When Life Gives You Lemons, Make Lemonade
by Rebecca

Comment by Makka:
* Greetings from the Critique Club *

Interesting photo you have here Rebecca. I was reading your comments you made about the glare on the glass and yes, you've managed to avoid any distracting elements in that respect. I'm curious to know what type of lighting you used here?

The colours seem to all balance nicely and the only real blown highlight to me appears to be the sugar in the spoon. You've chosen a nice DOF to keep the focus nice and even throughout.

I'm a big fan of plain backgrounds in photos (check my portfolio) and you've done well in that respect with a nice contrast between to subject and the background. I'm guessing the reason for the middle of the road score was the subject matter trying to fit the challenge perhaps?

You've got some great work in your portfolio. Keep them coming. Well done!

Neil

When Life Gives You Lemons, Make Lemonade
by Rebecca

Comment by alexgarcia:
Hello from �lex, CTP MkII

First Impression: refreshing, now that summer is arriving to Spain...
Composition: well balanced
Subject: the subject is nice, maybe not directly related to the challenge what can reflect on score
Technical: good lignhting (with few parts blowned out), nice black BG, focus clear.
Improvement: improvements on lighting to avoid blown out
Summary: good eye predicting your score. Nice shot.

�lex

Here Comes the Sun
by Rebecca

Comment by omikeo:
nice , tied for 2nd in my voting

I'm a sucker for those clouds

Humble Homestead
by Rebecca

Comment by Prism:
I like the composition and the subject. I don't like the colours in the sky.

Hot Enough
by Rebecca

Comment by yanko:
Greetings from CTP2

Great idea but the image is just so cool looking in every sense of the word :) that it fails to convey "heat", IMO.

Technicals:
Strong. Not much I can critique here. Everything from the detail on the pool side to the specular higlights on the chrome rails is just perfect. Good exposure here.

Subject/composition:
A good yet challenging subject to convey heat and I think you came real close. Composition-wise this works. I love the diagonal line and the off-center egg and rails. Really everything is perfectly placed.

Suggestions for Improvement:
The only one I have is challenge specific which is make this image look more hot looking. In other words, maybe make that pavement area more reddish in color? Not super hot red but something that gives even the slightest impression that it's hot. I think if the pavement looked hot so would the egg and so would this image in general and if that was the case this is easily a 6.5 scoring image, IMO.

Here Comes the Sun
by Rebecca

Comment by SandyP:
What a dramatic sunrise! Gorgeous photo.

Hot Enough
by Rebecca

Comment by alexgarcia:
Hello from �lex, CTP MkII

First Impression: Are you still living in the same place? or the neighbours send you to a madhouse? LOL You're really brave to make the shot on your apartment's community. I don't like people who knows me looking at me with my camera.
Composition: Not bad, but maybe the egg is too on the edge and too small to be the main subject.
Subject: very clever idea.
Technical: colors are OK, but maybe you need them a bit more orange to transmit heat. Focus and DOF are nice.
Improvement: I'm not sure, but maybe a closer composition and more reddish colors would help. Some smoke from the floor also...
Summary: Nice idea.

�lex

Snow-Capped Berries
by Rebecca

Comment by Mick:
Red, white, blue, and cold. Very nice!

Natural Greens
by Rebecca

Comment by Mick:
Wow, you got some pretty peepers girl! :)

The Trouble With Daisy
by Rebecca

Comment by Mick:
Cool shot! I love the vibrant colors. This would make a great movie poster.