Unchained by Candlelight
by camelotnorth

Comment:
Critique Club
Composition-Content
I like the composition here, although I do find myself tilting my head a bit to look at the score. I am wondering how the candle relates to the song, though I think that candelight does add a lovely soft and romantic feel to the picture.
Background
You have managed to create a strong black background which does help to keep the composition nice and simple and allows the viewer to look at only the key elements of the picture.
Technical
Focus is excellent here and the whole image is very sharp, I really need to learn how to use the unsharp mask cause I think it really adds a lot to the overall quality of the picture. The candlelight has created nice soft lighting, though I am not too keen on the green glow around the flame.
My Opinion
I think that you did a good job of representing the song, though perhaps overall the picture needs an extra something for impact, though to be honest I can't think of anything! Anyway, hope that this helps and Good Luck in the next challenge.

"Love You To Death" - Type O Negative
by lykofos

Comment:
Critique Club
Composition-content
Although I a not usually a fan of this kind of picture, I thought that yours was original and had a strong impact. Your room must be a pretty interesting place! Your composition seems pretty perfect to me, good cropping and only contains the essential@info. Perhaps a tiny bit more space on the right of the picture to include the edge of the fingertips, but this doesn't really effect the image.
Background
Background colour is good here and complements the image. There is nothing distracting in the background and it sets the figures off well.
Technical
Overall focus seems a little soft, cause of the obvious low light situation and the aperture of 2.8. Paerhaps having a slower shutter speed would have compensated and abled you to use an aperture with more depth of field. I think that the colour cast on this picture is one of the strong points, really adds to the atmosphere.
My Opinion
I think that you did a great job with this, very original and could easily imagine this being used as an album cover, unfortunately don't know the song but I can imagine that this would fit well. Hope that this helps and Good Luck in the next challenge!

Mississippi Riverscape
by RiderGal

Comment:
Lovely composition here, great balance. feel that the focus is a bit soft, I think that if everything was a bit sharper there would be more impact.

Japan
by KimInNB

Comment:
Fantastic!! Where did you go for this one? This really has a beautiful, romantic feel to it and great composition. I went to Fukushima a few weeks ago, bad timing cause I would have loved to have used some of the landscpes for this challenge! This should do really well! A true winter wonderland! Great work!

Winter Sun
by Roseytone

Comment:
Lovely shot and great composition. I think it would have helped a lot to have cropped out the green flare at the bottom.

Abandoned to the Cold Prairie
by jimmsp

Comment:
What a great desolate feel to this, great use of B/W.

SNOWFIELD
by howza

Comment:
Fantastic patterns and composition. I think the snow is a little grey, did you use exposure bracketing? I tried using +1.5 to get cleaner snow. However the different colours to the snow adds dimension. Great shot.

Boatscape
by Freebie

Comment:
Great composition and lovely lighting and warm tones here. Great picture!

Moonlight
by emorgan49

Comment:
Lovely tones here, beautiful serenity. Perhaps the snow is a bit blue, but not sure how you could have made it look whiter, perhaps a fill in flash would have made the foreground lighter? Gorgeous scene!

Oak Tree
by Gotcha

Comment:
I love the simple composition here, lovely balance. I wonder if shooting later in the day would add a bit more interest to the sky, but at the same time it was a good idea not to include a sunset!