I'm Free!
by GT350

Comment by Art Roflmao:
Love it! ...now put him back in the box til Woody II. ;-P

I'm Free!
by GT350

Comment by PlanetMaker:
Great execution of position and imagination

Brother and Sister
by GT350

Comment by Makka:
* Greetings from the Critique Club *

Hi Gerry. What a nice candid capture you have taken here. It's definately a nice beach silhouette shot and the golden colour reflecting off the water indicates late afternoon.

The main thing that bothers me about this photo is where the 'brother' is positioned in relation to the frame. It's very hard to tell if you could of used another crop without seeing the original photo but I find that he's just too close to the edge of the frame. Someone even mentioned cropping him out altogether. That was another possibility perhaps?

You've used a nice depth of field to keep the water nicely in focus across the whole photo which has worked well. As I mentioned earlier, the colour of the sun reflecting on the water is fantastic.

It's always hard to say why a photo scores what it does. I've always believed that a photo gets voted what the people think it deserves. You've done well with this shot and should be proud of it. Best of luck with your future challenges!

Neil

Brother and Sister
by GT350

Comment by Djabordjabor:
Nice silhouette

Brother and Sister
by GT350

Comment by brimac:
I really like this shot, love the effect of the sunset on the two subjects!9

Brother and Sister
by GT350

Comment by poonaka:
I think it would have been better without the brother

Brother and Sister
by GT350

Comment by jah_luv:
Great job

Brother and Sister
by GT350

Comment by barbaraanne:
Love silhouettes by water, good colour

Late Night At The Office
by GT350

Comment by fotomann_forever:
::: Greetings from Critique Club :::

Hi, as requested, here is an indepth critique of your submission.

First Impression - the most important one:
Nice shot, but I'm seeing a few imperfections that could have easily been fixed.

Composition:
I like the composition for a portrait. It may be a little tight, but not by much.

Subject:
Can't really miss him and there isn't any distracting background ,so all is good on that front. Also, looks like you met the challenge well.

Technical (Color, focus, and light):
Color: I like the black and white treatment, very natural feeling. I think I'd like to see a bit more midtone contrast, but overall the treatment is good.
Focus: Sharp and nice detail. Losing a bit of sharpness on the end of the nose, so perhaps a bit deeper DoF is needed.
Light: I like the lighting. I wish the light fall off on the face would have followed down the neck though.
Other: There is a big distracting white spot over the glasses in the dark part of the face. Since this was an advance editting challenge, I think you should have cloned that out. I think it would make a big difference in the shot.

To grow its vote?:
Well, the overall quality of photos in this challenge was very good, so I'd guess that you just got beat by other more interesting subject matter, rather than by your technique. A few technical flaws fixed would have helped a bit.

Summary:
A rather nice portrait with nice lighting. Good work.

Hope to see more from you soon,
Leroy

New Fallen Snow
by GT350

Comment by ArpeggioAngel:
Really like this shot. Nice vibrant colors and composition is unique.