I Walked Here
by greenem2

Comment:
Beautiful Black and White Photograph. The shadows show through lovely. nice gray tones. I really like the curves of the bridge

Arches
by Gordon

Comment:
Crique by Silver Fox.
Greetings Gordon.

There are two main thoughts that lead me to your photograph, the first is the blue Arches and the second is the moving figure at the end of the
photograph.
Your DOF from front to rear is excellent and in focus. You've even got the hole in the 9th square in focus as is the bright object between the 2nd and 3rd Arch. The lighting coming through the Arches is just enough to create shadows which add something mystical to your photograph.
Now, the girl in the background. Was she put there on purpose, or did she just happen to walk by at the wrong moment? Doesn't matter, for me she neither adds or takes away from the photo. I would prefer not to have her there, but would prefer to have the darkness at the "end of the tunnel".

You have excellent composition, colour is great and clarity is also there. The angle that you've taken the shot from is an excellent choice. The eyes do not wander around, but are led directly from the front arch all the way to the back (except for that little white spot)to the female figure.

Good job, Gordon!

Soft Light
by jimmyn4

Comment:
Crique by Silver Fox.
Hi Jimmyn4

Nice photo Jimmy, but gotta by honest with you, it did not "Wow" me.
You certainly did a nice job, I like the black background, the leading line is fine, but that "switch" stopped me in the middle of things and made me look around. I wonder if you'd had a cord with no switch at all, just a cord running straight up to the lamp, what a difference it would make for you?

When I got to the Lamp, I didn't know what happened, if the shade was crooked or the lamp was off balance or what? And then my attention was taken to the bulb, a bit bright? Perhaps a smaller wattage bulb so it would not show through the shade and wash down onto the lamp?

Okay. The idea was a good one and you were meeting the Challenge but I think you were rushing yourself a wee bit. Slow down and take a look next time, move things around, take a few more shots, and good luck next time.

Sincerely,
Silver Fox.

Another Egghead
by Geocide

Comment:
Critiqued by Silver Fox.
Hello Geocide!

It's an interesting idea for the Challenge.
I would assume that you've used two types of lighting here, one from the left and a blue one from the top? or is it just a blue tint done afterwards?
The keyboard comes in nice and clear and focused but the Egg seems kind of fuzzy to my eyes. Is that because of your image resizing? And I like the way the background fades out to the darkness. . .

The finishing score of 4.9 on your photo may be telling you something as I don't really see anything technically wrong, so it must just be an issue of visual impact that held your score down, others did not see what you saw. . .

All in all, it's nicely done, so keep trying!

Scrambled Egg, Coming Up!
by DougPaz

Comment:
Critiqued by Silver Fox
Sure hope it's Hard Boiled :}

Great Shot Doug! My first thought was "Wow, really nice!"

Composition is really nice, and I like the greens, browns, yellows of the grass that you've been able to capture on the ground. It's a nice sharp photo and the focus is great.

I wonder if you could have shot it a bit lower though, and by doing so, you could have avoided the shadow of the egg on the golf club? There is also a bit of a bluish/purple tone on the egg and the golf club, what's that from? By shooting lower, could it have been avoided?

You met the challenge with your photo and I felt you had some Wow with this photo, surprised it came in so low, even if you were in the rough!

Enthusiastically fried egg
by SharQ

Comment:
Critique Club by Silver Fox.
This is an excellent Photo. The background black is simple and pleasing to the eye and naturally does not take away from the main photograph of the bowl of flame. You've done a good job of capturing the various colours of whites/yellows/red of temperaturs of the flames, but the problem is I can't see the egg!

Other than that, I'm at a real loss to tell you in what way you could possibly improve this photograph.

Is there any way you could possibly show the egg and not have as much flame? I doubt it? Can I possibly see an egg to the right of the small flame? Is that it?

Exposure/Lighting/Focus/Post Processing/ no issues what so ever

Good jog - SharQ

Spring Flower in Woods
by kandyj

Comment:
Greetings from Critique Club: Silver Fox
I'm doing a critique on the flower, not on the Leading Lines Challenge as I do not believe that this fit the challenge.

Personally, I love flower photos and the more natural, the better, such as the one you've captured here. I think perhaps that you should have looked for one that you could have "shot" from above rather from below, as the whiteness of the sky has sort of blown the flower away from the person looking at it.

You've captured the yellow nicely, but I would like to have seen some of the greenery around it at the same time.

The focus and lighting are good, but I notice that you've cropped off a piece of the top petal, was this on purpose? or were you just going to large with it?

What you have to remember sometimes is that BIGGER is not always best,sometimes keeping your photograph smaller and bringing in some of the background would enhance your flower with some visual impact, but only you can decide what is best. There really isn't an aspect of this flower photo that makes it stand out and shout "look at me", but at least you tried, and you entered it in the Challenge, so please keep on shooting and keep on trying your best to become better at what you're doing. . .
Sincerely, Silver Fox

INFERTILE
by kosmikkreeper

Comment:
Greetings :)from Silver Fox
My first impression was how grotesque, however, it's a very interesting idea that you've come up with.
It does seem a bit out of focus and the lighting is kind of poor, giving it an overall blue tinge, making it difficult to decide where to focus my eyes.
I'm really glas you didn't have any of the egg leaking out. . .

Your work was creative and certainly unique, so keep at it. .

Bridge To My Heart
by jerrft

Comment:
Looks like the whole bridge is leaning over sideways to the left and the colors don't look right. did you do this on purpose? Nice looking covered bridge, are vechicles still allowed to drive over it?

Mist
by imagesloyola

Comment:
Nice photo of the mountains and the misty flats. What country was this taken in? The colors of the sky/cloudy area are great.