Old Glory Waves
by bruster54

Comment:
use all your pixels

These colors don't run.
by ladpupmoe

Comment:
I think I'd flip it - the flag is supposed to go the other way and the green diagonals should read left to right for most westerners.

AT THE KITE EXHIBIT IN THE LOCAL LIBRARY
by basia03

Comment:
I loved this one - gave an 8 - it should have placed much higher!

Natures Semmetry
by vtruan

Comment:
I loved this one - I'm checking up on my 9s and 10s, wondering how they got way down here - not symetrical enough for the literal voters/

Resting the years
by bmarquez

Comment:
the cc computer has assigned this picture to me - I'm sometimes very slow with my critiques so please be patient.

Bubble In Time-r (10 minute "goo" timer)
by basia03

Comment:
The 'edit post' button is not working today so I will start over.

Hello from the Critique Club -

I live very near you, you have been taking pictures in my back yard, so to speak. I can walk to the Decordova museum and canoe to the Old North Bridge. I was the one who had just adjusted her monitor when your bridge picture came up. Well, I went back and readjusted pretty quick. Now I think it is finally Okay until the teenagers mess with it again.

So, what is a goo timer? I was in the majority of votors who gave you a five. I am going to assume this is a macro close up but really I'm in the dark about scale so maybe I'll skip over some of the technical aspects and concentrate on composition. It appears to be in focus, properly lit and all.

I think your composition is off. That big bubble commands too much attention and is too much in the center. You have some other interesting visual elements in the scene but you cut them off. There are the concentric rings around the bubble, and the center shaft below the bubble both of whuch could have added some balance to the blob. The bubble itself, since it is so center stage should be perfect, but it has several "hot spots" where the might is too bright and it has refections of what? trees? that are distracting. What if the bubble had been a third of the way to the top, would the lower pink goo had enough patterns to be interesting?

THe pink is nice but could it have been even more intense? Or could the contrast be increased with post processing? I notice that very few people are using your camera - but it does take a good picture. My best scores were with a 1.2 mpix camera so I haven't dealt with the limitations of .7mp. However, I think the reason this photo isn't more eye catching has to do with your choice of composition and not your camera.

The border, I really like it. Uaually I hate borders because they so often detract from a photo but yours is just right, it seems to confine the goo, gives it some nice boundaries. the color of the border is perfect too - is it reaally pinker on one side and bluer on the other or is that an opital illusion.

So in my not at all expert opinion this is a good photograph but not a stand out one. It lacks something to make it special.

Bubble In Time-r (10 minute "goo" timer)
by basia03

Comment:
What is a goo timer?

The cc computer has assigned this photo to me - I am notoriosly slow at getting my reviews done but I do eventually get back to them all. I'll be back.

The Joys of Running Track
by Amiee

Comment:
Okay, I can't edit - so I'll just start over again..

Hello from the Critique Club - sorry for the extra long delay. I've been busy.

This is an odd photo. The composition, color and mood all seem to be self effacing. Empty.

Joy of Running? Where's the joy? All I see is the dismal frustration of a long winter (coild be me..it's snowing AGAIN today). Where's the runner? What makes me want to look at this photo? Not much.

You have some interesting composition lines but they all lead OUT of the photo instead of IN. Nothing brings my focus back. The curve of the track is interesting but I follow it out in both directions. The repeating lines of the white bleachers are also interesting but also lead me out. Even the line created by the gaps in the bleacher seats leads out of the frame. When someone looks at a photo their eyes naturally follow these lines and once they have been led out of the picture, the view is done. Click, next picture please. You need to have something to catch my attention and make me look again. A runner would have helped because people are again naturally drawn to people as subjects. Hey even a dog would have caught my eye.

How about the rule of thirds? These are eyecatching points based on the biology of human vision. you have the bend in the track in one critical point but nothing in any other. Yes, it's a gimmick but it works.
Contrast? No contrast, the black and white tones are all in the grey range. light? Shadow? nope, it was a grey day. Perhaps changing the title..Loneliness of Running Track? The sky and houses take up more than half of the image. Did you mean for them to thave hat much importance. They don't contribute to the message in my view.

You have an effective location..nice that it was so empty. But I think you could have done more with it. Don't be shy about your photography. I looked at all your challenge entries and it feels like you are holding back. All are good photographs, technically well done, but a great photo is bolder. You can keep the same bleak mood while making it more visually interesting. Get closer, simplify, get some people in there, play with light more, and try upping the contrast of your post processing.

And the disclaimer: Please remember that I am not an expert, this is only one person's opinion of your work.

The Joys of Running Track
by Amiee

Comment:
Well, I'm back - the link is busted on the edit button, jumps me to the main page so I'll start a new post - I'l be working on this review off and on today and I'll let you know when it is all done. Lost a few to compputer glitches so now I save bit by bit. Oh wait..what if it won't let me edit?

Rust and Sky
by Budweezer

Comment:
pi