Waldo at the Pumping Station (...yup, he's there)
by lwkimages

Comment:
This would have been good for symmetry, too. Great location, nice light.

"Seek and ye shall find"
by naomik

Comment:
Wonderful. 9.

Rock Angel
by faery

Comment:
At first I wasn't sure this met the challenge... but as I look at it it grows on me. Your model is great - great expression. I love it. And I'll score it high for pushing the limits of the challenge.

Wally and his doppelganger
by redmoon

Comment:
Two people! DNMC!

I kid. It's a great shot. I love the hard abstract cube against the soft sky. Would cropping off the bottom of the balcony help? Not sure...

The Missus' Morning Mission to find the Missing (Waldo X 3)
by Citadel

Comment:
Cute.

Desert Southwest
by tfarrell23

Comment:
Beautiful picture; a little more contrast would have really bumped it up a lot.

Eye have no Eye-dear
by mileskea

Comment:
Clever idea; I wish the execution were stronger. Focus is quite soft.

Down by the River
by Hipychik

Comment:
Colors seems a little off, and the tree in the middle is not a compositional choice that works for me.

? Pink
by sfmorris

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club! Thanks for the opportunity to comment on your image.

Pros:

Great bokeh, nice definition on the feathers, particularly on the neck. Lighting is good. Basically technicals are spot on. I also think your interpretation of the challenge was excellent.

Cons:

This is hard, because you have a technically good image that voters liked (scored slighly above average), but didn't love. So why didn't they love it? Well, we enter now into the realm of personal speculation, nothing more. But I hope it's helpful.

1) The color thing. Flamingos are "supposed" to be pink. I can't imagine anyone conciously marking you down for it, but it cuts into the "wow" factor.

2) He seems a little rumpled. Again, it's ridiculous to expect him to preen for you, but it cuts into the "wow" factor some more.

3) There's not an intense connection with the viewed. In my recent spate of farm animal critiques, I noticed the most powerful were the ones where there was a strong eye-contact connection between the viewer and subject. That's not present much here. I think voters saw a technically very good photo with little to grab them, so voted "average".

Challenge:

Your connection to the challenge is rock solid, and highly creative in a difficult challenge. I'm frankly surprised it didn't push you somewhat higher. I think has the image been just a little "grabbier," so people had spent a little longer thinking about it, it could have done really well.

Congrats on a very nice shot.

Aqua Vitae
by darnok

Comment:
Greetings from the critique club! This is a very nice image and I'm delighted to get to critique it.

Pros:

Your lighting is very good, and the streaks have great color, great exposure, and a nice fluid motion. Overall color of the image is very nice.

Cons:

Not much here; there are the burnouts in the glass, but they're minor, and I'd prefer a smoother background on this one (there are a couple of dark patches on the left side) but overall I think it's very good, and the voters clearly thought so too.

Challenge:

This clearly meets the challenge.

Thanks!