Puppy Love
by CtW

Comment by sidpixel:
Hello from the critique club

An interesting image that contributes well to the open challenge

Welcome to DPC Christopher! As a dog lover your image is bound to appeal to me, however, the timing could be better. It’s true what they say, ‘the eyes are the gateway to the soul’ and when they are closed as they are here the soul is inaccessible which is a real shame as this would definitely give your shot more impact. Whilst your focus is good on the closed eye the DOF is perhaps a little too shallow at maximum aperture, something like f4 would have given us a nice crisp line of his head against the snow without defining the background too much. Anyway, lots of potential to come we look forward to more from you soon.

Standing in the Night
by CtW

Comment by sidpixel:
Hello from the critique club

An appealing image that contributes well to the challenge

Welcome to DPC Christopher, and what a first entry! This is a lovely study both in composition and timing. You have positioned the man well to the right leaving room for that well-timed exhalation of smoke to form a strong diagonal in the left of the frame. I like the mono processing it really adds to the atmosphere of the scene. It could be argued that the lights in the top of the frame are a bit distracting but the wide aperture has left them nicely soft and less obtrusive. Overall a competent and pleasing image, well done, we look forward to more form you...