Road to Romance
by Rando D300

Comment:
Jeez, must be fun living so close to a ROARING WATERFALL, talk about having to go to the toilet every 5 minutes :P Nice shot :D

2 Second Pulse
by fotodude

Comment:
Nice, but I have seen so much better and I am instinctively comparing this to that. For example, bruskis shot in "night shot" is so much cooler, it´s in my favorites. This is nice though, got a 6 from me.

Night Shift
by puma

Comment:
Pretty cool, I like the pristine crystal clear look of this shot. The flare in the upper right corner is a big downside for me though, it simply draws too much attention from me. 7 from me.

Nebula
by Pug-H

Comment:
Sorry, not a big fan of abstracts and this isn´t doing anything for me. Could use a serious contrast boost.

Straws
by Odie

Comment:
This looks oddly familiar... :)

Ring
by stare_at_the_sun

Comment:
I like Nazguls version much better but this is pretty cool, the surroundings are cool. Just too much foreground for my taste. Anyway, one of the better shots in the challenge, got a 7 from me.

A Night At Home
by arjunas

Comment:
The sky looks pretty awful, way to overexposed and not flattering at all. Next time I suggest you try and turn your back on the moon when doing nightshots, it´s so much brighter than your surroundings that there is no way to expose it correctly and the foreground other than with a double exposure.

Transition
by Anastasia

Comment:
Woohoo!!! Finally a ribbon :) Congrats, told Gary it wouldn´t be long and I am always right about these things, hehe.

moon in the new mexican sky
by blacksheep

Comment:
Greetings from the critique club :)

Sorry but this is going to be a little short, this is one of those photos that I don´t really have that much to say about. It´s not bad, it´s not good either, very mediocre for my taste. To be honest, if I had voted, I would probably have looked at it for 1 second, given it a 5 and went on to the next one. There ist just simply nothing really interesting about this shot to me. I emphasize again though that it´s far from being bad though either.

As for meeting the challenge, it certainly does so in my eyes but I think (not sure so take this with a grain of salt) that technically "Duotone" means b/w with some other colour, like sepia toned, or green toned and such. While I would have voted it as meeting the challenge and I think that most people did since the challenge description specifically named b/w, I still think that a couple of people must have voted it with very low because it´s not a true duotone.

One other thing, I suspect this shot would look so much better in colour, with a deep blue sky and green trees and that hill probably brown and such. When I take a photo for a challenge, I try to to just that, take it FOR the challenge, not editing a shot to make it fit the challenge. I suspect you did just that, took a photo you liked that you took that week and just made it b/w to make it fit the challenge.

Sorry, I probably sound very negative for a photo that isn´t bad at all. I mean, it´s well exposed, the composition is good (not great though) and like I said, I would have given it a 5. I see that you are new at DPC, keep in mind that images that do well here usually have a "wow" factor, something people normally don´t see and this is definately lacking in that department. Try something outrageous next time and I´ll bet you will do much better :)

Kind regards, Larus.

captain rock
by KAIRY

Comment:
Greetings from the critique club :)

First of all, let me wish you welcome to DPC, I see this is your first image here. A bit of a daunting task, to enter a 600+ entry challenge at your first go and only get 1 comment so I am glad I got this to critique.

I like this image but there are a couple of things about it that could have made it soo much better. I would have voted this a 5 if I had voted, wich is average with me and I would probably have gone with a 6 or a 7 if a couple of things would have been better in this shot.

First of all, your camera settings. 1/15th of a second is a pretty slow
so it will result in motion blur and an aperture of 4.4 is pretty small for indoor concerts. I don´t know what lens you used but when I take shots at concerts, I try to bring at least one with an max aperture of 2.8 or bigger since there is normally so little light available. I would have suggested settings such as at least 1/60, an aperture of about 2.8 or bigger and possibly a higher iso, like 800. I don´t mind the motion blur of the hands, it´s just that because of the slow shutterspeed, the head of the guitarist seems very blurry. Also, a bigger aperture would have blurred out the backround more, wich I find distracting.

Regarding the post processing, the image is very flat and could use a serious boost in contrast and also sharpening and it would look heaps better.

The composition is good, except for one thing, the head of the guitar is blocking the head of the guitarist in the back and that is bothering me a bit. Although the composition is good, it´s not great either, this is shot from a normal angle and not very exciting. Like I said, it´s composed well, I just think you could do better.

It certainly meets the challenge, no doubt about that.

Frankly I don´t understand the low score, well fortunately different people have different tastes but I would have given this a 5 and I have pretty high standards, I would have thought this had gotten a 5.28, not a 4.28 but then again, If I could predict how a shot would do beforehand and be all knowing, I would have 50 blue ribbons :)

All I can say is that I like it, mostly because it´s an exciting shot, good action and an allright concert shot. Use a faster shutterspeed and bigger aperture, increase the contrast and you would have a pretty good shot on your hands next time.

Kind regards, Larus.