Don't Look Up!
by Jak

Comment:
Strong lines lead the eye up--one almost feels vertigo!--good colours -strong graphics this is symetrical without being boring using the staircase as a counterpoint

Kansas Hay
by moodville

Comment:
Excellent composition--the eye keeps coming back to the hay and the horizon

Misty Mountain
by Swashbuckler

Comment:
Lovely grainy gritty feel and good contrasts in the layers of trees

TAHITI BOUND!
by Mustbelost

Comment:
The Critique Club

Your photo for the Travel competition is well composed, well exposed and there are no digital problems. It is also about travel and so fits into the challenge well. The only problem I can see is that your subject is very mundane and there is nothing to jolt the viewer—to make him think—hey I never saw this from this angle-I never thought about this in this particular way. I am sure in most cities around the world there are examples of signage and buildings that come close to this –so this picture is probably very familiar to most people in some way or another. And I think that this is why you scored fairly low—the picture did not hold the viewers interest. Perhaps if you had taken this from a different angle it might have been more striking—

Andrew

Sunset on The City: A 30th Floor View
by RiderGal

Comment:
The Critique Club

When I first saw your photo I felt immediately that this cityscape was composed of such warm colours that all the harshness of the normal urban landscape is brushed away and the human scale seems to come back. Your composition is good with the bridge leading the eye into the city which stretches as far as the eye can see. The water makes a good base for the warmth of the cityscape. Te focus is good with a wealth of detail that I am sure will come up on a good print—there are no digital artefacts and your exposure seems spot on with detail in the shadows and a warm glow from the clouds in the sky.

As you can see from the comments most people enjoy the picture postcard feel to your photo and indeed I am sure that the quality is there. The only criticism that I can make is that there are no surprises in your photo—I know this is difficult but the picture seems to cry out for an aeroplane or a boat—but this is nitpicking—Well done on a lovely urban landscape

Andrew

Running Water
by karmat

Comment:
Wonderful milky effect of the water and the rocks are perfectly exposed

Prickly Pear
by goodtempo

Comment:
Truly excellent--great composition and textures

Frozen Holly
by BAMartin

Comment:
Contrast between the red and green startling and the effect of the ice adds a gloss--very good

Juniperus Virginiana
by Anachronite

Comment:
Beautiful contrast between the berries and the green--well done

Farmer's Harvest
by erin_m02

Comment:
Excellent picture--good contrast between the corn and the leather--good colouring and exposure--excellent compostion