I promise son, this wil not hurt at all! - But dad, I don't want to!
by walbland

Comment:
wow, that is probably one of the worst ideas I've seen yet! The expression is wonderfull

Kissing The Fish
by LERtastic

Comment:
umm, yea. Just a hint of vignetting,and a bit too much contrast I think, but an excelent idea.

Signs , Signs, Everywhere Signs ?
by JSAYB

Comment:
at least they have life vests on...

Good Evening Chicago
by beatles1-1

Comment:
Greetings form the Critique Club :)

This is really a breathtaking image, and as already stated, the two things that would improve tis the most would be to have made it larger and straightened the horizon. Judging by the camera, a 640x480 shot should have been manageable as long as you didn't need to crop much. The connection to the challenge is a bit of a stretch, but possibly something like "Greetings form Chicago" or just "Chicago postcard" would have been a better tie-in to the challenge.

This also may have looked neat croped more like a panorama, but overall not bad.

In the future, try to submit a larger image if you can. If you need help with the technical aspects of image resizing/post edditing stuff feel free to P.M. me.

Wishing you Buckets of... - Congratulations, Birthday, Encouragement
by tuffy

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club :)

This is a really fun photo. The image is tack sharp, the composition is excelent, and the subject is funny, and has a great expression. Honestly, I don't really think that I would change anything, with the exception of the border, which isn't really a problem, but I tend to not like borders. Possibly showing just a tiny bit more above the ears may have been nice, but it is very good as it is.

Excelent shot.

T.J. Eckleburg is Watching
by xtabintun

Comment:
Honestly, I think that it would be better with an olger subject, and even closer crop on the glasses, maby B&W

Markssaxsmall.jpg
by Mark

Comment:
wow, what an ovewhelming response!

Rusty ladder perspective
by psreedhar

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club :)

The Idea behind this photo is very good for the perspective challenge. Putting the shot in grayscale was an interesting idea, but I think that it caused the rust to dissapear, and the ladder to start to melt into the wall behind it. Depending on the height of the ladder, this shot may have worked better with a vertical composition.

It seems that the camera is focused on the wall rather than the ladder. The small aperture was a good choice IMHO, but it may have worked better with an even smaller aperture, like f8, as it seems that you had enough light available.

this is a nice shot, and I would be interested to see it in color.

This is an excellent first try. Just keep trying, and you will certainly improve.

8:30pm Time to Go Home!
by La Vista

Comment:
Greetings form the Critique Club :)

First of all, I think that this is a really neat shot. I really like the contrast between the illuminated station and the dark sky. The perspective is definitely there, but it may have been more effective if the shot had been taken at a slightly sharper angle, showing more depth.

A wider aperture may have provided a better shot if you had a tripod, but with such low light, I probably would have used f2.8 myself.

It looks like there is a little noise in the sky, but it's really not a big issue, and was probably not noticed during voting.

The bottom line is that this is an excellent shot, which I feel is a bit under-rated. Nice Job.

Bird on a Pole
by owen

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club :)

I really like this shot. The composition is excellent, the subject is fun, and the lines created by the road and the poles as they recede are very nice.

really, my only complaint would be the fact that the red seems very oversaturated. I like that the saturation is increased, but it almost looks fake.
you may want to consider cropping off of the right up until just past the car, so that the road hits the edge of the frame, which may give it a slightly more interesting perspective by making the road look even longer.