Waiting for Players
by amcraig

Comment by tfarrell23:
I love this.....great depiction of the Challenge

3 Ugly Ducklings
by amcraig

Comment by Cantique:
Good Grief! What are these guys? Funny picture!

3 Ugly Ducklings
by amcraig

Comment by indianzfan:
Only faces a mother could love! 5

3 Ugly Ducklings
by amcraig

Comment by JoelHSmith:
PUT AWAY THE UGLY-STICK! nice eye. creative capture. 6

3 Ugly Ducklings
by amcraig

Comment by fstopopen:
I love the emotion in the front one's face.

Tanked
by amcraig

Comment by TooCool:
Nice perspective and leading lines!
TC

Tanked
by amcraig

Comment by omnibus:
Definately an interesting viewpoint that conveys a feeling of massive power. I find the sky at the left edge a bit distracting and think this photo would work better with it cropped out.

Tanked
by amcraig

Comment by cghubbell:
I think this would be more dramatic if the tread filled the frame, and there was no grass.

Freshly Baked
by amcraig

Comment by JC_Homola:
Greetings from the Critique Club
and welcome to the site.

This is a good first effort for a challenge. It definitely fit the criteria of the challenge.

A number of comments have already pointed out some the weaknesses.

The crop and angle are the two major points I see.

If you could bring the level of view up, to focus more on the cookies and the top part of the oven I think it will help. A little light on the interior of the oven would accent it. I could see using a smaller baking sheet with fewer cookies so you would have more space around your central theme.

I do think that the oven mitt is fine, it creates a sense of movement, your pulling the fresh cookies out of the oven. I might find a more neutral one though.

I hope this helps.

JC

Freshly Baked
by amcraig

Comment by Dave Gordon:
The cookies look great, but I think the shot cries out for cropping fairly close below the tray, and the hot pad looks out of place.