Times Square, 2005
by pawdrix

Comment:
I was sure you'd get the blue. I'm so sorry you didn't. This really is an amazing photo. Excellent job.

June

A far way to climb
by ad12

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club.

I like how the lines in this picture lead the eye up towards the tree, nicely done. I find the out of focus foreground distracting, I would have used a smaller aperture to achieve a deeper depth of field. The image is also a little dark, perhaps adjusting the levels would have fixed that, or a slower shutter speed since I noticed it was 1/1000 which is pretty fast. Next time, if you have control over your camera's settings, setting a small aperture (higher number) will automatically select a slower shutter speed. Practice makes perfect! :)

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June

Where's Ron?
by Photogirl_in_Vancouver

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club.

The first thing that caught my eye in this picture was the waterfalls and then the rainbow. Nice capture. There's a few things that I think think would have made this image better. First, there is no real sense of perspective here, it's just not very obvious. The blurring of the water works wonderfully with waterfalls but here the highlights are too blown. Perhaps a shorter shutter speed would have worked better. The colors look muted, a little bit of saturation would make this a much more appealing photo. This image has to potential, it just has to be tweaked a little.

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June

close down
by zetos

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club.

This is a nice idea for Perspective and Ilike the toning, it goes well with the old building.

There are a couple things that I don't like here. The blown sky is the biggest problem with this image. It is not very appealing and it takes the attention away from the subject. I know how hard it is to get a proper exposure when there is so much contrast between the foreground and the sky but a graduated neutral density filter or graduated gray filter usually works well.

Another thing is the white stripe on the left hand side. I'm not sure what this is but it's just very distracting. Not much that could have been done if it was that blown in camera. Keep trying, practice makes perfect :)

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June

Bubbles? My Bubbles!
by Schuff

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club.

This is a very cute portrait, your model is very cute. The bubbles are a nice effect and I think the placing of the on his nose is perfect.

There are few things tha I don't like in this picture. The subject is looking away from the camera and that's fine, but because of the direction he's looking in, I would have placed him on the othe side of the frame and had the negative space in the directon he was looking at.

The hair and he background sort of blend together, there is no real definition between them, perhaps another light or a reflector would have fixed that problem. The loss of detail in the shadows is really shame because this is a nice portrait.

The bubbles around his hair are not very defined either and all we see is the bright spots and this a little distracting, I would have cloned them out. The whites in his eyes are bit dark and I think dodging them a little would greatly improve the overall look.

Another thing, I don't know if you used Neat Image or not cause you don't specify, but in my opnion the whatever noise reduction software you used was set too strong, he almost looks plastic.

This is just my opinion and you did very well in the challenge so keep it up.

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June

Charm
by magnus

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club.

I like compostion here. The placement of the model in a corner works in this case and the negative space doesn't take away from the subject. The facial expression is nice and the pose looks very relaxed. The contrast between the background and the model's skin color is also nice, it definitely makes her pop out and be the center of attention, as it should be.

While the lighting on the model is good, bar hotspots on here face, I think the background needed another light source on the left. This would have given you a perfect white background and made this portrait much stronger. The bracelet is another thing that bothers me a little, it really doesn't add anything to the image and is distracting. The eyes could benefit from some dodging, they are the first thing that people see in a portrait but in this case my eye keeps getting drawn to the much brighter smile.

This is just my opnion and you did well on the challenge so keep up the good work.

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June

Look of despair
by bobdaveant

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club.

Let me start by saying this is a great portrait. I like the compositon an the landscape mode, it works well. I would have cropped the white part on the right as this make the image look off balance.

The blown highlights on the side or her face are very distracting, my eyes keep wandering there taking attention away from the subject. The loss of detail in the shadows are also a bit distracting.

I like the post processing. I have no idea what you did because you didn't provide any details but it works. The only thing I would try to fix there is the slightly blown nose. This obviously just my opinion and you did very well, keep it up.

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June

Happy
by glad2badad

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club.

The first thing I noticed in this image was that the horse's face was cut off at the bottom. I know that the subject is the girl and not the horse but that is very disctracting. Perhaps a wider crop would have been better in this situation. Perhaps an even closer crop, just the girl's face would have worked too because this is such a nice expression.

I like the expression on the girl's face. The light is good and she is properly exposed without any blown highlights, specially on the tshirt where it would have been easy to do so, good job. I think the eyes could benefit from a little bit of dodging, just a tiny bit.

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June

Race Colors
by ph223048

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club.

It is difficult for me to critique this photo when I have no idea what you were trying to portray. Perhaps a brief description on the Photographer's Comments would have been helpful.

I must give you kudos for thinking outside the box and daring to enter something like this but as you can see, it's not the sort of thing that does well on this site.

What bothers me the most about this image is that I can't see the faces. They are there, but completely overexposed. Perhaps you could have the subjects properly exposed while you turned the background white. The composition is good.Other than that, there's really not much I can say. Keep trying!

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June

Autumn Slumber
by kendall6

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club.

My first thought when I saw this image was "WOW" This is a very creative portrait, definitely miles away from the typical head and shoulders shots.

I love the color and the contrast between the light, rosy skin and the deep red leaves. The exposure is spot on and so is the focus. Closed eyes works well in this shot, it gives the feeling of peace and rest which contrasts in a weird but complimentary way with the deep red that predominates in the image. I don't know if that makes much sense to you but it does to me.

There is really nothing that I would change in this picture. Awesome job, keep it up!

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June