Red Maple ~ Green Maple
by ladpupmoe

Comment by jmsetzler:
i can see some good compositional opportunities here with the green leaf and the red 'whirlybirds'. = 5

Boonton Falls
by ladpupmoe

Comment by karmat:
CRITIQUE CLUB CRITIQUE
by karmat

I really like the dramatic lighting in this. It helps to showcase the rocks and the rushing water well. It seems to be a touch overexposed on the water, but just a touch.I also like the vivid colors of the green around as well. The composition is effective in that the falls start going to the left then curves gracefully back to the right. This helps to lead the eye through the picture.

The telephone pole bothers me for several reasons, however. Since it is tilted, it gives the illusion that the entire shot is tilted because we associate poles with being vertical. Also, it gives the shot the feeling that this is a small waterfall in the middle of town that is rushing because of recent rain, or something. The pole just makes me think of a more populated section. If you could have framed so that the pole was not there, or cropped it out, I think it would have been more effective.

I don't know what settings you used, or if they could have been controlled, but if you could have used a slow shutter speed, and gotten a "smooth" looking waterfall, that would have been almost poetic, I think.

If you have any questions or comments please feel free to PM me!
Best to you in future challenges.

karmat

Where the dressing?
by ladpupmoe

Comment by timboydwhite:
Looks just like a snapshot of lastnights salad....... perhaps if it was aranged a little more lovingly and with softer lighting it might have come out better....... good luck

Berry Delicious
by ladpupmoe

Comment by karmat:
Maybe pulling back a little more would help you to get more of they yellow and the focus on the berries would be stronger.

Where the dressing?
by ladpupmoe

Comment by tuzik02:
i loke the texture, but it could've been a little brighter... 5

Where the dressing?
by ladpupmoe

Comment by Dustin:
good job. nice pic.

Where the dressing?
by ladpupmoe

Comment by joshua:
there is no wow factor here for me. it looks like you just pointed your camera at a salad and snapped a shot. also it looks like you used a flash, which killed a lot of the sharpness you might have had. 3

Berry Delicious
by ladpupmoe

Comment by kiwiness:
I only have one word for this "yummy". Oh and your pic is very good too :-)

Berry Delicious
by ladpupmoe

Comment by eloise:
The lighting and saturation on this shot, combined with the very soft focus (or overprocessing, depending how you got the effect) on most of the strawberries, combines to make me think my glasses aren't on straight. The colors might have been better contrasted by a not-yellow plate, something to make it clear there IS a white or non-red value somewhere in the frame. Just thinking out loud. :-> Also, the composition's kind of ... all over the place. There's no one place the eyes are drawn or directed, no center of attention.

Where the dressing?
by ladpupmoe

Comment by thatguy:
the lighting really takes away from what, in my opinion, could have been a really good image