R*E*T*I*C*E*N*T
by Rooster

Comment:
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First impression
1. Beautiful model and you captured it well
2. Good use of colours and lighting
3. Don't know what R*E*T*I*C*E*N*T means and therefore have to look it up. Finding out that it can be many things so it takes away thinking of the picture. There are so many "Non US" on DPC like me and only understand simple English.
4. Good border pick.
What could you do better
1. This is a good example of perfect rule of thirds, i.e. eyes are in the top third, person in the right third but in my opinion you should have zoomed a bit more in on the girl or add something to the picture. There is to much of empty space.
2. There is nothing else that I know of!
Hope this helps

Message edited by author 2006-05-10 20:30:36.

The Gift of Love
by Oddfrog

Comment:
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First impression
1. The picture is to dark. If you were trying to get romantic feeling in it I think that adding a bit of red tone would have done better or just blurr it a bit. (if that is allowed in Basic Editing)
2. I was looking for a hint on what was inside the boxes. Is it chocolate? Is it a jewelry? Are the names on boxes? What is it?
3. Setup is good.
What could be better
1. Applying of rule of thirds is almost ok but the cropping imo should have been to take more of the bottom away and show more of the top.
2. Lighten the picture and correct the colours.
3. The ribbon on the gift is badly done and therefore distracts.
Hope this helps.

Message edited by author 2006-05-10 20:30:09.

Band Nerds
by Rebecca

Comment:
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First impression
1. I didn't understand the Cliché but I pretended too :-)
Wild guess was that "nerds" is also a word for sweetees.
There are a lot of foreigners on this site. From a small place like Iceland there are 293 people (1 for each 1000) on DPC.
Therefore in choosing title it is better to use simplified text.
2. Good focus on near things
3. Nice idea
What could you do better
1. Upper left corner is dirty
2. Rotate the picture few degrees clockwise to use rule of thirds and make the sweetees inside the picture. In the way you have it the eyes tend to go out of the picture.
3. As you say, purple rather than almost black.
4. I would have liked to see all of the sweets in focus.

Message edited by author 2006-05-10 20:29:45.

Sleep Like a Baby
by margiemu

Comment:
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First impression
1. Good Cliché
2. Beautiful girl
3. Lighting and colours are good.
What could you do better?
1. I am not sure on this but the focus is good but there is something blurred. Maybe sharpening a bit would do the trick.
2. There is something missing. Perhaps a small toy or something that hold your attention to the picture. My eyes tend to go away from the picture. Maybe just a solid frame would do the trick!
As you can see, I am not good in judging pictures like this one (if I am good in any).
Hope you forgive me on this.
P.S. I gave you a 6.

Message edited by author 2006-05-10 20:29:21.

Sinulog Festival
by blackenedwhite

Comment:
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Congratulations on your highest score. This is quite good.
First impression
1. Good rithm
2. Bright and lovely colours
3. Good applying of rule of thirds and leading lines.
4. Contrast and focus good on main subject.
What could be better?
1. The houses are a bit to bright.
2. I would like to see a bit more of the others in focus. Probably not possible.
3. The person to the right looks a bit grainy. Maybe applying of NeatImage would have helped.
4. Try to care for the score - that helps make improvements :-)

Message edited by author 2006-05-10 20:28:59.

You can't judge a book by its cover
by alexgarcia

Comment:
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Congratulations on this high scoring picture and top 20 finish.
First impression
1. Superb selection of a Cliché
2. Nice looking book
3. Good selection of a "inside" book.
What could be better
1. I would like to see more of the book in focus. Mainly the near things.
2. Try to use a bit more of the rules of thirds and leading lines. This could possibly be accomplished by rotating the book a bit counter clock wise.
3. The background colour is to white for my taste. Makes the book kind of in the air.
But again, congratulations on this fine picture.

Message edited by author 2006-05-10 20:28:44.

Feathered friends
by ShutterPug

Comment:
Its actually like there is only one and a mirror :-)
Nice capture.

Don't Press Charges
by Judi

Comment:
Face looks familiar, Icelandic maybe :-)

Driving People Crazy
by e301

Comment:
Good title :-)

Driving People Crazy
by margiemu

Comment:
Good title :-)