Quasi una fantasia ribbit
by timfythetoo

Comment:
ROFL, Really well done!

graphicfunk's wine back into water
by srdanz

Comment:
Really well done! Still don't know how you do it!

Serenity Deja Vu (original by grigrigirl)
by cresus

Comment:
The pose, cropping and model are excellent, find the background distracting and the focus a little too soft.

Eyes
by banmorn

Comment:
Hi! Here�s a comment from the Critique Club.

First Impression:
Busy! Eyes dropped to the large water drop front and centre, up to the dark area near the top, around to the left, back to the front water drop.

Composition:
I feel it�s too busy, with too much out of focus. The black areas on the screen are distracting in the bifocals as well as in the water drops. I like the colours.
My eyes kept following the glasses frame around, looking for what was in focus.

Subject:
Clever use of bifocals and feathers. Meets challenge. Speed voters may have had trouble!

Technical:
Find DOF too shallow. If you could have brought the frame and some water drops in focus, your picture would have really �popped�
Thanks for your comments describing what you did pre and post. Gives me a much better idea what your intentions were.
Sorry, I don�t understand your reference to RainX

Summary:
Congratulations on your 76% placement, and getting a score above your average.

Follow Me
by rayg544

Comment:
First Impression:
My eyes went to the face, to the hands, white part of left wing, down to the elbows, then over to the right wing. �What�s on the elbow?�

Composition:
Sky and wings too close in colour. Not enough contrast. May have been cropped to tight, but I don�t know what you may have been excluding on purpose. You didn�t include any notes on what you did taking the picture or post processing.

Subject:
Feel you met the challenge.

Technical:
Whites are blown and focus is soft. Nothing really sharp. Some contrast adjustment followed by some USM may have helped

Suggestions:
Don�t think the �sepia� effect works. May have been better in B/W, or original colour?

Summary:
Unfortunately, your statue doesn�t have a very high �interest� level. Post processing may not have been appropriate for this picture.

Sandhill Cranes
by Drake

Comment:
Hi! Here�s a comment from the Critique Club.

First Impression:
My eyes went to the body of the top bird and then down its wing, over to the second body then down the legs. �They, (these birds) look odd.�

Composition:
Found the combination of leg position and wing position logically challenging. Took me a bit to figure out what each bird was doing. Not your typical expected pose.
Background distracted from the subjects. Tighter cropping may have been more pleasing.

Subject:
Met challenge

Technical:
With no comments to go by, I don�t know what you were trying to achieve. I found it had soft focus, with nothing sharp. File size could have been bumped up to 640 X 640. You only used 560 X 560. Colours were a little flat. Saturation on the red could have been bumped up a bit to provide more contrast.

Summary:
The cranes were an excellent subject choice. Don�t know how patient the voters would have been to figure out your picture. Typical poses require less thought and are more inclined to get more of a �wow� factor!

This bird picture lacks the crispness and feather detail of many of your other bird pictures.

Shopping becomes comfortable..
by geeta

Comment:
Hi! Here�s a comment from the Critique Club.

First Impression:
Eyes drawn to the large �50�, then up to the blue �Sales�, over to the torso and then down to the railing. Looks out of focus!

Composition:
Cropping may have been too tight. Sign dominated the frame. More of the �store front� may have added interest.
Railing was distracting. Dark clothes created a hole on the left side.

Subject:
This may have been a comfort for you, but I don�t know how many people would have connected. People connecting with the picture would be more inclined to vote higher.

Technical:
Your choice of 1600 ISO made your picture grainy, giving it the out of focus look. Nothing was sharp. Given your shutter speed of 400, you had enough light to drop the ISO down to the 200 range.

Don�t know what software you used, but you could have increased your file size. You should take advantage of the 640 dimension. Your file was 596 x 427.

Summary:
This was only your second entry, keep your camera handy, and take lots more pictures! Enjoy!!!

Nearness of the daughter comforts mommy
by alexgarcia

Comment:
Hi! Here�s a comment from the Critique Club.

First Impression:
My eyes went to the top left green tiles, black ears of kitten and then down to the cat. Green busy and distracting

Composition:
Location and expression of the cats is good.
Step tread and background overpower the cats.

Subject:
Good capture and well titled.

Technical:
DOF shallow, focus on kitten is soft.
Not sure why you used 800 ISO, main subjects, kitten and cat lack detail.
Picture not square. Slight drop from horizontal on left side.

Summary:
The capture is good, unfortunately the location worked against you.

Invisible for everyone
by patrinus

Comment:
Hi! Here�s a comment from the Critique Club.

First Impression:
Nice shot! Scruffy beard and detail good! What�s that in the glasses?

Composition:
May have been cropped a little tight, but not much. Reflections are a little distracting. Don�t know if you wanted them or not! With no post processing comments, I don�t know what you were trying to achieve.

Subject:
Excellent capture. His expression begs for a comment balloon.

Technical:
It all works. Focus , DOF and lighting.

Summary:
Not much to say. Very nice picture from a composition and technical point of view. With an 89% placement in a very tough challenge, I agree with the voters.

melting frost
by margiemu

Comment:
Hi! Here�s a comment from the Critique Club.

First Impression:
My eyes went to the left leaf edge, blurry, leaf veins took me to the top right corner, blurry, then down to the water drop in focus. Nice back lighting!

Composition:
With such a narrow DOF, cropping the bottom half may have been more effective. Backlighting works well. Good job with the drop. 2nd leaf adds a dark distraction on the front leaf.

Subject:
I like your concept. Good eye to see the potential of the frost and the drop. Nice texture in the leaf.

Technical:
With no post processing comments, I can�t comment on your intentions. Lighting is effective with the leaf edge highlighted. DOF leaves most of your picture out of focus. More focus would have really brought out the edge ice as well as the leaf veins.

Summary:
Nice shot, I think the shallow DOF and cropping worked against you.