That Silky Swimmer
by rdlorf

Comment by shutter22:
Really great exposure!! I know how tough exposing swimmer shots can be.

"Like a speeding bullet"
by rdlorf

Comment by timfythetoo:
Greetings from the Critique Club -

First off - Great timing!!! You really caught a great pose and look. I wonder what your son thinks of it. It is a fun and entertaining image thats for sure.

A couple of issues that I had with it that may have prevented a higher score were the soft focus (but at the distance you were shooting from that could be expected), some of the skin tones look a bit odd and I am really not digging the vignette. I am guessing you were shooting for a perspective of looking down a gunbarrel or something. Its just a bit much for me. Also a bummer you had the two guys standing behind. If it had just been your son that would have been pretty cool. But whatcha gonna do. You deal with what you get.

Overall an entertaining pic, but lacking the technicals and the extra wow power to really score a whole lot better than it did. That said I cant imagine that you would give this pic up for anything. I look forward to seeing your future entries!

Tim

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Comment by Melethia:
Great shot - heckuva POV.

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Comment by annig:
IN YOUR FACE! Great capture! (did he win?)

Blue and Green
by rdlorf

Comment by littlegett:
From the Critique Club

How are you doing today? I am going to touch on a few items with your image.

Colour;
The colour here is really nice, I enjoy the hint of purple within the blue and the blue flower really pops out nicely from teh yellow/green background. The colour is very nice I don't think I have anything bad to say about it.

DOF/Focus;
I think this image itself goes nicely with a shallow dof, however, I find myself wondering what it would be like if the focal point was more in the center of the blue flower instead of the edge. Also being for the rules of third challenge, I would assume the stronger focal point would be within the rules suggestions. Also I keep wondering if those are little stems inside the flower or if its just empty? I do think a change of focal area would definitely improve the overall image.

Post;
I think the post was selected very sparingly and works mostly, the bright spot on my upper left is a bit of a distraction and I wonder what a white adjustment might do? if it would change it to drastically? You did a good job here in post.

Off Items;
As stated above the white spot and also the focal point are off to me. Also as the focal point is on the edge of the flower, the idea of the rules of thirds does not hold very strong for me. Also I may have moved the frame of the flower a bit to the right to be more in a 1/3 position. Not much just a touch.

Other;
I think you did a really good job here and the very nice colour is your strongest point here. I think with playing around with focal points and composition you will really do well with your images.

Nice Job

Andrew 'littlegett'

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Comment by RitaD:
How funny! I only wish his head was in focus insead of his feet. Great idea though. I love this guy's expression. 8

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Comment by cpanaioti:
This just looks plain weird. Cool, but weird.

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Comment by hotpasta:
that's hillarious...wish it were sharper...what a wierd pose!

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Comment by Grainey:
love it great shot

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Comment by neophyte:
Incredible capture.