11:18 pm
by mdintraining

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Greetings from the Critique Club!

Hi there! Love the clock in this shot and overall its a nice shot, but I think it has a couple of problems. While the clock is at a strong thirds point, the street lights draw the eye away from the clock and down the street. I think a very shallow depth of field would have helped compositionally as it would preserve the nice lights in the background, but not all of the detail (everything would go blurry). That would help to keep the attention on the clock. I also think this would make a lovely black and white image; more drama. Hope that helps.

Cindi

Flaming Bubbles
by Cuddles

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

You captured these little bubbles very well, technically this image is great. The colors work very nicly too, you did well to include the red. I do however feel that this image would have scored higher with the voters if it had a stronger composition and a defined Center of Interest. Still lovely in an abstract way.

Good luck with your future entries.

Cindi

Courtney Rae, enjoy the day
by FellSevenLeaves

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Greetings from the Critique Club!

Hello Marco and welcome to DPC. Congratulations on a lovely image. I think your composition, processing, attention to light and contrast are excellent here. The only unfortunate element is the fence in the background which is not only bright, but cuts the image in the middle horizontally. A touch of darkening would help the fence to be less noticable and not distract from your lovely model.

Good luck with your future entries! :)

Cindi

Time Long Past
by phreak

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Greetings from the Critique Club!

Well you definitely shot an image which concentrates its emphasis on a thirds point, however as it is this image is a bit uninteresting. I think if you had moved the jar to the right side, so the full shadow is included in the image it would have been a bit more dynamic. Also the bit of grass in the background distract, cropping to remove that would help. Good for you entering anyway and I wish you luck with future entries.

Cindi

Joseph
by chesire

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

This shot was almost an excellent portrait. While I do love the angle and composition, there are a few things here that are hurting your image overall. Firstly, remember the eye will naturaly find the brightest point in an image. In this case the brightest point is also the sharpest point and that is the point of his glasses. This unfortunately draws the eye straight past his face (the portrait)and causes it to stick on that one spot. The blown highlights on his hands is unfortunate as well. I think with a little more care with composition you could have nailed this one.

Good luck in future challenges.

Cindi

Into the Microscope: An Amoeba's Perspective
by m_sarzynski

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

Hi Melanie.

Technically this shot has a lot going for it. Light, focus and exposure are great. However, I think the shot is lacking a clear center of interest or any dynamic composition to hold the viewer's eye for long. While you certainally met the challenge description and photographed bubbles, I just don't think this photograph grabbed the voter's attention very well.

Elemental
by escapetooz

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Greetings from the CC club!

I planned to comment on this shot either way, so I'm so glad I got this one to critique! :)

I loved the series you did and this was one of your stronger choices. The problem as I see it with this image is that there are two very distinct subjects; the woman and the trees on the hilltop. The eye gets lost. The solution would have been to draw the interest strongly to one or the other, but not both (I would have chosen the woman). Remember, the eye automatically looks for the brightest point in an image and use that. In this case brightening her and darkening the sky would have been enough to shift the balance. Fill flash or post processing would both achieve that, but flash would have been best.
This shot was so ALMOST great. With a little more attention to light you'll have epic shots. Great of your friends to play along! :D

Cindi

Day Twenty Three - MARK STEVEN FLOYD
by idnic

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Originally posted by OmanOtter: I'm sorry all this happened to you and I'm glad you're ok and that no one was hurt. I also apologize for being too argumentative. I just feel bad for the poor guy; look at how his life has turned to crap -- apparently full of pain with no relief that has led to drug and alcohol addiction and now a 30 year career down the tube. It makes me really sad.

Thank you for that kind thought. I couldn't agree with you more that his life has become very sad. I mentioned before, I don't know the man. I too feel bad for the situation he is in now. I reacted out of fear and protection of my children. I just want to feel safe again. I also hope Mark finds whatever it is he's looking for before he hurts someone.

Flat Max
by ShutterPug

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LMAO That's the funniest thing I've seen all day! Thanks, Linda. :)

Day Twenty Three - MARK STEVEN FLOYD
by idnic

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Originally posted by OmanOtter: Originally posted by idnic: The Navy is who gave him an unlimited morphine prescription and sent him home to down it with alcohol for over a year without checking to see if he was using the prescription properly. If Home Depot gave him at-home morphine, I'd sure as hell blame them if they didn't supervise and he abused it. I'm not specifically blaming "The Navy", I AM blaming the parties responsible for his condition and in this case it just happens to be the Navy. I'm sorry if you find that offensive. No, his doctor gave him the morphine. And how would you know that it was an unlimited supply? That would be extremely unusual. I've never run into any military doctor who would do such a thing? And what makes you think the doctor knew about his alcoholism? I've had to deal with this kind of complaint before. Someone has some complaint against someone else and thinks that, because that person is in the military they can just dial up their Commanding Officer or the base and have the right to have the employer straighten it all out at the expense of the servicemember's constitutional rights. YES, I DO find it offensive -- in the extreme -- because it paints U.S. servicemembers as something less than full American citizens, something less than the person complaining.

While I'm firmly convinced his doctor did not know about the gallon of liquor he brought into his home every day, I do know that the doctor is a military one and I know that because of by the 30+ prescription bottles I had to help his CO remove from his home. I didn't have a complaint against him, I never had a problem with him, never knew him; just happened to know his habbits because he lives directly across the street and I work from home. The day he came into my existance he stood screaming drunk at noon on a saturday and threatened to kill the kid who was collecting for lawn money and pulled a gun on the adults who overheard. Again, I never suggested he or any serviceman was lacking any American rights.. what I am saying is .... if the Navy created this monster its theirs to deal with. He's an officer of 29 1/2 years. I was told he had an injury, the navy docs operated and made it worse. That's why he's been at home with morphine for the last 18 months. I don't want to cause hurt feelings here, I know little of Navy regulations. What I do know for fact is that what he's done is enough to get him confined to base for the forseeable future and that's okay with me, he isn't across the street from my children.