The Lonely Traveler
by robgregory

Comment by Dmosier21:
Ah, I see him. Took a while. Good concept, maybe a tighter crop though.

The Lonely Traveler
by robgregory

Comment by AP:
nice framing but the subject is so wee!

Water Town
by robgregory

Comment by Ivory:
This is simply put just a very pretty scene, wonderful capture.

King of the Hill
by robgregory

Comment by Ivory:
Great black and white, reallytells a story.

Night on the River
by robgregory

Comment by Ivory:
I have always loved night scenes and again as in other images you have done the colours are great.

Where The Water Buffalo Roam
by robgregory

Comment by Ivory:
Wow, what a great trip this must have been. Love the mist over the mountains, beautiful capture!

Fire Lily
by robgregory

Comment by Ivory:
Beautiful, I really love vibrant colours and this one is outstanding!

The Connection
by robgregory

Comment by LalliSig:
Greetings from the critique club :)

Well I didn´t vote in this challenge but if I had, I probably would have voted this a 3. Sorry but I got to be honest about such things when I am supposed to be giving a critique. Most of that is the very poor connection to the challenge theme, I just don´t see any connection to the theme "missing link" no matter how hard I look. I assume you mean they are connected through nature but how? By poking at a butterfly and flower? It´s just too much of a stretch for me and I think I usually have a pretty open mind about photos meeting the challenge.

Just look at the top 10 in this same challenge. All of them are unquestionably meeting the challenge head on, there is pretty much no way you can missunderstand these images unless you really try or come from a very different backround than the people who photographed them. Try to be more direct next time, like for instance going in really close and just having the butterfly between two different childrens fingers. Make sure that there would be no way people thought the hands belonged to the same person, maybe using makeup or dirt to make one hand darker than the other or use a grown up hand versus a childrens hand? I at least am not fond of the composition and if the main focus of the picture is supposed to be the fingers and butterfly, it´s just too little a part of this photo.

Regarding technical features of this photo, the exposure seems ok. I am not fond of the fact that the heads of the children are slightly out of focus, I would either want to see you use a smaller aperture to have everything in focus or the opposite, their heads more out of focus. Colors seem a bit too warm but that´s not bothering me much, if it was intentional I totally see why you used a warmer white balance.

Anyway hope I am not being too negative and welcome to DPC. Just try to keep things simpler next time and try to put yourself in the voters shoes and do something they might find interesting and make sure you really tackle the challenge head on instead of having such an ambigous tie to the challenge theme.

You seem to have the camera basics down so just try to be a little bit more inventive and put more effort into your next entry and you should be fine.

Kind regards from Iceland, Lárus.

The Connection
by robgregory

Comment by LaMas:
very snapshotish and bit too far away from the center subject to really get involved with it.

The Connection
by robgregory

Comment by surfdabbler:
I like the viewpoint, and the crop, but it's a pity the crop results in such a small image. The subject is quite hidden, but the arms work well to direct the eye in to the middle.