Hole through the grass
by stfleck

Comment by gintay:
abit dim on screen

Hole through the grass
by stfleck

Comment by roz:
awwwwwwwww .. gorgeous little dragonfly .. this is a stunning image .. i love it .. :)

Hole through the grass
by stfleck

Comment by bjoern:
The dragonfly is very hard to make out, at least on my monitor.

Full open
by stfleck

Comment by sidpixel:
Hello from the critique club

An appealing image that meets the challenge well

You've struck the right note with the warm vibrant colours of the flower very typical Kodachrome. I like your off-centre composition it works well and is nicely isolated from the very soft focus background. The background lacks any detail which is no problem but the brighter green strip is somewhat distracting it would have been a lot better if you could have had more uniformity of colour either dark or light throughout. Given the lack of detail in the background I think a smaller aperture, say f8, would have given you more DOF in the flower without bringing out too much detail in the background. All in all a pleasing image Stuart, its a shame you didn't have any other feedback...

Soildier's Cross
by stfleck

Comment by hawkeyefilms:
Maybe a little too tightly cropped

Soildier's Cross
by stfleck

Comment by Farmr:
Nicely done, simple, but speaks loudly

Soildier's Cross
by stfleck

Comment by jayzundel:
cool monument, harsh shadows

Soildier's Cross
by stfleck

Comment by gregsnyder:
5.5

Carnival
by stfleck

Comment by Luci11e:

Greetings from the Critique Club

First Impressions:
My first impression was, "Oh What Fun!" I really enjoyed this picture.

Technical (Comp, lighting, color, focus):
Someone mentioned in the comments that they didn't like the cropping of the wheel; but I really don't think it takes away from the image. Having just the tops of the tents and booths only added to the overall composure. In fact, for me, it shows how ferris wheels and carnivals/fairs are actually larger than life! I mean, think of the excitment that is generated when the fair comes to town. It's something that can't be contained!

Challenge:
Bingo! You hit the nail on the head.

Artistic/Emotion:
A very good artistic shot! I see you placed in abstract and digital art....what a good home for this image.
I just don't see how any one good look at this and not get a happy feel from it. It made me smile.

Summary:
I don't understand why this shot didn't finish any better than it did. It totally did it for me. I like the spots of color against the white and the blues are wonderful. I really don't have any suggestions for making this better because I think it's a GREAT image just as it is.

Looking forward to seeing more of your work. :-)

Carnival
by stfleck

Comment by atupdate:
Back to comment: I'm finding the images in this challenge that start with a black background the least appealing to look at for any period of time. Overall, I like the positive of this image better than the negative.