The great old railway bridge
by RUEDISCHMUTZ

Comment:
Well, you got a shot of some trees and included the word bridge in the title. This is a poor composition. Perhaps finding a better angle from which to shoot would help.

"I'm stuck on You"
by Thai

Comment:
Hey there from the Critique Club

Camera Work/Technical: Nice, crisp focus and a very nice white balance that yielded terrific color. The blue provides a very nice background that really makes your subject stand out.

Lighting: I think that your lighting is what pulled this image down as far as your score goes. There are several hot spots from the harsh flash that are fairly distracting. Your straight-on lighting also caused some harsh shadows that also pulled from the end score.

Composition/Content: I like the content, but the composition needed better execution. The tilt of the top candlestick gives a crowded feeling to the overall image.

My Opinion: Great subject and a fine job meeting the challenge. With a little better composition and lighting, this score would have been a good deal better.

Eric

It's all over sticky stuff!
by EssAreDubya

Comment:
Hey there from the Critique Club

Camera Work/Technical: I'll echo what is already here...nothing looks focused. I do see that the label is focused, but your DOF gives the illusion that the total image is out of focus.

Lighting: Too harsh with a washed out background.

Composition/Content: The angle of your crop is uncomfortable.

My Opinion: Looking through your portfolio, there are some very strong, well-executed images there. You obviously know how the voters vote and you are very capable of producing strong images. I am at a loss trying to understand what you were after here.

Eric

Sticky
by mediamst

Comment:
Hey there from the Critique Club

Camera Work/Technical: I think your soft focus hurt your score with this image. Studying the capture, it looks like a glamour-type soft filter of some sort was used. While it gives the image a appealing look, I think that it serves as more of a distraction than anything else. Looking through your previous comments, it seems that the voters felt the same way.

Lighting: Overall, the lighting is fairly even and nice, but the highlight at the top of the glass is a bit distracting. It competes too much with the viewer's eye, thus pulling the eye away from the meat of the composition.

Composition/Content: I really like the idea, and the sticky relation is easily made. However, I would like to have seen this one with a longer trail of chocolate. With short stream abruptly dropping out of the frame, you also cause the viewer's eye to drop right out with it. With a looser crop, you would have allowed the eye to flow more through the image rather than right out of the frame.

My Opinion: I believe that you did a nice job meeting the image is a very creative manner. I think with a more crisp focus and a litter better lighting, this one would have pulled a much better score. Even with the adjustments that could have been made, I think the 4.7 is a little low.

Eric

My World Photographs My Sky
by posthumous

Comment:
Hey there from ME!

Looking back through this challenge, I was surprised to see that this shot was tossed so far down the list. I thought that this one was executed very nicely, while maintaining the the integrity of photography.

Camera Work/Technical: Nice job keeping all the elements of the image in focus. I really like the crisp tree silhouettes, as well as your chosen WB and post-processing that really pulled a nice sky color.

Lighting: Great use of available light, and/or post-processing, to build a unique silhouetted image. I also like the highlight on the camera lens, as it works well pulling the eye through the various elements of the image.

Composition/Content: I think your composition is the strong point of this image. I really like the centered composition paired with the abruptly angled framing that you developed. This also works very nicely to pull the viewer's eye through and around the image.

My Opinion: This was a well thought out, and even better executed image that fits this challenge perfectly. While 5.7 is a strong score, I really expected this one to finish near the top of the heap. The voters missed this one, but who am I to think i understand the voters? Very nice work, and, in my opinion, one of your personal bests.

Eric

A Storm Brewing
by Tap10

Comment:
I think a bit more post-processing would have help this one. I think the cloud and sky are marvelous, but I'd like to see more detail in the foreground. I know, I know, it IS a sky challenge. I'd still like a little more foreground detail.

Winter Sunset
by Bear_Music

Comment:
Bear? Either way, this is the best of the challenge. Very nice work in using the rule set, yet still preserving the integrity of the image and photography. This has to be a ribbon winner.

Flight Path
by Brad

Comment:
I really like this minimalistic feel. This is my second favorite of the challenge, and I hope it does very well. My only critique is the bird on the far left. It looks like a dust spec on my monitors, and I might have considered cloning that one out.

Pining for the cedar
by snaffles

Comment:
It is sky, and it does hold a certain interest. I think that is needs a bit more to really hold the viewer.

Jack Schitt - You don't know me!
by Baron152

Comment:
I like this one. He really made me laugh.