Belly Up
by Hoochie

Comment by Cheerz:
Hiya..
Welcome to DPC.. .
I'm going through all the new DPCers and dropping a comment each for all that's joined from recently..

Hope you have a pleasent stay here.. :)
Cheers
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It's an interesting shot to begin with..
enjoyed looking at it as I was trying to figure the belly in the photo..
Didn't believed it was a woman in the photo..
I like this shot.. and the effort taken.. :) cheers

Busking in front of the Museum
by Hoochie

Comment by astrogeek:
Sunlight highlights on top of hair and arm doesn't fit with uniform inage. The light grading at the upper right distracts a bit.

Busking in front of the Museum
by Hoochie

Comment by hokie:
5

Rope Family Reunion
by Hoochie

Comment by Cheerz:
The photo is very soft and not well composed. Might want to work on the sharpness first. That'll be a quick fix. Sorry, didn't work for me.

Rope Family Reunion
by Hoochie

Comment by docurrie:
This seems a little to busy for my, I think there was a chance to put all the rope in some context with the building in the back ground but doesn't really happen.

Rope Family Reunion
by Hoochie

Comment by toddgray:
a bit out of focus

Rope Family Reunion
by Hoochie

Comment by rookiegeezer:
Rope needs to be in focus, not the window.

Rope Family Reunion
by Hoochie

Comment by junior_z:
what a mess! a family mess))

Rope Family Reunion
by Hoochie

Comment by pamelasue:
a bit out of focus and kinda busy ...

Belly Up
by Hoochie

Comment by atupdate:
Hello from the Critique Club.

As you can gather from the comments left during the challenge (mine included), this image definitely was a little out of the box for this challenge. On the technical side, you did a very nice job with the lighting. The sunflower is nicely lit without having blown highlights and the woman has good skin tones and no harsh shadows. As for the composition of the image, I found the placement of her elbow and the sunflower a bit awkward. One suggestion would be to have the woman facing the sunflower. That way the sunflower would have been a complimenting subject instead of a competing one. I'm finding that when shooting for these challenges that I need to try slight variations in the composition when shooting. Two of my top three scores were second efforts, as they ended up being stronger images than my original setup. You're making progress and keep shooting. Feel free to PM me if you want some constructive comments on any of your future entries.

Tim