Copy Cats
by Firstrich1

Comment:
This seems just a little soft. Great execution other than that and a very nice idea 8

Decay
by Nate Goldman

Comment:
This looks like it might be just a little overexposed. Seems the mood of this would be a little darker, and less light would enhance that desolate feeling.

Shadows Through Wines
by jonpink

Comment:
I love the colors of this. I'm looking for the place where this is focused, but it seems its just a fuzz off. Great concept and I love the warmth of the colors here.

Love
by Konador

Comment:
not that it matters, I don't get the connection to the book, or if its just the right kind of book for the shot. Maybe I'm looking too deep here. Excellent idea, the book thing isn't taking anything from your score, just curious

Avocado-salad
by Mona

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club
By Inspzil

Composition - Nice colorful array of stuff in a bowl. Not particularly compelling as a subject. But there are many great photographs of very boring things that do particularly well here. First I just wanna say that I really don't find anything "wrong" here. The only thing that bugged me even mildly was that the bowl wasn't centered perfectly vertically, but that's not much to complain about. I guess for my money, it isn't what you did with this photo, but what you didn't do with it that bothers me the most. With not-so-compelling subjects, It is necessary as photographers to do our best to MAKE them interesting. The dead above straight on angle is probably not the answer the large majority of the time. The angle and the lighting are just really flat and totally predictable. That can be good in some applications. I don't find it useful here.

Technical - Not quite as sharp as it could be most likely due to the very long shutter speed at 1/15sec. If you didn't take this from a tripod you probably should have. Besides that, maybe the color could've used a little adjustment but I think that's all up to you and how everything looked for real. Everything looks a little magenta to me.

Overall - Not a bad image, but lacking the pop that accompanies a good one. To me, it needs a new fresh interesting perspective. It may be something that is very easy to do. It might just be taking some extra shots, everytime you shoot, from an unusual perspective just to make sure you didn't miss anything. What the hell right? it doesn't cost you anything. I'm not an expert by any means, but I've found that you can use ordinary around the house stuff and make interesting photos. Best of luck on the challenges ahead - Bob

Two's Company Three's A Crowd
by karmat

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club
By Inspzil

Composition - I think your idea is good. I would've like to have seen the back 2 marble a little more on an even horizon (for lack of a better word). The framing of the image makes me uncomfortable (again for lack of a better word) in that I don't feel that its balanced. Of course the front marble is the big focus point, so it should be closer and nicely focused, just maybe not quite so close and/or the back marbles could've been just a little closer. I think it would have been just as effective if they were a little more in focus.

Technical - I think you pretty much have it. Very very well taken.

Overall - The personification of marbles is a little difficult to deal with and stir any strong emotions in people to compel them to give you a great score. I think everyone who voted probably was capable of seeing what the point of this photo was. It just doesn't translate well from people to glass. There is one thought I had about the lighting in this photo, not to say that it's done poorly by any means. But that was to shorten the exposure somewhat and adding a little light to the 2 marbles only, to give a little more lighting induced mood. That might be completely preposterous, but it's just a thought I figured I could wing it out here and you can laugh at it or just ignore it as needed. Best of luck in the challenges ahead - Bob

Pod People: Classic Science nonFiction
by pupparazzo

Comment:
Greeting from the Critique Club
By Inspzil

Composition - I like the color contrasts in this shot, but as a whole, I don't find the subject terribly interesting or compelling. I think your placement of subject in the frame is very good. I don't have a lot to say about the composition of this shot.

Technical - This is a tough shot to get just right. The contrast is cool, but almost too much to be able to properly expose the foreground and the background at the same time. The subject is a bit underexposed and the background is a little overexposed. To properly expose one leaves the other too bright or too dark. Its a no win situation. The other thing about this photo is that it is not terribly clear. With a 1/40 sec exposure, I can understand why. That's a fairly long exposure to handhold.

Overall - The best advice I can give on this one is to match up your background and foreground a little more so both can be more properly exposed. The other thing is that would've immediately improved this picture would be shooting off a tripod to steady the camera and most importantly, the image. You can pull off a not so exciting image if you take it well enough, but this one is a little short of that. Good Luck in future challenges. - Bob

Feeling Blue
by michael_p

Comment:
Too radical of an effect on this one. Going monochrome is one thing, totally making the picture negative is a little too far with this sort of picture. It can be done with the right kind of picture, which I believe is something a little more abstract.

Wall Flower
by Enzo

Comment:
This is pretty good but just perhaps a little bit too dark. The wood grain is good and flower is okay, but the overall picture just seems like its inside an old outhouse or something. I guess in an outhouse though, you're pretty alone :)

Getting Away From It All
by MrsFuzzButt

Comment:
Great idea. Small photos have a hard time. This also looks a little tilted, running downhill from L to R. Your idea is good, just need a little bigger and straighter picture. 6