Gold, by Torrente
by willem

Comment:
Wow, I never saw this one when voting (just got my DSL yesterday)but would definately scored it well. Nice job. And ya got a full house of ribbons now on your profile. Looks nice ;-)
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Fragranced
by sahko

Comment:
Congratulations on your second Blue and your best score ever. You deserved it. This was one of my favorites!
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Follow the guiding light to your local House of Worship
by Drake

Comment:
From the Critique Club

This shot has a nice basic composition. I like how the light beams are coming out of the clouds. I also like how you have the church and what appears to be a church building (pastors house?) both in the image.

The yard does not have a very appealing appearance. If you cropped up to the very bottom of the buildings that would have a big impact on the appeal of the image. You also are suffering from a poor exposure. A longer exposure time would have helped to brighten up the image and help to bring out more of the buildings colors.

I'm not sure what you are trying to show as far as propaganda with this image however. This also may have had a negative impact on your score also.
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Pipe Smoking
by Yankl

Comment:
If the smoke was a little more prominent this would be a GREAT shot! Love the character of the character!
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Feeding The Senses
by Toddh

Comment:
I like what you are trying to do here but it's very grainy and in this instance I don't think it really helps. Love the reflection in the lid!
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Handbag
by Shelley

Comment:
From the Critique Club

This is an interesting take on the Literalism theme. Though not a common 'phrase' like many used it is common enough to get a reaction from most people.

The lighting is awesome on the purse itself. You managed to draw out the textures in the material. The reflection underneath the purse helps to give a different perspective too. You are a touch overexposed in a couple of spots on the hand but not so much as to be terribly distracting except maybe on the thumb.

The crop is IMHO a touch tight on the sides and maybe the top though. Also, I, being a HUGE fan of color, would have liked to see this in it's original colors.

One thing that immediately popped into my head when I saw this was that it would have been fun to see the purse straps in the hand so that the 'handbag' was holding itself. That would have been a truly original take on the wordplay!

Nice job,
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A dog´s life
by Alexys

Comment:
From the Critique Club

Things I like: Nice compostion! Touching, if a tad bit disturbing 'story' told by the shot. Nice use of B/W treatment to help set the mood.

Things I don't like: The whites are overexposed including the bag behind & left of the man and the hightlights in the dog you can see. The black dog is hidden so you can't see it's face. I almost didn't realize that there was another dog. A slightly different angle might have helped with that. The shot seems a touch soft on focus and a touch grainy. Did you use a digital zoom here? That would explain the focus/noise issues. Also contrast is a bit soft for a B/W image.

Overall, a nice photojournalistic type shot but not one I would want to hang on my wall.
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A Pure Scent
by librodo

Comment:
I'm not sure if I like such a tight crop. If I was gonna try it this tight I would try and get the center of the rose more off center! Also the framing is quite overbearing. I would rather see no or almost no border and MORE IMAGE!
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My Roses
by purpletroll

Comment:
This shot is WAY overexposed in the flowers. I get decent results if I turn off the flash and use lots of other lights to get good indoor still life type images!
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Stink
by Rego

Comment:
This is PERFECT for the challenge unfortunately it's too out of focus...
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