swayback2.jpg
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Comment by Jutilda:
Does that create health issues? Poor thing.

Life of a deer
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Comment by franktheyank:
Sorry about the DQ SusieQ, I gave it a 7

Life of a deer
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Comment by JuliBoc:
Too bad about the DQ. This is very creative. I guess too creative for the rules. :(

Glitter egg
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Comment by sfalice:
GREETINGS FROM THE CRITIQUE CLUB

Snaffles! We meet again. That last one of yours was a winner, for sure. This one? Well, we all lay an egg once in a while. (Joking!Joking!) Still, I think you and I both suffered from a similar fate in the Egg Challenge.

It may be that both of us suffered from the same malady: "Record Shot."

Yep, I too, made a straight-on image of a good subject. People pronounced it boring. In your case, with an emu egg (big bruisers, aren't they!) it would be good to shoot it high, low and at strange angles, just to see what would happen. Probably something interesting would show up. Then, while your lighting idea was excellent, ERM, that purple surface competes a bit with the texture of the egg as does the left-over glitter on that surface. I think you get the idea that I'm suggesting different approaches to this perfectly fine subject matter.

You are capable of it, and it would be fun to see the result. Keep that emu egg. No doubt there will be another Egg Challenge in our future!

Alice
:-))

MOOMMMM!! Billy chopped off Barbie's head!!!
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Comment by Cinnamon_Girl:
Well it's Barbie's own fault, it does say DANGER. Funny idea :D

Traffic lights
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Comment by sfalice:
GREETINGS FROM THE CRITIQUE CLUB

Somebody's KIDDING! I looked at that score and hollered out loud. "What were they thinking!" (Were you around for that guy? He was a few years back...)

Well, you received 3 "10"s and I was one of them, so you can see this is really going to be a forceful critique.

There is nothing wrong with this Free Study Image. It is technically excellent. It tells a great story. It is imaginative. What the heck can one want. 279 out of 378 indeed.

Well, you have taken your lumps and no doubt are planning revenge in the next Challenge. Keep 'em coming, Snaffles. You're good and a lot of us know it.

Alice

MOOMMMM!! Billy chopped off Barbie's head!!!
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Comment by Luci11e:
nice humor and oh so very real! lol as far as the photo, the lighting is harsh, and that shadow floting there on the left is a distraction, but it's obvious some thought and work went into this picture

Don't fall!
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Comment by macrothing:




Critique Club Critique

First Impressions
The 'frame' isn't the first thing I notice in the image. It's 'out of the box' and an odd angle, but the frame does indeed exist.

Photograph Information, Technicals & Composition Review
I'm trying to see if the angle/perspective grows on me the more I look at the image, and whilst it does slightly, I still find it 'unnatural' enough that it doesn't sit well to view.

I do wonder about it converted to b&w/toned and whether this would enhance the 'framing'.

Comments, Score & Placement Review
64/125 very middle of the pack for an 'unaverage' image, so I guess this is indicative for you.

A lot of positive comments, yet a total average from them of 6.5, perhaps doesn't resonate that well with what they have said.

Summary
I think there is potential with the staircase and the framing aspect but there is a lot else going on in the image that it competes too much for attention. The 'vertigo' aspect, whilst existant, perhaps could be enhanced by a variation in the angle/perspective, 'next time'.

Life of a deer
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Comment by kleski:
not sure how this is done, very different

MOOMMMM!! Billy chopped off Barbie's head!!!
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Comment by grahamgator:
My first laugh of this challenge.