Stop
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Comment by zadore:
border doesn't quite work (im sure someone else has mentioned that) ...other than that, it's a stop sign...not very interesting IMO

Stop
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Comment by PaulMdx:
I really like the photo, but I'm not keen on the border at all. I think the photo would look better without one at all, or possibly a darker colour.

Drink Milk?
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Comment by Swashbuckler:
Techincally, the photo is very well taken. Very good color and focus. The background is on the busy side, esp. with the blouses the girls are wearing. Also, there's something about the shadows on the wall...less than perfect. Now, less seriously, the expressions on the girl's faces are confusing. The girl on the right seems serene, wistful, while the girl on the left seems almost terrified by the sight of the milk, both in her facial expression and the way she holds the glass. Is this why the title has a question mark? 7 Swash

Drink Milk?
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Comment by justine:
Cute girls....wow beautiful. Lots of flowers, printes and colors going on, [busy-prints] I think a different backgroud would of made the girls POP more. Nice focus and light. Good luck.

Stop
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Comment by tomzinho:
focus seems soft and would have liked to have seen the red stand out a bit more (increased saturation in post processing)

Stop
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Comment by kathleenm:
I'm not a huge fan of borders, and in this case the border is definitely screaming for attention - so much so that it distracts. The focus seems a bit soft on the sign as well.

Drink Milk?
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Comment by emorgan49:
Exquisite!!! Best of Show!!!!

Stop
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Comment by Cub:
Focus... Cub

Stop
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Comment by Wheeler1992:
the border takes away from the photo

Rain Drops Keep Falling on My...
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Comment by Manic:
Critique Club Comment :o)

Composition:

The most obvious thing about this shot, on first glance, is that there is no main focal point, and since there is nothing in the near background to reflect in the raindrops, this image becomes more of an abstract. Since you'd have had little control over where the raindrops actually were on the glass, I'd have tried to get a shot where a group of droplets lead the eye across the frame.

Background:

The background on this shot is an usual light greeny-turquoise. Considering that you're trying to sell the 'raindrops' aspect of this image, perhaps a more "stormy" colour would have helped here, such as a darker blue.

Camera Work:

The most obvious "fault" about this shot is the focus, since the corners (especially the lower left) are out of focus. This is probably due to your choice of F stop, since F2.2 leads to a very shallow DoF. Also, since you state that this was a car window, the probably angled or curved glass would exaggerate this. While shallow DoF is good in many instances, as it can draw the eye into one area of the image, the lack of a focal point to this shot means that it just feels confused. There's also a dark patch in the very bottom left corner that could easily have been cropped out.

Post-processing:

Since you've not provided any details, I can only guess as to the post processing you've done, if any. One important thing to mention is that this shot is only 48Kb, out of a maximum 150Kb, therefore you may have lost quite a bit of detail by compressing the image down to that size - I always recommend that you try to get as close to the 150Kb line as possible, so that as little detail as possible is lost.

My Opinion:

The idea behind the shot was reasonable, but the odd focus and lack of any real focal point really drags this shot down, which I think is reflected in the final score. Since all photos in this particular challenge had to use the title to sell the shot, I can't complain about that. This shot just about meets the challenge, but it lacks any interest.

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