Circle Of Life
by faidoi

Comment:
*Critique Club*

This photograph has a certain morbid appeal to it. Ones eyes tend to travel repeatedly over the subject to see if one is really seeing what one is.

The composition on this photo lacks a little. The focus is tight on the centre of the subject, and provides excellent pattern details, yet it is so tight that the rest of the subject is out of focus.

While the graytones are excellent, I do believe that a little more exposure, say a shutter or 1/125 would have given better highlights to the scales.

Trying to imagine the subject as "broken" seems to belittle a serious event. Death, whether in an "unthinking" animal or in a person is more of an end than something that is broken. What is broken can normally be fixed or at least replaced. Also the title "Circle of life' depicts that there should be birth somewhere in the photo, which it isnt. Maybe the idea was "Circle of life broken", but without that last word in there it is hard to be certain what part of the photo is depicted as broken other than the dead fish.

The mid-gray tones of the photo tend to make it near to impossible for me to tell whether it is noise or not, which is a good and a bad thing. I cant see any noise, because there seems to be a lack of detail in the background/side areas.

IMO this photo could have been edited slightly, levels adjusted, contrast added, to have made it qquite more spectacular than it is.

Scene from my Nightmare
by nico_blue

Comment:
*Critique Club*

This photo has good qualities.

It has an easily indentifiable subject: a broken lightbulb with a smattering of "blood" (infinitely pleased to know its not real!).
A good set focus including the bulb filament, and screw, leads the eye to the centre of the photograph and then drawing it out slowly with the broken peices laying around the central filament.
The lighting is bright enough to show a little reflection on the glass and background without becoming overexposed.
There is a definite amount of planning that has gone into this photo, and it shows in the fact that the photo is "print" quality, and the overall "feel" of the photo is quite professional.

The only thing that I would point out as being slightly off is a vague "rainbow" of colour near the mid-top half of the photo which may have been caused during compression. My suggestion is that when compressing an image, make sure to choose the highest quality you can have, then resize the image until it meets size (kbs) limits.

Wind-er
by GeneralE

Comment:
I would have to state that the visual pun is one of the ONLY photos that didnt go for the obvious. You wouldnt believe how many photos there were of people blowing on things... is the topic breeze, or blowing, no its "wind". The word has many meanings, and to those who disparage at the pun, well.

Wind in Her Hair
by ccasey

Comment:
Nice hair movement, although the photo looks particularly washed out, maybe a little underexposed?

wind
by elizuta

Comment:
I like the hair...

Sunshine's Balmy Breeze
by Arcy

Comment:
I cant really tell its a breeze it just looks still.

cold electrical wind
by skankitup

Comment:
Wind? Anybody?

Banzai!
by Bran-O-Rama

Comment:
Nice.

Windswept
by Judith Polakoff

Comment:
nice.

Goden gate wind cone
by blanceric

Comment:
Nice!