Red Hot!
by Fiver

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club
By Inspzil

btw thanks for the comments on my recent pictures

Composition - Very nice pattern. I'm not sure if its EXACTLY symmetrical, but its close enough for me. I like the deep red color and the contrasting silver or white or some light color. Anyway I like it. I'm not really fond of the wide aspect ratio you've chosen. I think you might have helped yourself out a little by making it narrower, even if the picture remained a little small. (something else I'm not fond of typically but in this case I think the lesser of 2 evils).

Technical - The DOF seems to be a bit narrow and the center of focus is beyond the closest circles. I personally think that looking at the picture, the first place your attention is drawn to should be in focus if for whatever reason, the whole pic is not perfectly focused. In this case the first place I noticed was the bottom of the pic which in this perspective would be closest to me. I think that is the part where the focus should be the clearest. I think you might've oversharpened this just a little. The circles are showing a little grain to them which is a good indication of that. I normally blow mine up to 70 or 80% before I sharpen them to see the effect. I'm not sure how PSP works though with the sharpen feature. For me, I sharpen everything as the very last thing I do with every picture after resizing.

Overall - A good quality first showing, better than my 4.9 at the onset of my DPC career. Is that Aluminum in those little cups? Just curious. The colors really make this picture. I think you really had a good idea, just needed to be a little clearer out of the camera. Good job on your first and good luck in future challenges. I'll keep looking for your comments. - Inspzil

Bona-fide Symmetry
by Izadora

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club
By Inspzil

Composition - I really like this shot. It meets the challenge very well and has some great detail to it that is well captured. I don't really have a lot to say about it because I really think it was very well done. The one thing I don't like is that its a little bit brighter than "high key"

Technical - Well framed, for the most part well lit. The focus is good and DOF is great. Nice camera work. Processing is good. Black and white works well for this. The only problem with that is that the areas that are washed out are more emphasized in B&W. Otherwise, good job technically

Overall - Really like this. Not much I'd change. The perspective and angle look pretty calculated and executed very well. This is a great subject to photograph and good to see you did very well with it. Nice work and good luck to you in your future challenges - Inspzil

Very Very Berry
by Bitz

Comment:
The color is excellent. THe clarity isn't really good on the grapes. I like the contrast with the leaves.

Just a dumbell
by kiwiness

Comment:
Pretty good showing for the 5050 eh? One ribbon in each challenge I have to say is pretty damn good!

** I forgot to add my sincere congratulations! Nice job - Bob

Message edited by author 2003-04-07 05:39:11.

Forty Five Miles Per Hour
by lennier

Comment:
Not really sure why this sign is in the picture to be perfectly honest. Looks like a fine shot without it. I would've just kept the little skinny tree as the focal point of the photo and captured that wonderful green carpet. By including the sign, you also include the wires at the bottom.

Spring
by thatguy

Comment:
The idea isn't bad. The image is really grainy and the overall quality is pretty rough.

Time Wounds All Heals
by ska120s

Comment:
This sort of looks like it was taken off of a security video camera. Maybe that was on purpose though judging by the very blotchy nature of the photo.

1146 Silver
by bamaster

Comment:
A little more DOF would've been preferred. I really like the picture, but wish at least the brush could've been focused.

Yellow
by mirac

Comment:
Great color. Nice subject and well taken. We won't be seeing any of those for awhile until the temperature gets a little warmer.

Cobalt Ripples
by magnus

Comment:
Good color and well taken. Looks like its sitting on a cloud or something surreal like that. Nice job