The Cow Parade in Atlanta
by gisele

Comment by inspzil:
Greetings from the Critique Club
By Inspzil

Composition - Subject wise, I don't see how this is meeting the challenge. I'm thinking of these things more like characters than monuments. But I think that's really secondary here. I don't really understand this interpretation though as a picture on the whole. I find the background to be very busy. I think this would've been a good picture to take the ants perspective and shoot straight up on this one. The sky looks like a good fitting background for this. I think that the angle is a little odd too that this picture was taken with. I'm not really understanding that either. It doesn't really seem to accomplish anything except make the photo a little different than the norm, but I can't say its for the better necessarily. It is however, at a considerable enough angle that we can tell its on purpose and not just a little mistake on your part.

Technical - This isn't a badly taken pic. The colors are pretty good and its very clear. With that much camera, it really shouldn't have too many technical problems. I'm not sure how the original looks compared to the final image, but this seems okay.

Overall - I just flat out don't get this picture. I'm not seeing how its relating to the challenge topic and the angle is throwing me for a bit of a loop too. I'm not particularly fond of this picture for these reasons. Good luck, take care - Bob

Smocking Tool
by gisele

Comment by Fayech:
no complaints with execution, but not very interesting. perhaps a better cropping/composition would have helped.

Smocking Tool
by gisele

Comment by mullany1957:
What's a smocking?

Smocking Tool
by gisele

Comment by Blinks:
I don't really like the angle this is taken out. Good use of an obscure tool though!

Smocking Tool
by gisele

Comment by Morgan:
My mother has a smocking machine and still uses it. Morgan

The Cow Parade in Atlanta
by gisele

Comment by ellamay:
I like these cows, they are great, my thought is only that I wish shot with portrait mode blurring out the distracting background.

Smocking Tool
by gisele

Comment by RickDN:
just because I don't have a clue doesn't mean it's not interesting..

Smocking Tool
by gisele

Comment by vonautsch:
The table in the background is distracting. Interesting tool though.

Smocking Tool
by gisele

Comment by xhoss:
don't know what smocking is...but it's a nice photo =`) good dof

The Cow Parade in Atlanta
by gisele

Comment by lisaseiwert:
Very original and funny! Good luck