HighKey
by Tom

Comment:
Loved this image :)

luna tic
by pointandshoot

Comment:
Wonderful image - well done! Ignore the score ;)

Damn Peaceful Country
by gisli

Comment:
Beautiful and a well deserved blue :)

Divine Prophet Child
by ekmai

Comment:
Congratulations on your ribbon - very well deserved :)

Intrigue
by RKT

Comment:
This was my challenge favourite :)

Boat House View
by Len Scap

Comment:
Well how often does one of my favourites appear on the front page - let alone win!? Well done indeed :):)

Cloudy night
by techgeek360

Comment:
A great image for your first entry, don't worry about the low score ;)

A Refreshing Twist
by wkdesigns

Comment:
Hi from the Critique Club!
I like the idea behind your entry and I think that it fits the challenge well. You've made a good job of 'freezing' the water with a fast shutter speed. I don't feel that the main water flow is sufficiently sharp to grab attention, and like other commenters, I find the background distracting. I think it's definitely something you should work on, with different lighting, backgrounds, composition etc You've got the basic structure it just needs some polish - I look forward to seeing more!

My Umbilical Cord
by wdamman

Comment:
Hi from the Critique Club!

I thought those tube things were supposed to stop your wires getting twisted?! ;)
A nice clean image that fits the challenge well. The composition, colours and focus are good, my eye keeps getting drawn to the area of blown highlight on the yellow jack. It's difficult to deal with this in Basic Editing as it's such a localised problem, I presume it's something you would have tackled without these constraints. You may already do this, but I find the adjustment brush in Camera Raw really useful for locally recovering highlights, without affecting the image as a whole. (I suspect this is illegal for Basic Editing so don't use it there - just a general observation)
Overall a good image that might have lost a few DPC points for being a bit 'stock'!

As an Arrow
by DaleFrazierPhotography

Comment:
Hi Dale from the Critique Club!
I love the colours and lighting in your image, very rich and seductive. I usually like a shallow DOF but I don't feel it works well in this picture, the point (excuse the pun ;) ) of focus is at the very edge of the frame and my eye spends most of it's time elsewhere and there's nothing comfortable to rest my eyes on. The double reflection makes me feel a bit funny too, as though I'm going cross-eyed. A cleaner reflection, a larger DOF and a different placement of point of focus might turn this from a good image into a stunning one!

I hope that doesn't sound too negative, I really enjoyed spending time with your image :)