Peak
by BAMartin

Comment:
Hello from the Critique Club!!!

Composition:

WOW! This picture reaches out and grabs you, you want to look at it because there is so much to see and none of it is busy. The lines of the mountain raise your eyes to the beautiful blue sky and then it brings them back down to the interesting foreground. Your photo has met the challenge well.

Background/ Foreground

The sky is sharp and the colors are bright and crisp. The foreground has just enough detail to hold your interest without taking away from the beautiful rock peak.

Camera Work:

As far as the technical aspect of the picture the shot has great focus and DOF.

Post-Processing:

I can not comment on your post-processing because you did not include it in the comment field. Including this information helps us see what you have done, and can help teach other users how to use post processing to improve their pictures.

My Opinion:
This photo should have placed higher but with every challenge you never know how the votes will stack.
After reading the comments made by the members you know that your photograph has made an impact on them as it did on me.

I hope you find these comments to be helpful, thank you for allowing me to critique your picture. If you have any questions or concerns feel free to contact me via PM.

Best of luck in your future photographic endeavors,

Regards,
Karen Doss

East Jersey State Prison - Better Off On The Outside!
by internerd2k

Comment:
Hello from the Critique Club!!!

Composition:

This picture could have made more of an impact if you had not centered it, or maybe changed the angle.
Shooting this angle caused the fence to blend into the bricks. The roof lines with the darker color add some interest as does the vents down the centers. This building has some very interesting lines and contrast and you should think about going back and trying different angles and lighting.


Background/ Foreground

The sky is perfect, good focus, for this picture a more foreboding sky would make a stronger statement.


Camera Work:

As far as the technical aspect of the picture the shot has great focus and DOF.

Post-Processing:

I can not comment on your post-processing because you did not include it in the comment field. Including this information helps us see what you have done, and can help teach other users how to use post processing to improve their pictures.

My Opinion:

My guess is that you wanted to make a statement with your picture; this is where lighting and angles come into play. Unless there is a security issue at the prison, I would go back and try this shot again. The bones are there to take a picture that will make an impact.

I hope you find these comments to be helpful, thank you for allowing me to critique your picture. If you have any questions or concerns feel free to contact me via PM.

Best of luck in your future photographic endeavors, and it looks like congratulations on the new addition to your family.
Also love the picture of Lucky; we have two labs, a chocolate and a yellow, and one day hope to get a beautiful black lab to complete the set.

Regards,
Karen Doss

Moms Home
by yogiboo17

Comment:
Hello from the Critique Club!!!

Composition:

The first thing that strikes me about this shot is how centered it is but in this case it works. As they say rules are always meant to be broken. There is a nice balance of the reflection and inside and it works to meet the challenge perfectly. Nice Job.

Background/ Foreground

The screen works both for and against this picture. It adds a nice texture to the shot to make it even more interesting but it also makes the shot a little on the busy side. The background is muted as it should be and the screen helps blur it even more.

Camera Work:

The focus is good and the camera appears to have focused on your daughter and not the screen. Changing the ISO to 200 might have reduced the noise in the screen. The lighting is nice and I love that you were able to capture the pink in her cheeks

Post-Processing:

I would have played with the crop a little to see if removing the bottom portion would have changed the look of the picture. I was just a little bit distracted by the reflection of the top of the deck going through her head, but when you capture a candid shot like this it is hard to get that exact moment back. Adding a border or edge might have improved this picture as well, but we all know how finicky the voters can be on this issue.

My Opinion:

I like the shot; it makes you stop and try to figure out how you got the picture. It has captured a moment in time of your daughter at a wonderful time of her life You have done well, keep up the good work.
The comments you received should encourage you to get out there and keep shooting as each picture we take adds to the learning process.

I hope you find these comments to be helpful, thank you for allowing me to critique your picture. If you have any questions or concerns feel free to contact me via PM.

Best of luck in your future photographic endeavors,

Karen Doss

flowers
by gtp1164

Comment:
Hello from the Critique Club!!!

Composition:

The first thing that strikes me about this shot is how centered it is. I like the view from above but if you had shifted a bit to the left or right it could have made the shot more interesting in my opinion. The colors are nice but the white seems just a touch overexposed. It is a little hard on the eyes.
The orange pistil is also a bit out of focus so it loses some detail, but its color still adds nice interest to the shot.

Background:

The background is a little tough; the brown grass is very distracting. Maybe some variation in your DOF or blurring in post processing would have made a difference in the shot.

Camera Work:

The focus is on the soft side and since you have not provided any details about what settings you used, i.e. shutter speed and aperture, it is hard to help you without this information. If you do not know how to get this information from the picture, maybe the manual or a nice DPC member will assist you. There are many DPC users with the same camera that have included this very important information with their submissions.

Post-Processing:

Having this information is very important when trying to do a critique, without it I have to guess what you have done or not done to the shot. I feel the crop is a little tight and feels claustrophobic. It would also be very helpful to know what software you use to edit you pictures.

My Opinion:

As far as the shot goes it̢۪s a nice snap shot of pretty flowers, a change of angle and lighting would make a run of the mill flower shot much more interesting. Keep trying and listen to the comments made by fellow DPC members, we all have to learn from each other and from each picture we shoot.


I hope you find these comments to be helpful and if you have any questions or concerns feel free to contact me via PM.

Best of luck in your future photographic endeavors,

Karen Doss

Mr. Applehead
by NikiH

Comment:
Glad you did this one, i had the same idea but could not find all the pieces..

Hidden
by Damian

Comment:
Nice 7

One of these things is not like the other. One of these things does not belong
by jaaad

Comment:
Yeah.. Sesame Street...=)

Ducking Apples
by Falc

Comment:
WOW, a food stylist, Very clever idea. I like the soft focus. 7

Why me?
by ShutterPug

Comment:
Nice twist on the idea... This would be a great picture to use for a caption contest.
Although Why Me? fits perfectly
on the photo side cropped a tad to close on the left.. I assume it was because of a hand holding the arrow.. but a solid 7 in my book...

What the .... ?
by Tom_Robbrecht

Comment:
Neat idea.. 8