USS Recruit -- fastest ship in the navy -- an historical site as well
by jnenvir

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club -

Well you almost nailed the brown. I wont make this long as it looks like I will just be repeating most of what your other comments state.

You met the challenge for sure, but the technical issues really over power that. The blurry issue is just a really strong problem. Odds are this was handheld with a long shutter speed (long for hand held) and that ends up being all I think about when looking at the shot.

I do think you have a cool "model" here though. A wide angle lens (or standing further back) to allow the whole boat to be in the shot, and shooting on a tripod to allow a sharper shot would have served you much better here.

Tim

Night in the city
by Scapeshots

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club -

Solid shot here. Easily meets the challenge. The long exposure works great, excellent light, great detail and a wonderful smooth feel to the image. If this were my shot I may have dodged the boats a bit to make them stand out a bit more prominently but as is its still a lovely scene.

Not much else to add here. A very nice shot with a very good score attached to it. Well done.

Tim

Evening on the Huangpu
by zackdezon

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club -

From a quick browse through the comments you recieved I see that I will probably sound like a broken record on certain aspects.

You met the challenge for sure. There is a recognizable boat in the shot. But there are some issues here that definitely kept you from bringing in the higher votes from the (very picky) DPC crowd. Night shots of moving targets are tough. You did well using your high ISO and longer than usual shutter speed for (I am assuming) a handheld shot. I am surprised you didnt get more motion blur on your subject. But it still isnt as sharp as most DPC'ers are looking for.

Your tilted horizon is a big issue for most dpcers as well. They like either a straight horizon or an obviously intended tilt. This shot doesnt feel tilt intended. Straightening that up I think would have given you several tenths onto your score.

Your background while very cool (and I would keep that in mind for future challenges) competes with your boat. My eye is drawn more to the city scape and the boat starts to blend in with the city lights.

That all said - I really like the variety of lights and colors you have here. The NN did pretty good taking care of most of your noise issues.

Looking at your vote curve you realize tat it could be much worse. 5.1 average isnt great but you didnt really have alot of people who hated this shot. But in the end you didnt strike a chord either way.

I see you have been here just since March. Welcome! I hope you are finding your time spent here well worth it. There is a ton of info on this site that is worth gold. Pay attention to what people are doing and how they do it and keep on entering. Your scores will continue to go up.

Tim

at 29
by jdannels

Comment:
I really thought this would be in the top 5 easily. Yours was my 2nd choice for top image in the challenge (next to Louis of course). Great light, great DOF and detail. Top notch image all around.

"I EyE"
by Motek

Comment:
Congrats on the HM. An excellent image. Makes me want to get a casing for my camera. Then I would have to get a pool too.

blues
by IsabellSchatz

Comment:
Wonderful shot. Surprised this didnt score higher. The top 3 in this challenge all should have scored higher. Congrats!

British Bulldog
by roba

Comment:
Brilliant shot and a great story to boot. Congrats on the ribbon. Well deserved.

Interior
by Louis

Comment:
This was the shot of the challenge Louis. Congrats on the blue. Had hoped to see a higher score on this though. Well done.

golden seed
by yanko

Comment:
See now this just isnt fair. How are we supposed to look cool in this side challenge when you go and do stuff like this? Show off.

;)

3-june 08. before & after. droplets
by roz

Comment:
Great color and flow. I really like how you relocated the bokeh. Very nice.