Octopus Garden
by eljay128

Comment:
Nice tones in the metal and nice contrasts with the green background. The cob webs are a little distracting though as is the shadow line in the background.
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Yesterday (all my troubles seemed so far away)
by qwharton

Comment:
Nothing in this shot seems to really be sharp which leads me to believe your focus was a touch off. It's also a little small. If you check out the tutorial section there is one about sizing for DPC.
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Said She's Travelling on the One After 909
by The Resplendent Snippycat

Comment:
Very good attempt at a long exposure shot with a still subject. You can see a little bit of motion blur in the models arm but not too bad. The lighting is very harsh though. Did you take this during the middle part of the day?
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I Don't Care Too Much For Money
by NoellaSue

Comment:
Neat idea for the shot but a couple of things are distracting. First the models shirt design. A simpler shirt would have looked better. Your use of flash makes the lighting very harsh and flat and causes the hard shadows. Lastly, the money seems to be a little soft and it's supposed to be a main part of the subject according to your title...
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There beneath the blue suburban skies...
by marbo

Comment:
I guess I'm kinda old school, but this just looks way too... artificial for my taste...
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You Won't See Me
by scalvert

Comment:
This is kinda cool in a Where's Waldo kinda way but oncce you found him it's doesn't hold much interest...
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orange
by silviul

Comment:
From the Critique Club:

This is a very elegant, very simple shot. I love everything about it. I love the sharp contrasts between the shelf and the dark background. I love how the orange acts as an intermediary between the white and black. It also grabs your eye and holds it. I love how the lines of the shelf lead your eye right to the orange even if it isn't needed. Incredible use of lighting though the hot spot on the orange does detract a little.

Only little nitpicks that I have. The orange could have been placed so you didn't have the dark spot at the bottom of it showing. The crack in the paint on the left side is a tad bit distracting. And as I mentioned above the hot spot on the orange.

Incredible shot for a first entry!

Why didn't this score better? Only the voters know for sure...
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Lateral Displacement
by Bear_Music

Comment:
I totally can't believe that this finished way down at the bottom of the top 100. This was my favorite of those I got to vote on by far and one of the highest scores I've ever given out...
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Texas State Capitol Building
by yanko

Comment:
No fair shooting up into a dome. Oh wait, never mind! :-P
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This Is My Life
by Judi

Comment:
From the Critique Club:

This shot overall is very nice. I'm torn about the lighting though. At first I thought that it was kinda cool that it was such a dark shot, but the more I look at it the more I think it's too dark.

Technicals: Very nice focus. Very nice colors. Very nice DOF. Exposure seems to be off. The shot is just dark. If this is what you were aiming for you hit the mark. Does it work? That is another question. Were you trying to seperate the subject from the background through darkening of the background? If so you did it. However, it doesn't look right. It looks like it was post processed that way and if you can tell it was pp'ed a certain way, IMHO you failed. Kinda like if you can taste one ingrediant in chili...

I would love to be able to see the original of this.

Yours
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