New Here ?
by ralph

Comment:
If you made all these rows by hand, you have great patience :)
Looks good, subject placement is nice. you can also call it "odd one out"

Radio and technology
by palmfrodur

Comment:
It has a lot of blown out sky and won't be acceptable as a stock image.

Gone Fishing
by garrywhite2

Comment:
wow !! that is some awesome catpture...great timing

Beautiful Anneu
by arianto

Comment:
this is a very good portrait.. I don't see how its related to friendship, but its one of my fav portraits

Black and White
by DanSig

Comment:
Hello from the critique club !

Looking at this picture, I can't decide what your subject was? I believe its the ducks, but the emphasis is on the fence which is much brighter and attracts all attention. the ducks on the other hand are in shadow, the heads not showing, and no detail that I can see.

On the topic of Ansel Adams, this is not what his technique was about. He rather had emphasis on the subject and tried to make the surroundings divert attention to the main subject in different ways. the photograph should have more details and a range of tones.

On your submission, I think you can use some USM ( sharpening ) to bring a little more detail as the image resizing covers up the details.

Feel free to pm me if you have any questions.

thanks,
Gaurawa

Fear Not
by librodo

Comment:
The expression is great. A few things that bother me are the light/shadow on her hands. the effect looks good on the face, but one hand in light and another in shadow somehow doens't look that good to me. Also the catch light in her eyes.. they are distributed and are on the periphery which looks kind of odd.
But again I am no expert in portraits, just a viewer :)

Rubin "Hurricane" Carter greets Toronto Raptors' Maurice Peterson
by Morgan

Comment:
best friends ? the handshake looks more like business than friendship

Ernie and Me
by jeffzoet

Comment:
funny expression you got there, both you and the dog.. nice capture

A best friend is one who walks in, when the rest of the world walks out.
by Manderz400

Comment:
I like the noise in the picture .. a little more contrast would be welcome too, making it more like an old b/w photo..7

Snuggle Friends
by naomik

Comment:
You have taken a bold step by using a border like this. I hope dpc voters accept it. good luck with the border :)