to take a more spectacular image of Melbourne's skyline or had something on the pier that would have given this image the needed "wow" factor, you would have placed even higher than you did.

Still, this competent and interesting photograph did well and you should rightly be proud of the results of your first DP Challenge.

I'll look forward to seeing more of your work.

Piering Out
by Mr_Bond

Comment by Tammer:
Good pun. I like how the pier leads the viewer's eye down and into the photo.

Piering Out
by Mr_Bond

Comment by KiwiShotz:
Great pic, gotta love water lights and darkness. The pun's not mega strong, but i get it :)

Piering Out
by Mr_Bond

Comment by SandyP:
I love it! This is a beautiful photo. Good luck.

Piering Out
by Mr_Bond

Comment by sonnyh:
good.

Piering Out
by Mr_Bond

Comment by tate:
beautiful - I get the feeling of slantiness though (need ccw rot) = but great nonetheless- 7