Reflection
by Wishingdove

Comment by Yo_Spiff:
Sky is a bit grainy, and the overall scene comes off to me a bit on the bright side.

Reflection
by Wishingdove

Comment by salmiakki:
I think the less is more approach may have worked better with this image.

Reflection
by Wishingdove

Comment by K3Master:
I shall be rating this challenge by the following criteria:

1 - Not HDR in my opinion

3 - HDR is way over-done, in my opinion

5 - A reasonable use of HDR, but not a very engaging photo, in my opinion

7 - A reasonable use of HDR, and an engaging photo, in my opinion

10 - A fantastic use of HDR, and an out of this world photo, in my opinion

Your photo receives:

3

Reflection
by Wishingdove

Comment by elTORO:
BEAUTIFUL reflection!! love this so much, great capture, 9!

Reflection
by Wishingdove

Comment by bspurgeon:
I like the overall scene, composition and reflection. Too many blown highlights in the sky and noise in the blue from the processing. 5

Tears Of A Child
by Wishingdove

Comment by ByHelnwein:
DNMC - Not compelling. Please review challenge description.

Tears Of A Child
by Wishingdove

Comment by Dvan:
My absolute favorate. Brilliant.

Tears Of A Child
by Wishingdove

Comment by arpitmittal:
awesome

Tears Of A Child
by Wishingdove

Comment by unbreakable:
I love this photo. Perfect light, perfect model, perfect adherence to the challenge. This is my first thought when I think of "drama"; how are children affected. I hope this carries a blue for you it should.

Barn On The Prarie
by Wishingdove

Comment by Budya:
Greetings from the Critique Club and welcome to DPC!

First impression: I like the tall grass on the foreground but the image does not have anything that captures my attention for a long time.

Composition: Your composition is too central for me, I would have liked to see it with less sky, which would put more emphasis on the grasses.

Technicals: Your focus seems a bit off -- nothing seems in focus. I would suggest getting off the landscape mode and try your hand at actually taking control over your photo -- aperture of 2.97 does not really work for a landscape shot, try F 8 and higher next time.

Final Thoughts: While your photo has potential, there is nothing there that grabs attention for a long time and the technicals are off. There are good tutorials on this site about how to improve the technicals and the processing skills as well as multitude of forum threads which can be very helpful.

Feel free to PM me if you have any questions.

Cheers,

Anna