sunset
by sidpixel

Comment:
Quite a lot of sensor dust on this one.

Down time
by nygold

Comment:
pity you chopped the top off the bridge

counting sheep
by Neat

Comment:
The heavy handed editing kills this for me.

herfotoman
by herfotoman

Comment:
Nice to see this do so well Herman.

Urho
by Urho

Comment:
Ihana kuva Juha! Onnea.

The Old Coal Plant
by TommyMoe21

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club

We have run out of fresh images to critique at the moment, so catching up on some older ones from the queue.

For the challenge topic the building hits the mark, no question there. I find the composition could be improved a bit. The dull colour of the Chicago River does not really add any value to the image. It's not very interesting and I would have cropped a bit tighter to place a bit more emphasis on the building yet still retaining Similarly with the trees, I would have cropped some of those out.

I'm not sure about the grain (and neither I think were most of the voters). I totally get why you added it, but it feels a bit too artificial. Main thing for me is the flatness - I think a contrast boost would have helped a bit, quite often after using HDR software images tend to look a bit "flat" and I think this is one of those cases.

Take this with a pinch of salt, just one person's point of view, but maybe explains the 5.2 score.

Well we're all in the mood for a melody....
by Ja-9

Comment:
Greetings (again) from the Critique club

We've run out of fresh images to critique, so now there are some old ones in the queue.

You did extremely well with this particular shot Janine, I love it when those last minute attempts do better than we could ever expect.

This was one of my favourites in this challenge. I loved the simplicity and really liked the texture (assuming Analogue Pro?) I don't have an iPhone any more but I do find that sometimes I get better angles when using the phone over the "big gun" not sure why :)

Not too much to comment on this one, it's a well done image

timfythetoo
by timfythetoo

Comment:
This is one of those images that grows on you.

Abra
by Abra

Comment:
This appeals to me on so many levels. Wonderful.
Keep coming back to this - really excellent

Pretty in Pink
by Ja-9

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club Janine

Quite hard for me to critique this image, Gerbera are my favourite flowers without question and I have used them a few times in challenges too.

You did quite well with this image in the Pastels challenge, just missing that coveted 6 by a whisker.

I think a couple of things could have pushed it over to the next level. The composition is quite tight. I think I'd like to have seen a bit more of the pale pink out petals.

Even though the histogram indicates it's properly exposed, I find it a bit flat. I think a slight levels/curves adjustment would pull the image back a bit and give it a bit more contrast. I'm sure you were trying to keep the soft pastel tones, but I think it's pastel enough to stand that sort of adjustment.

Very nicely focused. Quite DPC friendly.

Hope it helps a bit
Sarah