Say a Prayer
by david1707

Comment by curtiskaj:
Vibrant reds, love the soft focus of the background

Say a Prayer
by david1707

Comment by digitaldave:
Good use of depth of field to add interest to the shot.

Say a Prayer
by david1707

Comment by PBTechie:
Great contrast

Tunnel Vision
by david1707

Comment by marcellieb:
This is a comment from the Critique Club;

I see this is your second entry and already you are improving. Good work - keep it up.
This one is very interesting. What does the original look like? You might have gotten a few low votes due to people not knowing what it is. With something like this, try and compose your title in such a way that it adds a little bit of explanation.
There seems to be a lot of white in your photo. This tells me that the original was very dark. My suggestion - Take the original, make it B&W, Make it a bit lighter, bump up the contrast and then turn to negative.

Tunnel Vision
by david1707

Comment by GIS_boy:
Really interesting effect - negative image definitely worked in the favour of this image. 7.

Tunnel Vision
by david1707

Comment by Kivet:
cool, not sure what it is but i like it. It really draws me in, still trying to figure out what it is :)

Tunnel Vision
by david1707

Comment by santos:
neads more contrast but I see what you are trying nice one

Tunnel Vision
by david1707

Comment by Simpa:
Light at the end of the tunnel ???

Nice..

With Grandma's Help
by david1707

Comment by kari1:
::: Critique Club :::

Hi, my name is Kari and from the critique club.

Interesting to do a critique on your image but it is difficult if you don't give us any information in your photographers comments. When we do a critique, we go past just the photographic result, that's what voters comments do. The critique looks at what you were trying to achieve, how you wanted it to look and what issues you had in getting the image captured and ready for voting.

First Impression - the most important one:
First up ...not bad .. I think you scored better than I did with my first!

Composition:
The composition you have is fine .. but it doesn't take advantage of the cadid of the people ... here are some addional hints for composition in future:

Composition is about leading the eye into an image (painting or photo). Research shows that the eye enters bottom left and travels up to top right ("Leading Lines Rule"). Once in there, the same research tells us that the eye finds comfort when the point of interest (POI) sits on a thirds line or intersection ("the Rule of Thirds").

Subject:
Doesn't truely meet the challenge ... as it is about the camera and not the candid.

Technical (Colour and light):
The sepia tonings work ... but be careful not to overuse them.

To grow its vote?:
Think about what the challenge is .. look at the description, if there is one, and think about what you need to make the shot. For a candid it is hard .. cos you can't set up and control the shot ... but for others I think you will be fine.

Summary:
Good shot .. keep it up .. I want to see more from you.

If you've got any questions about this critique, please feel free to contact me via the PM system.

Cheers

Kari

With Grandma's Help
by david1707

Comment by GrayGhost:
Nice composition. This would be a nice entry for the Hands challenge. Better focus would help, and for this challenge, faces would help a lot.