Puzzle
by drj5

Comment by FocusPoint:
Hello from critique club :)

Jon, I will be honest as I can be with you. I recognize talent when I see one and you are definitely one of them. Here are the things I like about your work,

1-Ideas
2-Imagination
3-Execution of your imaginations
4-Composition

What else left for you to get ribbons?

1-A better camera (this is a joke, haha), I love 30Ds

I think you need to find better subjects? I don't know. It probably and most likely practice practice practice situation. More photos you take and enter, better you will get, and I tell you one thing, you will get better quicker than others.

For this photo, I think you got 5.0 ( I mean good score) for the fame :\ Don't get me wrong, as I said, close to a perfect image but not too interesting. You also missed a white spot on the middle, should give a bit more angle... DOF is ok, I think I would probably keep the same amount. But frame goes pretty well with the overall photo. I think you got your 0.3 or 0.5 range from the frame. I definitely voted 5 or 6 though.

Keep up the good work; try as much as you can and you will start 6+ s very soon :)

Leo

Puzzle
by drj5

Comment by aKiwi:
Graphically this is a nice image. Minamilistic.
A grate of some sort I presume. No idea of what.

Heart of the Contraption
by drj5

Comment by getnoutside:
I like your intrepretation. I would suggest removing all the clutter and focusing just on the main subject.

Puzzle
by drj5

Comment by MistyMucky:
It's welded, therefore it's a kind of grid.

Very aesthetic lighting for metal, great composition and DOF. Not the most interesting shot of this challenge -> 'only' 9

Puzzle
by drj5

Comment by KarenNfld:
A metal grate? I would crop just a bit more off the right.

Heart of the Contraption
by drj5

Comment by glennc:
Looks like the cropping of this picture could be improved. The multi-meter also detracts from the "old" look of the photo

Heart of the Contraption
by drj5

Comment by M_Jayne:
Really nice photo but I guess I'm looking for something more literal. Outside of that a gritter surface than plywood would be nice :)

Heart of the Contraption
by drj5

Comment by smudgeSMJ:
I like the colors except how much the yellow screwdriver stands out. The green one does too, but is less noticeable since it's smaller.

The Tube Abandoned
by drj5

Comment by rinac:
Cool, the white noise is a great touch!

The Tube Abandoned
by drj5

Comment by smudgeSMJ:
I like the dof, the snow on the tv screen (how did you do that??)and the bright shirts of the girls really makes them visible in the back even though they are not in focus/the subject of the shot. Wonderful.