First Cutting, 2003
by karmat

Comment by Spanish_Grease:
eh nothing special

First Cutting, 2003
by karmat

Comment by dsidwell:
Nice composition! Lighting is a bit harsh.

Such is Life
by karmat

Comment by OneSweetSin:
Critique Club

If that one card I can't make out is a Q you got a great hand there. If you are playing poker I'm glad I'm not at the table =o) The dof used here works nicely, the focus is very good but what I don't like is there is just a little bit to much light for this challenge and not enough shadowing. Nice composition and yeah even with to much light it still is obvious it was done in low light so it does meet the challenge.

Anna

First Cutting, 2003
by karmat

Comment by JPR:
It's good to actually see a person in one of these shots working. That displays "country life" really well. They're living it. Good job.

Such is Life
by karmat

Comment by mci:
good depth of field, but i almost feel like the background cards are just cluttering this up. the black of the lettering on the card would probably look great when coupled with the complete black of the background, but you've thrown a lot of other whites and colors in there and it seems to just clutter it. 5.

First Cutting, 2003
by karmat

Comment by StevePax:
A little bright in some places.

First Cutting, 2003
by karmat

Comment by patriciabrown2001:
This one is okay, but it doesn't really get my attention. Too ordinary and I don't like the lighting. A different time of day would have made a big difference.

Lookin' For My Place in this World
by karmat

Comment by SharQ:
(Critique Club)

Hey there! A fabulous closeup shot indeed. So much, in fact, that it is
very difficult to give you any good critique, but here goes nothing..

Composition: I really like what you did here. Your right-focusedness combined with the blurry background are beautiful. If anything, I would try to use a more even surface (black sheet of paper or similar)

Technique: Technically a difficult, but well done shot. I would have a look at the way you compress your pictures, though - this picture is 128 kb, and you can tell there are JPEG artifacts in the blurry part in the background. Why not attempt to use some more of the allocated 150 kb and get rid of the artifacts? Great work, though.


Creativity: What can I say? Great!

Made me think: Not really. The picture has very little emotional value to me, and raises few questions.

What could be done to rank higher: The picture is certainly aestetically pleasing, but doesn't make anybody think. While being a good picture technically, it seems to lack the human touch that would nudge it from being a good work of photography to a great work of art.

Cheers,

Haje Jan Kamps
www.photocritic.org

First Cutting, 2003
by karmat

Comment by BigHusker001:
I assume you took this on an incline and you don't have this crooked. Lighting maybe a little bright on the hay bale field. Otherwise, nice photo and definately meets challenge. 6

First Cutting, 2003
by karmat

Comment by justine:
Tough work....makes for a long day. Little over exposed on the grass.