Girl of Desire (representing 'Going to California')
by LadyK

Comment by EstimatedEyes:
The flower in her hair is a nice touch, and her expression helps, but even with the stand up guitar this photo doesn't make me think of LedZep, or the girl in Going to California.

Pewter Braille
by LadyK

Comment by arvinder:
good macro

Pewter Braille
by LadyK

Comment by pillikcam:
I really like this. The color and grain in the table and texture of the spoon and fork give this a medieval feel. The lighting also lends itself to another time. very nice.

Pewter Braille
by LadyK

Comment by Kavey:
Interesting subjects and interesting detail with warm lighting and lovely shallow DOF. The lower edge feels crowded, could do with some negative space like you have at the top.

My Favorite Budda
by LadyK

Comment by Yo_Spiff:
The background is very grainy. The Buddah figure is good, but Maybe a different view or lighting might show off the detail of the metal surface a bit better.

Girl of Desire (representing 'Going to California')
by LadyK

Comment by Moose408:
Nice photo. I like the lighting on the girl's face. It bothers me that the top of her head is cut off.

Girl of Desire (representing 'Going to California')
by LadyK

Comment by pawdrix:
This is great. You nicely captured the vibe of the song.

Calm Cool and Collected (Textures V redo)
by LadyK

Comment by smilebig4me1x:
Critique Club critique:

Composition/Content: I think a tighter crop to just above the carpet wouldve helped this place higher.Cropping like this wouldve also made those wonderful eyes fall right into the 1/3 line which is exactly what DPC looks for.
Lighting: I think you needed a bit mmore light on the cats head which wouldve lightened his beautiful eyes and maybe helped make them POP.
Background: Either a burned black BG or just hanging a sheet/blanket behind him wouldve helped as the BG is quite distracting as is. It definately competes with the cat.
Camera Work/Technical: more light wouldve helped you have a faster shutter and you wouldnt have the noise thats there because you could have lowered the ISO.
Digital Processing: burn the bg out to get rid of the bright spots and then dodge the cat to help make him be seen wouldve been a bit better
My Opinion: You went with a hard photo to begin with but I think you did do it alot better than the orginal. If you dont have a noise removal program I would suggest this one: //www.imagenomic.com/download.aspx I use this one and highly recommend it (and its free). I love the light right on the cats face but I think it needs more. the cat does have beautiful eyes and I think bringing them out and making them the center piece of this image rather than the whole cat wouldve been better (just personal taste tho).
If you have any questions about anything I have said please contact me. ( I would love to borrow your edited version so I can show you what I mean by "bringing out the cats eyes" then explain to you what I did)
~~Cher~~

Pewter Braille
by LadyK

Comment by jrmyrnsm:
I think it would have been better with a little more depth of focus but that is a neat looking set of silverware.

Calm Cool and Collected (Textures V redo)
by LadyK

Comment by tootsweet:
I just realized that the cats in both of your submissions is the same singular cat. It's amazing how different (s)he looks depending on what is going on.

I mentioned before the background issue. With this picture, a nice tan or brown blanket would have done the trick and added more texture. I referenced my original vote and I thought it was well done on my first sight.