Smoke
by matiscro

Comment:
I like the composition and the DOF alot, but I'd like to see just a few more midtones, especially around the hand, to distinguish it from the background.

One good habit: Savings
by menardmam

Comment:
Good shot! Minor, minor note- the hand looks a bit tense, which adds to the feeling of it being a set up. Turning it towards the camera slightly, or relaxing the back fingers a bit might help.

Final Exam: May 11 at 10:00 A.M.
by DefyTime

Comment:
Robbed. Utterly, utterly robbed. I expected this to do sooo much better! It's well shot, it's got a great story, every detail accounted for down to the spit. Good job!

Fire extinguisher
by MrAkamai

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

First of all, I really enjoyed this pic during the challenge. It's a shot you should be proud of.

Composition: I think this is one of the strongest points of the picture. The far-right centering gives a lot of interest to an otherwise mundane subject. There is some issue with the border. I like the translucency, but the low opacity on top of the white does make the red lighter, hence pink. Maybe if you set the brush to "darken" or "soft light" instead of "normal" you could keep the texture with a more vibrant red color. I do like the inclusion of the border. The wall could go on and on for feet, but the border helps define the realm of the picture.

Technical: Personally, I like the shadowing on both the extinguisher and the wall. I don't think it's too dark; as you said, it helps show off the texture of the brick. It also gives it photo some mood- it's not a catalougue shot of a fire extinguisher. The bricks are quite distorted, especially on the bottom edge. However, the extinguisher seems to line up for the most part with the right hand border, which fools the eye a little.

Appeal: With 25 comments, you can see that people had a very strong reaction to this photo, whether good or bad, and that in and of it self speaks of the sucess of the photo. It's not middle of the road.

Great job!
Amanda

Gathering of the gulls
by lwkimages

Comment:
I like how the 4 birds in flight almost look like a stop motion image of one bird.

On Any Windy Sunday
by jimmythefish

Comment:
Really cool concept. I wish the guy was doing something a little more interesting though, right now he's sorta all balled up. 7

Rosy Center
by Kylie

Comment:
Pretty cool abstract. The hot pink has a strange grainy quality to it's edges I'm not sure I like.

Surrounded By My Friends
by drgsoell

Comment:
The selective desaturation sort of makes her look like she's suffocating!

In The Red
by debitipton

Comment:
You know, I'm looking at this again Mom, and Gracie really isn't dead center. Not if the focal point is her eyes.

That being said, the lighting is really cool. Where did you take this?

Look what I found!
by photom

Comment:
It looks like he's gonna eat it... Nice DOF, the eyes say ohno! but the mouth says, mmmm tasty,,,