The pipe
by Angelis

Comment:
Greetings Form the Critique Club!!!

Initial impact: I like it!!

Meeting the challenge: Yep no issues what so ever.

Color: Very nice I think this was a perfect photo for duo-tones. The mild sepia colr realy adds a lot the the character of this photo and sets an antique and emotional overlay to it all.

Focus: Just about perfect. I think you DOF was jsut a touch shallow. I would like to have had the entire pipe in focus. But your DOF falls short and the end of the pipe looses a little focus. Other than the end of the pipr the focus on this shot is wonderfull. Crisp and sharp details and outlines. The Shalow DOF nicely blurring ou the back ground. Very very nice.

Composition: I like the tilt of the photo even though it feely a little ackward. I don't however like the huge black "border?" on the top and bottom of the photo.

Contrast: Once again. Another very nice attribute of this phot. Great contrast. This photo utilizes the full spectrum of the scale. With black black, white whites, and a smooth and lovely variety of all the greys in between.

Overall: loos the border and I have only a very minor complaint about the DOF. Very imaginative and enjoyable photo.

Great job. I look forward to seeing more of this caliber worrk in future challenges.

Bare Trees and Bushes
by margaret

Comment:
Greetings From the Critique Club!!!

Initial impact: oooh cool tree. Too bad the pictures so small.

Color: Nice very nice. I love the cool blue, and grey hues in the sky. And the three is nicely sihloutted in a solid black.

Contrast: I don't think it's possible to have more.. No complaints in that area.

Focus: It looks to be a little OOF but not badly. But then after looking at it for a bit I see it might just be all of the little branches on the outside perimiter of the tree.

Composition: This is the killer of this photo. First it's too small. This prevents the veiwer from enjoying all of the smaller detaily you captured. Second it is too centered giving it a snap shot feel. I think this would have benifited a lot from the rule of thirds. Perhaps cropping out the trees on the side a bit, adding more sky above the tree until the tree was about one third- two thirds up the photo. This would have alowed you the oppotunity to show off the realy nice sky. And emphasize the center of intrest (the creepy tree) by eleminating some of the clutter around it.

Overall: a pretty good photo, but by making the image lager and playing with the coposition a bit this could have placed a lot higher.

Best of luck in future challenges

Tristalisk

Spider Beauty Orchid
by artvet

Comment:
Greetings From The Critique Club!!!

Initial Impact: Freaky, creepy, cool, I like it!!!

Contrast: This photo has it in spades!Lots of wonderfull contrast.

Composition: The flower seems cramped. I think a little looser crop or eleimation of the border would help this image breath a bit.

Focus: Looks to be a pretty sharp image, but towards bottom center of the flower there is a grey "tongue" it looks to be OOF I think this is more because of texture than focus. But it still "appears" to be slightly OOF. Otherwise nice crisp image with a smooth solid edge.

Overall: This is a pretty good shot but I feel it could be greatly improved by giving it breathing room. As t sits now it feels a bit too "in your face" to enjoy as it should be.

Broken Windows
by Coley

Comment:
Greetings from the critique club!!!

Initial impact: creepy....yet beautifull.

Color: Very nice use of duo tones. I feel that the classic sepia was a bood choice for your color.

Contrast: Very nice. You have the whites the blacks and everything in between.

Focus: The house looks to be in perfect focus, however the model looks be just a touch soft.This might have been intentional, or even unavoidable due to the DOF. But I still think it would have looked a little better with a crisper focus.

Subject: Ok not exeptionally exciting but the house is interesting enough. The house has great tones. But probably would not have carried the shot by itself. (at least from the perspective and vantage point). The model looks decent. Together they work a bit better but. I can't really seem to find a conection between the two subjects. If the model had been raking the yard, painting or somthing I could have seen the relationship. But as is it just feels like two different photos.

Lighting: Nice and creepy..no complaints

Overall: This is a good shot. Other than the relationship problem I would have no qualms with framing this peice and showing it off proudy. Very artistic, technicaly sound, and pleasant photo nice job!!

Big City Meets the Middle of Nowhere.
by tryals15

Comment:
The only negative I readily notice on this shot is that it is too centered. I think if you were to have cropped a little of the ground out from under the building this might have shot up a bit further in the points. I personaly like the photo I probably would have given it a 6 while voting on it in a challenge. While it is not an awe inspiring photo it is crisp and has great texture. Sorry to see this photo was not as well received as I think it should have been. Best of luck in the future.

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by KaDi

Comment:
I'm not to sure this one dosn't look better than original before the storm. Nice job

Farmer as Artist--A Crop Dusters View of Soy
by beamsclan

Comment:
If this is realy a photo of a couch, I will fall over laughing.. Looks great.

Open Your Eyes Honey
by Giorgio

Comment:
Great photo but I can't figure out what you are trying to say. Maybe it's just a bit early in the day.. After some cafen maybe the second pass will make a bit more sense.

best friend
by wickedpete

Comment:
The pose is not very flattering she looks to have a giant head on a little body. Otherwise very nice photo good lighting and color, and an attractive model to boot.

Take 5
by Jinjit

Comment:
I like it simple yet strong. Bold colors and lines with a very simple feel. Perfect focus, great details on the people... lacks a pinch or two for interest has a slight snapshot feel but not enough to effect my would be vote.. this would have gotten a 7 from me and would probably have been bumbed up at least once, maybe twice.