Chess Table, White to Move
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Comment by bmartuch:
Don, I'm shocked. I thought this was a very nice shot. I know what your problem was. You committed a mortal sin and tried to make people think without giving them their instant gratification. The idea is great and the tilt really adds to it. This should have scored far higher than it did.

Atropos
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Comment by KarenNfld:
Had to look this up since I had no idea what/who Atropos was. Now I understand your photo. I do wish his face was in focus though.

Atropos
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Comment by Shaurya:
I like the theme of the image.....very creative, however i find the image lacks the "wow" factor,the focus is too soft ...

Hangar, Gulls and Geese
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Comment by magnus:
Excellent use of color and selective sharpness (did you blur the background or is that natural? Either way it looks great!). But a bit too much foreground, I'd sacrifice the two geese in the lower left corner and crop just below the third one. Or get radical and loose them all and go for the panoramic look, since the hanger and background works all by itself.

Chess Table, White to Move
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Comment by neophyte:
Not a bad idea but kind of a hard perspective to view. Definitely different. Good luck.

Chess Table, White to Move
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Comment by RainMotorsports:
Its way to clear to be a whiterook image.

All right, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up.
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Comment by see:
I might be going out on a limb here, but I can knot find anything wrong with this shot. ;p
BTW I do like it.

frozen water, water frozen
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Comment by jaysonmc:
Personally, I think the images is near perfect. It is actually intriguing, unique, and not your typical "I've seen that shot before". While a lot of times you'll see photos that are "artsy/unique" they often loose out in composition. This photo, though has them both. Compositional it is perfect, so much interest, great understanding of the shutter and depth. I don't get this one, should have scored in the sixes.

If I had to name one thing (hey I always put in my meager 1 cent), would be to crop off a smidgen of top just before the ice heads back to the left, this way you get a clean line to the top of the frame. Even then that is minor. Silly voters.

behind the red door
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Comment by Nuzzer:
Greetings from the Critique Club, this will be the second of your images I've got in the one week!

Composition: I like the composition as I'm a bit of a fan of some negative space. Having the door low and left leaves a lot of the wall for us to look at. The wall holds little interest so we are forced to concentrate on the door and the great path that leads up to it. The line in the path moving directly to the door in fantastic. I can see you had a little dilema here: level the snowline or line up the vertical lines in the wall? It's hard to say without seeing it but I'm inclined (no pun intended) to say the wall lines are the stronger element so they should be the lined up ones.

Technical: Here's where I see the problem. Some of the commenters have mentioned it but the image lacks sharpness. Is it a small crop? A resize issue? The processing? Whatever the case it makes it hard to look at and find the little interesting elements as they all seems to blur together in a way. I'm sure this is worth half a point in your score.

Feeling: I love the concept of the image. I like the mass of red and the contrast with the snow. A great image to play with: how about if you had tried changing the colour of the wall but leaving the door red?

PM me if you have any questions

behind the red door
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Comment by bmartuch:
Hey Don, is that the door they went AWOL through?