Night Falling
by boyte1

Comment:
*critique club*

Overall
I'm new to this site, but I've learnt very quickly that the range of abilities here is huge. Some will understand your photographic point immediately, while others just look for standard shots and criticise everything they don't understand.

The challenge called for "office art", a title which can range from anything found in offices through anything appropriate to hang in offices. Here, I believe that your shot captures some of the melancholy of evening work. Besides that, I don't think that there's anything really interesting here.

Artistic
The tonal palate used is narrow. You could have upped the saturation on the lower left-hand reds somewhat, and maybe brightened the top left-hand blues. The clouds don't appear menacing and are a touch soft.

Compositionally, you're trying to contrast the whispy left clouds with the more dramatic right ones. Perhaps you felt that the inclusion of the lights would provide some feeling of scale.

Personally, I'm not really into clouds, so, part of this critique reflects my own prejudices more than anything else. I find the image lacking in real drama, brought about by a dullness of colour and somewhat staid composition. If you had waited for a better timing, when the clouds were more interesting, the overall effect would have been better.

Triathlete Magazine : Danskin Elite start, race won by #38 Sabine Bildstein
by Gordon

Comment:
*critique club*

Overall
You did what you set out to do - create a piece which would fit the magazine cover of your choice. Of course, that's obvious, but given some of the comments (and entries which were placed highly) this challenge attracted, I think that your shot is a better result than your final position achieved. Leaving space for the title was good, but I suspect some may have marked you down for it.

I like the various expressions. Outsiders to any field often have stereotypical ideas about what kinds of people enjoy that field. But, to those inside, the types are as varied as anywhere else. Here, you captured exactly that - different human reactions and strategies at the beginning of a tense race.

Technical
I'd have liked a little deeper dof to include the runner in the far left. Otherwise, absolutely fine. I'm amazed that you could capture so much light on such a short shutter speed.

Good photograph.

Bright Eyed
by juliaperson

Comment:
nice eyes, but the shadow created by the nose is too distracting

Me Too
by Toddh

Comment:
nice tonal contrast, great texture on the skin. maybe a 1/2, 1/2 composition was a little banal . . .

All the Guys See Anyway
by shareinnc

Comment:
... then why didn't you show us more? good humourous photo.

BodyScape
by photogoo

Comment:
pity you cropped too much off the right ; p only kidding, a great shot- the grain works very well

Searching for Wonderland
by pipedreamer

Comment:
You're a pretty girl...

Self Portrait
by Girl from OZ

Comment:
Yes!

Quiet Morning
by dmunger

Comment:
I'm sure that this shot will do well.

Falling
by willsy66

Comment:
action ghost