Wire balloon
by jmespiga

Comment by quiche:
Composition is okay. Work on your focus, and try using shallower DOF to blur the background elements that distract from the subject. Probably a lot of people will say this photo because it doesn't meet the challenge. Not too many people will agree that this is a "balloon."

Wire balloon
by jmespiga

Comment by Tiberius:
The lack of focus is not good. Also the subject itself gets somehow lost in between the needles. Marked it 4 for these reasons.

Wire balloon
by jmespiga

Comment by littlemav:
little out of focus

Bedroom in the morning
by jmespiga

Comment by blindjustice:
something classic feeling about this shot, perhaps the nice muted colors.

Bedroom in the morning
by jmespiga

Comment by Tiny:
Doesn,t really say family to me.

Bedroom in the morning
by jmespiga

Comment by Purple_Girl:
I'm not strongly getting the essence of family from this; maybe a little, in the sense that every family with a kid probably has a room similarly full of toys and a messy bed. If that was your intent, I think a landscape crop would have been better, to get a wider view of the child's room.

Bedroom in the morning
by jmespiga

Comment by Snowboard3r:
Well at least it is morning and the bed is empty.

Bedroom in the morning
by jmespiga

Comment by Giles:
sorry just does nothing for me, doesnt draw me in to find a hiding child or some detail, its just meh a snap shot of an unmade bed and yeah tracy emin won teh turned price with an unmade bed but this isnt modern art or the tate gallery! its washed out by the light on the left, dark in the details on the right.

Tube man
by jmespiga

Comment by MinsoPhoto:
Greetings from the Critique Club

First Impressions:

Is that this is a very dull and flat shot. Nothing really grabs my attention except for the uniqueness of the subject. I am just ready to go on to the next photo as there doesn̢۪t seem to be anything here to hold my attention.

Technical (Comp, lighting, color, focus, Processing):

The composition on this really doesn̢۪t work well, I would like to see more of an angle perhaps or maybe not cropping it in so tight and adding something else to the shot to give this some perspective. As it is I don̢۪t know if this subject is 2 inches tall or 10 feet tall.

The lighting is quite poor as well but it doesn̢۪t look like you used your on camera flash which was wise as that would have likely just cast a harsh light and likely a lot of glare. If possible I would have liked to see side lighting on this. Best investment that can be made for a new photographer is off camera lighting. Just starting with a bounce flash that you can take off the camera and position where you want it can really work wonders.

The color on this is quite bland but I think the bigger issue is that there is no real contrast at all as some of the commenter mentioned. The focus also seems just a bit soft. Either try and get the whole thing tack sharp or if you want to focus on just one area use a low f-stop and make that area sharp with the rest intentionally blurred. As is it just seems slightly blurred.

Not sure if you really did any post processing on this except for resize. As mentioned by Yo_Spiff levels, curves, saturation, contrast, sharpening etc. would likely enhance this shot.

Challenge:

This meets the challenge and you were very creative in your choice of subject which likely got you a few higher votes.

Artistic/Emotion:

As mentioned your subject choice was creative and it is nice to see out of the ordinary subjects.

Summary:

This was a good idea but it just fell flat. Keep up with your creative eye and just work on the technical and you will continue to grow as an artist. Also if you enjoy the comments you are receiving it is helpful to mark the comments as helpful. This shows those leaving the comments that you are thankful for them and they will likely leave more.

Tube man
by jmespiga

Comment by Yo_Spiff:
Cool subject, but the photo needs some adjustments to give it a little more pop. levels, curves, saturation, contrast, sharpening etc.