Mr. Shelob
by DJLuba

Comment:
Great detail and you are focused perfectly. Hard to do with so little DOF. NIce 8

Turn It Up!!!
by xcharrier

Comment:
Very cool frog, his colors are wonderful. I might have placed him on something different but I still like it.

Foul
by Imagineer

Comment:
That was a big dog

I've Found My Marbles
by Rentrenz

Comment:
Nice lighting effect

Pucker up
by lyta

Comment:
Beautiful Photo, has a surreal feel about it

Alien Eye
by artvet

Comment:
Beautiful textures, the detail is great.

Close view
by Structor

Comment:
Very different and good take on the challenge. No bugs, no flowers.7

Got Mail?
by Minutia

Comment:
I thought this was a great shot and scored an 8. It has great depth of field and the lighting is good. There were 2 small things that kept me from giving a 10. The way the numbers are placed on the plastic backing leaves a weird shadow and makes then appear out of focus. Also the first box is cut off to much for my taste, I see the dilemma of where should it start, but it a very appealing image. Congrats on your personal best finish.

Head
by emit

Comment:
Critique Club Comment

Composition:

I really like the crop of this image and the use of black, it gives a real feeling of darkness and fits the challenge well. There is a lot of black space below the chin, which makes for a very striking photograph, but I am not sure that I may have left a little more of the top of the head present.

You didn’t take full advantage of the 640px width or height limits (yours is 345px X 500px) or the 150kb file size (65.65 kb) which I feel lets the viewer see your image at its best.

Camera Work:

The lighting is very good but there are a few hot spots, bottom lip, above the top lip, bridge of the nose and the top of the eye lids. awpollard made a good suggestion for a home made soft box to which would be simple to construct. The focus is too soft and even if this was by choice you will and I feel have been voted down because of it.

Post-Processing:

You didn't post any info here, but depending what type of software you are using, look at curves with the historgram to help reduce the hot spots some.

My Opinion:

Personally, I feel that the subject used is too simple and the focus to soft but you captured darkness. You might try to use real person next time or a subject matter that has some textural interest. You chose a very simple subject and as ergates stated it would have had to be pretty special to score well. You received some very good comments during the challenge that should help you for the next challenges. The average vote on this challenge was 5.03 and your photo had the potential to better that.

This is one of my first critiques and I hope you find it helpful. Just as you are looking for some help from the Critique Club I would enjoy any feed back you have to improve my critiques. If you have any comments or questions about this critique, please feel free to contact me via the PM system.

JAZZ......
by ace flyman

Comment:
Nice added touch with the flute player (?). 8