Untitled
by Judi

Comment:
Damn Judi, one of my favourites during the challenge. It's a beautiful silhouette and your scenery is just breath-taking.

Cut & Fade
by jfritz27

Comment:
Actually, this was my pick for the winner, the details in the chair in front are amazing.
Great work on the desaturation!

Regal
by dougi555

Comment:
Superb colours and colour mapping on this one, you brought out the texture and colour in the chair.
Great job in filling the frame.

Escher's Study
by Neil

Comment:
Now THIS is a great use for a fisheye lens!
It's just so hard to use it effectively, and this image with the title just brings it home!
Would be a double winner also in the Perspective :)

Congrats Neil, no vote below 4, awesome!

untitled
by ty-wilkinson

Comment:
A great shot,but unfortunately with the wrong white balance. The pink tones in the skin could be corrected with the tweaking of the white balance. Still, a very good photo!

Tiger Lake
by orvaratli

Comment:
Hi Örvar, greetings from the Critique Club!

It's great to comment on this picture, as it was one of my favourites in this FS.

Gave it an 8 during voting, and you got above that from commentators, it's a great score!
And 6.8 in a FS is amazing.

Composition
It must be difficult to have such a great sky and use more of the lower half :)
But it was the best part, the ice sheets do look like a leopard, mixed with the warm tones from above. Great leading lines and seascape.

Processing
Sharp, sharp, sharp! Brilliant contrast, excellent gradient.

It was a winning shot, that didn't get the ribbon because of the though competition.

If you have any questions feel free to contact me.
Regards,
Joao

wrinkles
by ankursomani

Comment:
Hello Ankur, greetings from the Critique Club!

Regarding your shot:

Composition
Very good closeup, the expression on the man's face is great, the moment is very well captured.

Technique
For portraits you should keep your aperture to a minimum, f/8 is a bit much for this, since you had to increase your ISO to 800, and this creates a bit of noise in your photo.

Processing
The sepia tone is very pleasing, and the exposure is very good. But I fail to see exactly how it was done, because you made the white beard and the skin completely without details. I'm not sure if it was too much colour processing, but you can see in the lower end the white / greyish tone of the beard, it's completely burned. Also his nose has lost definition, that I suspect is because of the colour conversion.

Keep trying to improve these points, and since the sepia processing is harder, you can try next time to do a b&w conversion, the choices are more simple.

If you have any questions feel free to contact me.
Regards,
Joao

touching
by posthumous

Comment:
Hi again from the Critique Club!

I liked your photo on the voting phase, it really surprised me the way your bokeh seems like zoom blur yet it isn't.
The contrast is brilliant, I just love the way the trees dissolve into the sky, it's a very abstract shot.

I would have liked to have the focus on your hand instead of your sleeve, it would really help to draw the attention of the viewers.

The grain in the photo is very pleasing and adds atmosphere to the picture. You got a 6 from the people that commented in the photo (also from me) and in my opinion was a bit underrated.

Cheers,
Joao

I Guess We're Done
by MinsoPhoto

Comment:
Hi Joshua, greetings from the Critique Club!

As to your photo:

Composition
The crop is just a little tight, you could have left a bit more space below the ring, so you could really feel the emptiness you tried to convey in your photo / title.
Still, I love the angle and the fact that you can still see your face.

Lighting / Technique
The lighting and texture of the shot is very balanced, and the work that you did with the sheet, etc really paid off, you removed all distractions that could have been there and just kept it to the photo.
If you already where considering doing this in black and white, I would have increased the ISO a lot, so you could sacrifice aperture. The f/2.8 is really too open to get both the hand and the ring in focus, and I think this was the main reason people did not vote higher, as they were connecting the ring with the hand.

Processing
The conversion to b&w is very well done, great contrast and great blacks. No noise here, and a very smooth photo. Something funky is going on in the top of the hand, seems like CA but in b&w, probably due to the clarity enhance in Topaz.

Overall
A very meaningful shot, that goes beyond the photo and has a deeper meaning, that could be improved with some minor tweaks.

If you have any questions feel free to contact me.
Regards,
Joao

Winter Flows
by NewGuy

Comment:
Hi Jeff, greetings from the Critique Club!

Regarding your shot:

Composition
It's amazing how with 7 bracketed exposures the merging is so clear, they lined up very nicely.
The crop is a bit too tight, and you put the waterfalls in the middle of the picture, without much of a context around it. I would have liked to see a shot from a lower angel, just to get more from the surroundings, to integrate the photo.

Technique
Great take on the bracketed mode to get the flow of water, it's really great to see a long exposure during the day, it's uncommon to see it.
I can't quite figure out the aperture, if it is what you wrote, probably f/2.8 is too open, I would stop down to f/6 or something.

Processing
Good tones, great colours. If it was me, I would use some burning and dodging to enhance the waterfalls, and get a better separation.

If you have any questions feel free to contact me.
Regards,
Joao