A Tack Dog ... (get it?)
by saiphfire

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club

I like the use of humor in this photo (completely appropriate for these speed challenges).

The colors and contrast are very striking. The lighting seems a little harsh or maybe the photo is oversharpened - but I'm not sure that bothers me as it seems to be more of a style for the photo.

I like the composition and the overall framing of the shot. Nice work.

Three Stones
by TampaDan

Comment:
The simplicity of the three stones is really nice. I'm not keen on the background, I'm not sure if it's because I'd prefer it to be high key or more textured/colored. I like how you chose three different kinds of rocks.

too many
by ericsuth

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club

I love the density and depth of field of this shot.

The monocrhome choice is very appropriate for your subject and style. It feels like a stock photo shot (that's a compliment).

Your use of the mirror for the shot is also very well executed.

The choice of a portrait framing is interesting, I wonder what square or landscape would do for the level of interest in your composition?

Summer migration
by aKiwi

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club

A fun and inventive way of doing this particular challenge.

I like the incongruity of the background you chose - the velvety green-ness is a wonderful contrast to the harsh tacks.

I would like to see the tacks up a little closer though. I know they're tacks because of the challenge, but if you showed me this photo and I didn't know the challenge, I might be confused.

$3.97 + Tacts
by banmorn

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

This is a fun shot for the challenge. I like the combination of both thumbtacks and pushpins. (Or whatever you call the different styles.)

The colors are vibrant and true and the shiny quality of the steel tacks adds some dimension to what might be monotonous. There is a slight color cast of green to the shot on my monitor (another commenter noted this, too) that makes it feel like office lighting was used - though that doesn't really bother me since that is one of their habitats.

I like that you chose to leave some foreground instead of a consistent field of tacks.

minimalism ruins
by anatolio25

Comment:
I think the subject is great and the composition is good. However, it looks like it has been oversharpened and the graininess it created is not compelling.

Bad Aphids
by Gringo

Comment:
Nice take. Well placed. Interesting color replacement.

Springing Up
by ruffian

Comment:
The colors are nice, but the blades of grass aren't crisp enough. Perhaps a shallower depth of field and better focus on the grass would yield a more interesting composition.

Minimalistic
by storyteller

Comment:
An interesting concept, but not an interesting photo. Well framed, I like the gradation of the background.

a large amount yields a minimal but valuble payoff
by buzzmom

Comment:
The diamond just isn't crisp enough for this composition to have the impact it deserves.