Lemon DROPS
by justine

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Critique Club
It's quite hard to add any more insight into this picture as your comments have been very detailed and in my opinion, helpful. I think that your idea is great and I like the use of the water and reflection. The picture has a great sharpness to it. My previous comment was that i would like to see more of the lemon in the background, either through deeper DOF or through changing the composition and switching the two lemons. A bit more light in the background would also have been good to bring out a bit more detail and possibly a little less on the lemon in front. You have had lots of "makes my mouth water" comments, so I think if you could possibly change the DOF issue, then this would be a great picture! Good Luck in the next challenge!

Stillness of motion
by Saturnine

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Critique Club
You have done a great job of showing motion here, especially with the use of camera movement instead of shutter speed. There is an interesting quality to this picture, quite dreamlike. Personally I find that the placement of the tree is too central, I think that if you had framed the tree into the left side of the picture, it would have been more appealing. I do like the use of blue here, but I wonder what it would have been like if it had been green. Great picture and Good Luck in the next challenge.

Water and Fire
by 'Pong

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OK, this looks like fire, but I if I understand your details correctly, this is only water? If this is so, you made a great job at making this look like fire, great illusion. Just a shame that your comments couldn't be seen during the voting. I like the way that you have made a ring around the outside and the lower part of the water has great texture. Also the colour and contrast here is good. Personally, think you would have been better off taking a picture of real fire, I think that it would have been more dramatic. Still, after all the bush fires over there, can understand the reason not too!

Speed Reading
by paynekj

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Critique Club

This was one of the ideas I tried out, even with a slow shutter speed I found it hard to get the motion I was after. I think that you did a good job here. Your composition is good and the simple background works well. With a slightly slower shutter speed you might have got more motion and it could have been very effective. Perhaps if you play around with the shutter speed and also try using a colour book to add a bit more interest, you might find a great picture! Good Luck to you (yours looks better than my attempt!)

Freedom
by Brenna Kimi

Comment:
Critique club
Hi there Brenna,

Well, I am sure you gathered from the comments that this was a bit small and people couldn't make out what you were photographing. The composition is a bit too clustered, so the main point isn't obvious. It is hard to see that there is a flag here, partly to do with the motion but also the angle isn't great. If you had taken a picture of it from the front and used a slightly faster shutter speed, cropping out the background to focus on the subject and get rid of the bright light, I think it would have done much better. Good Luck in the future.

House Finch
by Swashbuckler

Comment:
What a fantastic capture! Great use of DOF, great background! A little grainy but wonderful picture.

Dixie in December
by rll07

Comment:
Lovely portrait. I was expecting a Xmas bauble around his neck or something like that, cause of the title.

Marco
by amonteforte

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Great focus and DOF here, lovely capture of the expression. Possibly a bit too much background space.

Birds Eye View
by spiderman

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A bit too grainy but interesting lines shown in the composition

Earthbound Stars
by mjcecil

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Super sharp! I need to learn to use the sharpening tool, the effects here are great!