GBH
by Phocal

Comment by Lydia:
7 from me.

Deep in the Heart of Texas
by Phocal

Comment by snaffles:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

Ooh this is a dicey one, very out there and literally in your face, almost to the point of being too much. This verging-on -androgynous image is already very provocative, and the w/a fisheye only highlights that fact! The exposure and comp are fine and everything is sharp, but I can see you already knew this image might turn off the voters, and sadly it did. Had you used this same technique with a safer image, you probably would have done much better, but this is the kind of image that does take guts to enter, and I am glad that you took that risk.

So keep on shooting and don't be afraid to push the boundaries and comfort zones of DPCers!

Susan

Pleasure Wheel
by Phocal

Comment by Jules1x:
Greetings from the Critique Club.

First off a lovely image. You have a ferris wheel on the ocean with dramatic clouds. Pretty iconic and awesome. That said I also did not feel an extreme dynamic range when I looked at this image. There are highlights that are quite white and there are also very dark tones in the birds and on the ferris wheel, but for some reason this just did not connect as highly to HDR as some of the other images in the challenge did for me.

I have to say that I'm pretty unsophisticated when it comes to HDR, so while I knew to look for wide dynamic range and whites and blacks, but unfortunately I was a voter who really probably should not have been voting since I probably really did not understand what I was looking at. This was still one of the images I thought was really good and I gave a 6 during challenge.

Luckily it appeared there were many more voters who did understand the difference made with bracketed merged images, and you were rewarded for your submission despite my failure to fully connect.

Nice work. Thank you for allowing me this weak critique where I was able to think about the challenge topic and learn a little something, even as you probably did not get much out of my rambling.

Julee

Deep in the Heart of Texas
by Phocal

Comment by mitalapo:
well chosen lens and subsequent processing to produce a bold statement

GBH
by Phocal

Comment by tanguera:
Lovely question mark :)

Pleasure Wheel
by Phocal

Comment by tnun:
live music and geese/cormorants/pelicans! what's not to enjoy? well composed.

Pleasure Wheel
by Phocal

Comment by Kodak:
Interesting

Deep in the Heart of Texas
by Phocal

Comment by Kodak:
Interesting

Clover
by Phocal

Comment by sidpixel:
Hello from the Critique club

An interesting image that contributes well to the free challenge

Given your focal length you were closer than I would have cared or dared to be, well done for bravery alone! Your shot is accurately focused on the alligator nicely defined against the soft focus foreground and background it stands out well in an appealing way. There is good clarity of detail throughout the image. The green of its surroundings is in bold contrast to its dark skin. It is an accurate documentary record shot but that is all, there is no wow factor that takes your breath away perhaps if you had offered him one of your limbs it would have that missing factor but then so would you have missing bits and that, all said and done, is a little too much to expect!

Thank you for your entry

Prop Wash
by Phocal

Comment by sidpixel:
Hello from the Critique club

An interesting image that meets the challenge

Perfect choice of subject for the challenge, I like your viewpoint and I like your crop. Yes, you have over-saturated but I rather think it has enhanced the image. It has helped to bring out the ravages of wear and the traces of workings as a result of maintenance. The various shades and colours make it more appealing than a straightforward shot of a prop accurately reproduced as a record shot. Your exposure is good with good detail throughout.

I really rather like it, I am sorry it didn't score higher and that you didn't get any comments during the challenge, I hope this makes up for it. Thank you for your entry