Cup of Tea, Darling?
by Konador

Comment:
12th place? Not too bad, Ben, but I feel it should have been higher on the rankings.

Take Your Seat
by Tarbini

Comment:
the glint on the end of the pin did it for me.. and apparently for others.. great! congrats!

Alien Beings Help in War Against Iraq
by jenarom

Comment:
good job! congrats!

Say Cheese!
by Sonifo

Comment:
wow sonifo! another one! congrats!

Married for 68 years
by GolferDDS

Comment:
Critique Club Assignment:

Initial: This reminds me of my late grandparents. Their whole body language with each other... they are comfortable friends who have been thru it all together. Congrats to them!

Technical: Their natural closeness is depicted well here, however their straight on stance in the composition and the flat lighting leaves a snap shot feel to it. Not that it makes it terrible, .. snapshots are valuable. But if you had been able to do something to kick it up a knotch - like help to arrange their positions to each other, use a more solid background, or leave more space between them and the background to give less dof or focus on the background - then I feel it may have scored higher.

Overall, I love their expressions, and in the end you were right to just catch it.

So..there's the two sides of it :0)

Time Warp
by ozaibak

Comment:
Critique Club Assignment:

This really gives the impression of a time warp/travel.

The exposure is good, and the quality is good. It has limited appeal/usefulness imho. Was a good idea for the challenge.

I am wondering as I type how it may have improved the image to show the 12:26, then in the background more ghosted 12:19 or something, then even less visible 11:59.. The point is.. in a time warp, or in space, when you look to the stars you are looking back in time, ... just musing. (shrug).

Anyway, I liked your image overall.

Years Gone By.
by vtruan

Comment:
Critique Club Assignment:

Initial: Interesting subject.

Composition: The framing of this photo is done very well. The house placed in an advantagous part of the image - even the position of the house how the smaller part leads the eye to the horizon - the dirt/grass edging that leads my eye into the photo on the angle, The clear horizon with interesting topography. The puffy clouds. Nice.

Technical: The colors seem a bit odd to me .. especially the cyan in the sky, and the purple hue to the clouds. There seems to be compression or perhaps oversharpening in the entire image.

I have no suggestions on this photo besides the quality issues.

Dinner Time.
by ebuelna

Comment:
Critique Club Assignment:

Initial: Nice tones ... antique feel, interesting light.

Technical: Good composition. The lighting is nice, however there is grain in the dark areas. Could be a bit more in focus in some areas.

Suggestions: Since it has an antique feel, and uses antique or old fashioned-feel/diner-feel shakers I think an area of improvement would be the clock hands moved to the 5:00 position. 5:00 was the traditional time for dinner before this world became crazy,.. in America at least.. I don't know where you are from off hand so maybe this is different.
Anyway, the point is the clock saying something arbitrary like 6:33 has less impact than, say 5:00 or even 6:00..

Withstanding the test
by Rocmon2000

Comment:
Critique Club Assignment:

Initial: What a pleasant image to view. Purple/blue flowers amongst the green grass leading my eye to the trees that softly shade the old building. The light that dances along the side of the building.

Technical: Composition is done well. Time of day for lighting is good. Colors and focus are clear and bright. Exposure is good.

Overall: It has general appeal. My favorite part? The dancing light and the flowers. What would I do differently? I might attempt a slightly different angle. Maybe sepia or b&w.. but that would take away the lovely colors....so..
As far as meeting the challenge.. I don't like to comment on that because I am liberal about that. That said, I think it was a subtle "time" subject for most dpc'ers. I think this may have scored higher in a different kind of challenge.

;0)
Karen

Symmetry in time
by frd91gt

Comment:
interesting interpretation!