An Object of Lust
by fadedbeauty

Comment:
I like the way the pale white legs on the white background makes the stockings stand out. Great pose and composition. Great job!

The local time in Iceland is..
by Krisby

Comment:
Greetings from the on request Critique Club!

There is that focus problem. You meet the challenge in an obvious way here but there are a few other problems. Your editing made the image really grainy. Not sure if that was intentional or not, but with the textured wall it̢۪s too much for me. The background is the biggest downfall of the shot in my opinion. Too shiny, too much texture, and it simply draws too much attention away from your subject. As for the subject, I think the clock alone and a different title would have faired better.
I do like the shadow and that you composed it with the rule of thirds. More crisp and a different background and I̢۪d give you a 6.

Good luck and keep working on it. I̢۪m expecting you to have the top image for your camera here real soon.

The Signs of Sorrow come from the eyes
by Krisby

Comment:
Greetings from the on request Critique Club!

First off, excellent photo! The low score is only because you didn̢۪t even come close to meeting the challenge. If you want to score well you kind of have to meet the challenge, usually in an obvious way. In the portrait challenge this would score a 6 or 7 from me.

What I like about the image: it conforms to the rule of thirds, very well lit, I love the eyes and the way they look off out in the darkness, and the black background accents your face perfectly.

What I don̢۪t like; you said this one wasn̢۪t blurry, but it̢۪s sure not crisp either. I̢۪m assuming this is a self portrait, in that case, it̢۪s hard to focus because the camera sets the focus when you start the timer and not when you are in front of the camera. Thus, you need to set up a prop where you̢۪ll be to get the focus right, or use manual focus. Or it might be the camera, do you have problems getting images in focus normally? Also, in the title you are going for sorrow, but the image doesn't say sorrow to me. You look more optimistic or in deep thought. For sorrow, try looking down.

Look at the bright side though; you have the 6th highest scoring image ever on DPC with your camera!!!

Not yet (lunch!)
by jbaram

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club Jbaram!

Interesting effect, but I̢۪m not a fan of the photo. The plain clock, even with the effect, just doesn̢۪t work for me. Maybe a slower shutter to show motion blur on the second hand so it looks like it̢۪s moving towards lunch time?
Color wise it̢۪s much too contrasty for me. The pink second hand seems to be fighting for attention with the deep greenish background and it̢۪s just too much conflict. Also, the green is just too dark and dull, maybe it would look better black and white?
Overall I probably would have scored this a 3. It meets the challenge and the effect is interesting, but there is nothing in the photo that interests me and the colors over power it. But hey, at least it wasn̢۪t DQ̢۪d! :)

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Not Quite Sun-Up
by GeneralE

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club GeneralE,

Very nice scene. It seems to be missing something to give it a wow factor though. It was probably a better shot 10 minutes after you took this, but then it would have been just in time. I like the clouds, but I don̢۪t like the over all color of the photo. It̢۪s kind of a dull shade and it over powers the small spot of sun.
I like silhouette shots, but I̢۪d like to see something from the bottom coming up higher, maybe on the left side? A tree or a branch maybe? Right now it looks like a cluster of stuff along the bottom.
Overall I would have scored this a 5. It meets the challenge and it̢۪s an attractive scene but it just seems to be missing something.

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Self-portrait
by mmusicante

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club Martin!

The Good: Well composed and the grain adds a mood to the photo. I like the background and the little shadow works nicely.

The Not so Good: I can̢۪t tell if you intended it to be a self portrait, or it ended up that way so you titled it to fit. If you wanted it to be a self portrait you would need to be more easily visible. I don̢۪t think you want to portray yourself as an insignificant orange blob on the back of a fork :)

Personally, I think the photo would be much better without the reflections. That would get a 7-8 from me with everything else in the photo being the same. Without the reflection I could see this hanging in a restaurant somewhere. With the reflection, this gets a 4-5 from me.

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Fork Of The Future
by Kita

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club Kita!

First off, I think it̢۪s great that at 8 years old you are jumping into something like this.

I like what you are going for and the border works well with the photo. If I were shooting this I think I would have left it in landscape orientation. With the reflection it just seems like it should be landscape as forks standing straight up and left right reflections just don̢۪t feel right to me. I̢۪m not sure if the grain and the spots were intentional, but again, if I were shooting I̢۪d have used a shiny clean background. Also, the sharpness seems a little off. Did you use a tripod? If you did, you had some focusing issues, if not you should have.

Good idea done pretty well. I̢۪d have done a few things differently, but I̢۪m definitely not the expert.

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Damn Mouse
by Baron152

Comment:
Clever idea, but not at all put together well and poorly lit.

Blue Ribbon for Swiss Cheese
by verg

Comment:
Interesting idea, but not put together really well and the lighting isn't very good.

You Are What You Eat!
by manic35

Comment:
Best shot of the challenge so far. Good use of rule of thirds. His eyes make the shot.