Street Child and his Dogs
by andrewm

Comment:
really like this photo...the way you are showing this kid's connection to his dogs works beautifully...something odd with the way you framed it though :)

Road Kill
by tito79_98

Comment:
Clearly a setup photo which does not interest me at all. nice attempt though :)

It's 11pm, Do You Know Where Your Kids Are?
by f0rce

Comment:
Here we go with the TeddyBears again...LOL....nice lighting, subject too centered

Don't Drink and Drive
by byetko

Comment:
Great piece of PJ....hope everyone was ok....9 zadore

Sharing Is Caring
by indigo997

Comment:
...from Critique Club...

Hi Nancy...

FIRST IMPRESSION:
The look on this kids face is priceless. :)

COMPOSITION:
Nice. The placement of the kid is very good. The bucket stand is a bit distracting because of the different leg angles. I'm really not too crazy about that bush looking like a 'mohawk' hairdo on the kid. I understand why you made it BW, but in doing so you still got stuck with the jacket being the same shade as the bucket, and, honestly, it took me a bit longer to figure out what was going on in the photo...a different angle could have helped. I do understand the circumstances in which it was shot, and in photojournalism there seems to always be compositional imperfections, which differenciate the photo from a 'setup' photo. :|

TECHNICAL:
Really nice focus on the the kid and the bucket. I would have tried a shot with a wider aperture (2.8 maybe) and try to eliminate background detail. Lighting seems natural and his face is nicely lit. :)

ARTISTIC:
This shot is very nice looking. It sure tells a story...a great story, and it is worthy of a newspaper article. Your timing was perfect with the bell being held up...it makes me stare and wait for it to go down and ring...awsome how you caugh him looking at someone else (candid)...nice 'tension' shot. Beautiful kid, interesting to look at. :)

OVERALL:
A very unique photo that stands out in the challenge. Well deserved placing. :)

SIDE NOTE:
I had to get very picky on this one...cause at a first look I thought it was great :)

Drug Bust
by hblake

Comment:
nice capture...a bit more contrast would make this clearer....lower angle would have eliminated the socket on the wall which is distracting

Living On Faith
by Shiiizzzam

Comment:
Priceless face...wish you had framed it a bit lower, or cropped it tighter...10

Face Off: Harvard vs. Cornell
by RiderGal

Comment:
awsome timing....love the tension on the shot...wish there was more lighting on their faces, and the ref wasn't blocking them

Flower
by Title9

Comment:
oh boy...i'm sure you've heard it already, so I won't say it again :) Nice macro shot,though :) 3

Aflame
by n_ravikiran

Comment:
Not too sure what you were trying to accomplish here, but looks like you failed. The image is too out of focus, the 'flame' is too centered at the top.