Me and my little brother at the beach
by JacquiD

Comment by MrsKitty:
slight disturbance in the "sky" background.

Me and my little brother at the beach
by JacquiD

Comment by pamelasue:
focus is soft ... the beige specks over the right side of the 30D are distracting ...

Tail Spin
by JacquiD

Comment by atupdate:
Hello from the Critique Club,

I didn't vote on the Stopped Action II challenge so this is the first time I've looked at your entry. From reading the comments left during the challenge, I see they hit most of the major issues with this image, the hot spot from the flash, your choice of background, and the high noise. The hot spot on the edge of the coin could have been reduced if you used a diffuser on your flash or bounced it off the ceiling. A solid colored background (Poster board or heavy card stock) definitely would have helped the coin to stand out more and would have been less distracting than the tabletop used. And there are a couple of good noise reduction softwares available for free if you don't already have one. I might have also tried a square crop for this image, as there isn't any advantage to keeping the negative space on the left for right.

Tim

Peas Sir, may I have some more ...?
by JacquiD

Comment by Elvis_L:
doesn't really have that wow factor. I would have removed the wrinkly ones in the front. I Like the idea of melting butter but would have been more impactfull if it was more melty if that makes any sense.

Old Flame
by JacquiD

Comment by SDW:
The flame being burned out is a bit distracting. But I do like the highlights and shadows on the candle stick.

Me and my little brother at the beach
by JacquiD

Comment by xXxscarletxXx:
lol very very cute

Old Flame
by JacquiD

Comment by BeckyT:
Nice and crisp.

Peas Sir, may I have some more ...?
by JacquiD

Comment by rinac:
Lighting lighting lighting.... flash is too intrusive. What you needed to do here is have a really steaming hot bowl of peas at the ready, use low diffused or window light (probably to the right), black background, plonk the butter on, step back and take a nice shot of the butter melting as the steam curls up into the air...

Having said all that, I'm terrible for not having enough light in my own shots!

White Wash
by JacquiD

Comment by emayner:
very creative

Old Flame
by JacquiD

Comment by HikerDude:
Nice job!