Hello yesterday....
by niwedimages

Comment:
Composition: Left-hand tin seems slightly too close to the left hand edge for me.
Technical: Lovely DOF and choice of B&W. Is the very thin line around the edge because of sharpening? Might have benefited from cropping a pixel on each edge.
Meets challenge: Not sure where the cliche is, sorry.
Overall impression: Nice interesting pic, but composition lets it down a little for me. 6

Sunset #16
by zadore

Comment:
Composition: Nice balance between the pole and tree. I like the way the tree stretches out into the space at the top/right of the pic.
Technical: This is quite a dark pic, which I don't think is aided by the border. Did you try a border that is even lighter?
Overall impression: Although it is quite dark there are so many things I like about this it's hardly even a problem. 9

The Empire State Building, (shrunken)
by catpixel

Comment:
Composition: Nice use of lines to draw your attention to the main subject.
Technical: The quality of the building looks qutie iffy, was this a camera issue or some rescaling prob?
Overall impression: Very clever idea put the pixelation of the building lets it down. 6

Faded Rose from 2002
by vtruan

Comment:
Composition: Excellent
Technical: Absolutely love the DOF. There's just enough detail in the b/g to make it interesting but not enough to take you off the main subject. Not sure if it's a feature of the camera, but the pic seems to have a white line around it.
Overall impression: So nearly excellent, but the white line puts me off a bit. 8

Bird of Paradise
by Cub

Comment:
Composition: I think I would have been tempted to crop this pic square. This would make all the leaves cropped to the same length.
Technical: Nice focus and colour, it's a shame the beak of the bird merges with the leave a ltitle.
Overall impression: With the colours and focus is could have been nice, I guess it was difficult to get a good pose from your model! 6

Floral Arrangement
by jgillard

Comment:
Composition: Might have tried lowering the camera so the pic did not contain any table/mats. I like the inclusion of the pot though, rather than just the flowers themselves.
Technical: The flowers look nice and vibrant but some of the leaves near the bottom are qutie dark meaning they don't have a lot of clarity.
Overall impression: Very nearly a good pic, but lacking slightly on the above. 6

A Rose by any Other Name...
by bdshort

Comment:
Composition: I like the direction of the two crossing petals and the thin leaves. For a flower it seems quite angular.
Technical: Focus is excellent. On my monitor the stem is very dark, which detracts from the pic for me.
Overall impression: Darkness let it down slightly for me. 7

Sandy....!!
by STEINR

Comment:
Composition: Good. Did you try cropping so the subject was slightly more central?
Technical: Great lighting.
Overall impression: Good shot with the tongue out! 7

Let Sleeping Dogs Lie
by mcrael

Comment:
Composition: I really like the way the frame is filled.
Technical: Focus is slightly off on the subject's forehead but looks great elsewhere. Lighting looks a little dark, but this does draw your eye nicely into the centre of the pic. Excellent use of borders too.
Overall impression: Really nice pic. 8

Sun Rise Cliche'
by justine

Comment:
Composition: Really good positioning and balance between the yellow petals and the black of the b/g and centre.
Technical: I really like lighting and contrast. Pic is let down slightly by the focus of the end of the petals.
Overall impression: If focus was slightly better this would be near perfect. 8