Village Council meeting room, in the early morning sun.
by jjbeguin

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club
By Inspzil

Greetings M. Beguin. Before I start this, I was looking at your comments and I must say I'm glad you didn't win because if you did, then I would've blown my best shot at winning anything on DPC. You have plenty of ribbons, you can spare this one.

Composition - Nice array of chairs with some good shadow patterns. I think you did an outstanding job conveying the warmth of the wood to the voters. This is a surprisingly simple scene, but with all the shadows and the angle you took this picture from, it sure looks like a lot is going on. The angle and the way you framed this is very good.

Technical - Besides the hot spot in the center of the picture, it is almost perfectly exposed. Everything is very nicely focused. I think the hot spot in the middle of the picture is the only thing really wrong with this picture.

Overall - I've been thinking about this picture for 24h. Honestly, its a quality pic, but I have a hard time telling you that I don't really like it. If it was someone else, it would be easier. But it doesn't really do anything for me. There... I said it. It can be difficult to say something like that from someone like me to a more experienced, obviously better photographer like you, on a week where I won the challenge I'm critiquing a photo for, and not sound condescending. This has been awkward and I'm glad its done. Hopefully you can understand what I'm trying to say. Good luck in future challenges. - Bob

Soft
by rll07

Comment:
This looks really sharp. I'd have made it bigger in the frame if it were me. Nice color and great pic of this rose.

Beached
by indigo997

Comment:
Very interesting use of colors and a dynamic composition of some different elements. Very creative and well done. I like the blue a lot. Good choice of tone.

"Yummy"
by ladpupmoe

Comment:
Don't particularly like the focus on this. Looks just like my black cat to be honest. The flash in his eye on the left is just a killer for me perosnally.

Flying
by FranziskaLang

Comment:
Great motion shot. Like the way you framed him with the ground so much lower. A really nice shot -9

Buddha's head
by falvey

Comment:
This looks centered to me. Not a bad photo, but the composition does not put the subject particularly off ceneter.

Monument
by rickhd13

Comment:
I'd have shot this portrait. The tree on the left is totally extraneous. The tree in the right is good.

MERGE
by photogoo

Comment:
Nice contrasting colors, especially the clouds and the sign. Sky is very cool in this picture. Good work

Heavenly Sunset
by kosmikkreeper

Comment:
I think I'm missing the sunset part. Looks like a plain blue sky to me. I don't think cutting off the top of the steeple was a particularly god idea either.

Misty Mtn. Windmill
by sagestudio

Comment:
Good use of negative space on this one. I think this one might have worked really well in portrait too. Landscape it might have just a little too much negative space.