Secret Garden
by kellyrc01

Comment by daboardergirl:
Good job Kelly! The trees are gorgeous. Nice perspective.

Secret Garden
by kellyrc01

Comment by Lonz:
Good capture Kelly... this would definately tune up well in photoshop. Does Ps5 have adjustment layers?

Secret Garden
by kellyrc01

Comment by jonnienye:
well said jojo,i like this one too,i hate to say it this way,but its more DPCer friendly,good job kelly

Secret Garden
by kellyrc01

Comment by TCGuru:
Kelly, you have blown it out of the water!! This composition is perfect. The light, the trees on the other side of the hole, the bricks; it is wonderful and for processing, would look great with Heidas style :)

Secret Garden
by kellyrc01

Comment by photokariangel:
I really love this picture, the colors are beautiful, and I love the "key hole" opening. Almost like opening a door to another world (or garden like you said :P) And probably a nice sharp would do this a little good. Looking at a little bit closer. Other then that, great job!

Chaining the Wild
by kellyrc01

Comment by Simms:
dull, boring and barely meets the challenge. 3

Popstar
by kellyrc01

Comment by purpleflutterby13:
Greetings from the Critique Club.

Welcome to DPC!

Subject matter: is that Barney? I think the idea isn't bad, but:
-Would've been better if it was obviously a famous cuddly toy
-The sunglasses should at least roughly stay on properly
-As someone commented on already, cuddly toys don't really tend to do well on DPC. It's just one of those things.

Composition: I think the crop is too tight, and the central composition isn't great either. I would've gone for a slightly to the right side positioning, leaving a bit of space above the head and to the left. The line in the background is also distracting - try and use a plain one colour background with no distractions for shots like these.

Lighting: flash is too strong. If you don't have the equipment (I don't), you can arrange table lamps and make them bounce off white pieces of cardboard (diffusing the light gets rid of the rough glare). That way you get a bit too much red in the pictures (because it's only normal yellowy lightbulbs rather than white flash light), but you can get rid of that in post-processing.

Post-processing: use a cloning tool to get rid of the flash. Also, I'm not sure black and white actually works well for this picture - B&W tends to be good for simulating an old feel, or for pictures where there's lots of grays and nice shadows, it kind of looks pretty and elegant. In this case, I don't think the subject matter justifies it. At least in colour, there would have been the bright colour of the toy to indicate pop-stardom, whereas this way that gets lots.

Anyway, that's all I can think of. Hope that helps. Any questions, just message me.

Don't get discouraged, keep on shooting, and I look forward to seeing your score climb higher and higher :)

Jelena

Born to Run
by kellyrc01

Comment by vincentM:
not enough enphasis on the runners, too much space for the cars at the back.

Born to Run
by kellyrc01

Comment by diannarae:
The background is distracting. I like their shadows though.

Born to Run
by kellyrc01

Comment by guitars54:
background is somewhat distracting