Look but don't touch !! I'll break
by psart

Comment:
nice but has nothing special to add over all the other types of these images I have seen

Watery Perspectives
by meyers

Comment:
not sure what this has to do with silky smooth?

silk.
by veganmegan23

Comment:
good idea but this isn't for me

Three Silky Chicks and One Smooooth Mama
by dtremain

Comment:
cute, I like the contrast of colour between the grass and the water but I would like to have seen this zoomed in a bit closer

va va voom
by tase

Comment:
i dont really get the connection with silky smooth.....
But anyway, the picture itself is okay, nothing that special to be honest and I really dislike the blown out sky

Friday Night Lights
by AP

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

Firstly i'd like to congratulate you on your 12th place and your new personal best, these three shots certainly deserve all the praise and high votes.

Composition
Commenting on the layout first, I really like the way you have laid these out, especially the fact that the panorama is positioned in the middle and seperates the other two images of equal sizes.
All three images have been composed extremely well, my favourite being the bottom of the three for the unique view point, I really love the angles. I also like the tight crop on the panorama which helps to keep it an interesting image with little dead space. In the top one you have obviously thought a lot about the position of the tree as it has been used effectively to frame the picture. If anything it is slightly too overpowering and detracts from other interest in the scene.

Lighting
I can imagine all three of these were pretty hard to both meter and capture effectively. Starting with the bottom one, I like the orange lights to the left as they tend to guide my eye along the image. I'm not so keen on the lighting to the right as it looks slighty overblown and quite distracting. The middle one is pretty much spot on but seems to suffer from a fair amount of background noise which causes some of the light to look fairly un-natural and distorted in some places.
The top one is really nice and almost looks like a painting, in fact all three of them look fairly arty and this is definitely a good thing.

Conclusion
All three of these have strengths and weaknesses, the bottom one suffers from some harsh lighting and I'm not too keen on the person being included in the scene, I know it is meant to show motion and activity but it does nothing for me as it is slightly too blurred to add any real impact.
The middle one appears to suffer from a fair amount of background noise which is a real shame as it causes the lights to become slightly distorted. The top one is probably the strongest in terms of technicality but is perhaps a little too dark for the amount of detail included in the scene.
The strengths, which have been commented on by other members during voting, have helped to create three great looking images which work harmoniously with one another.

Keep up the great work!
Chris

Cait
by Efergoh

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club :o)

I'm not really sure I can give a critique that really gives this photograph justice as I have NO experience in shooting portraiture, but I will do my best to tell you how this image comes across to me and I'd be more than happy to refer this to someone with more experience if you feel the Critique is not entirely helpful.

Composition
Simple composition works really well, I like the fact the subject is off-centre and in my opinion the spacing on either side of her is spot on.
I also like the way the cloth placed over her has many folds and creases and I especially like the way it has been wrapped around her right arm as this symbolises comfort.

Lighting
It is quite apparent that this is the real strength here and the soft lighting really adds a lot of depth and character to this image. I have noticed one person in particular has already commented on the fact that they would like to have seen more lighting on the face, but I do not necessarily agree as I think it provides and element of mystery.
I like the backlit background but I can see certain areas that look like air pockets in the material and I find these slightly off-putting , but this is only a minor niggle.

Conclusion
You have chosen a great model and she should be congratulated!
It looks like she has a tatoo on her right hand side, I wasn't sure about it at first but the more I look at this shot I like the fact the tatoo is visible as it adds more interest in the scene. Both lighting and composition are technically very strong and there really isn't much I can fault.

Keep up the great work :o)
Chris

a third of enthusiasm
by zuzhen

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

This is probably my least favourite subject to comment on as I do not have any experience when it comes to portraiture, so in that regard i'm not sure how helpful my comments will be, but I will try to be as honest as possible about the way this shot comes across to me.

Composition
Fairly simple and straight-forward composition which works well for what you are trying to portray. My only niggle, I think it has been too tightly cropped on the left hand side and there should be a bit more space between his head and the edge.
The background is neutral and helps to make the subject stand out, but i'm not sure I like the way the background changes just above his head, I think it may have been better if it was a completely black background, but again this is only a niggle.

Lighting

The natural light from the window has done a great job in bringing out the detail on the left hand side of his face but is not strong enough IMO to add any real impact in this shot and there are too many dark areas. I know this was probably done with intention to add impact to the "whatever" i'm not bothered attitude you are trying to portray but there are other parts in this shot i would like to see but are annoyingly too dark.
I have no experience in using umbrella's or secondary lighting so unfortunately I cannot comment on how these techniques could be used to improve this image but i definitely think it would be worth experimenting with an additional light source from the right hand side.

Approaching Middle Age
by Rankles

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club :o)

I've spent a lot of time looking at this one trying to work out both the good and bad points and wow, you have certainly managed to capture a lot of detail is this shot.

Composition
I absolutely love the angle this has been taken from, it really puts a lot of focus on the expression and features on this tom cats face and helps to draw my attention to his eyes which, in my opinion, happen to be the most powerful part of this shot.

Colour
I've been looking at some of your comments regarding whether or not this shot is classed as B&W, and in my opinion the de-saturation of colour, whether intentional or otherwise, has really added a whole heap of character to this shot and going back to the eyes, they boast the most about of colour in the whole image and rightly so.
The background remains neutral and does not distract but carries enough detail so the viewer can make out what it is. Great DOF to achieve this.

Lighting
In my opinion this is the only real weakness in the shot with the area around the right hand side whiskers and eye over-exposed. I'm guessing this is caused by the sun shining on this side of his face and would have been hard to control without underexposing other parts of the shot. Perhaps the only real fix for this would have been to move to a different location where the lighting was more neutral but I know this sometimes not always possible and you've done a great job with the conditions available.

Conclusion
A pin sharp image with plenty of detail to keep the viewers attention. You have shown strong technical ability to produce an interesting image out of an otherwise ordinary subject.

Great Job!

FALLEN (Infrared)
by davidus428

Comment:
love the colour