The chapel
by docjonny

Comment by SandyP:
Yes! I like it! Very much. It works beautifully with this processing!

Spring Lambs
by docjonny

Comment by sidpixel:
Hello from the critique club

An image that meets the challenge

The presence of so many lambs is certainly indicative of a springtime scene which fulfils the challenge brief. I like the shapes and contrasts of the landscape it adds nicely to the overall result, but the lighting leaves a bit to be desired perhaps earlier or later with longer shadows would have enhanced it some. Thanks for your entry Jonathon

Spring Lambs
by docjonny

Comment by Cyrilda:
I could not do any better myself. One of my favorites. 10

Saturated City centre
by docjonny

Comment by sidpixel:
Hello from the critique club

An appealing image that meets the challenge

I like your low viewpoint and use of motion blur from the long exposure. The placement of your main person is good with lots of added interest from all the other people too. I agree and disagree with one of your commenters, I agree that a little less exposure would help the saturation of the colours but I disagree about the composition. I like the lack of symmetry but more important if you had done as suggested you would have lost that love golden arch and inner wall, that is such a powerful element in the image it needs to stay. You could perhaps have altered the composition by moving it further to the right. All in all good creative vision well done Jonathon.

Saturated City centre
by docjonny

Comment by jomari:
I love the look of this. Top shot.

Saturated City centre
by docjonny

Comment by GeorgesBogaert:
Making the picture a little darker and it would benefit the over-saturation much more. I like the longer exposure effect on the people very much. If you moved more to the right and get right in front of the gallery entrance, you should get a more appealing symmetry. A 6 from me.

Feet Up
by docjonny

Comment by sidpixel:
Hello from the critique club

An appealing image that contributes well to the challenge

Hah yes, well observed Jonathon. As a sucker for shadows I̢۪m gonna love this anyway, those shadows are really nice together with the rim lighting its working really well. The added humour of the scene with their feet off the ground and brought to our attention by your snappy title makes it all work superbly, I like it. The mono conversion is nice. Possibly a little less detail in the background would help the people stand out with less distraction but its not really an issue. Nice observation and capture well done Jonathon.

Feet Up
by docjonny

Comment by mitalapo:
back to childhood. this is great.

First dance
by docjonny

Comment by docjonny:
Thank you to both sidpixel for the many really wonderfully helpful critiques and to posthumous for the deep appraisal of this challenge. Its a wonderful world we photographers live in.. so many unique opportunities to capture and to share those 'one of 'moments in life . I watched this lovely young lady for ages and the same moment never happened again. I think of our chosen medium as the most amazing artistic canvas and I love the way posthumous describes photographers challenges as being subtractive... This has definitely got me thinking and until now not something I had ever really considered. Its true.. its what we leave out of the shot that predetermines the power of the shot.. thank you so much for making me think differently and apprecaite even more the power of the medium we choose to use as our canvas.

First dance
by docjonny

Comment by sidpixel:
Hello from the critique club

An appealing image that contributes well to the challenge

How do you follow a critique like Posthumous' ? I'll do my best. This really is a delightful image Jonathon with the dancing girl the obvious focus lit beautifully by that diagonal shaft of light which lights her like a beacon amongst the dark shadows. For me the image appeals most for the motion blur of the child as she twirls, lost in her own private world of discovery, together with the lovely use of negative space and deep shadows. The mono presentation is a must it works so very well. This was a very well supported challenge with a lot of good entries and, though you have received a lot of appreciative reaction, all well justified, for me this ought to be on the front page, a great image Jonathan, well done.