Unexpected Find - Shakespeare can be fascinating!
by Grahve

Comment:
he can be ... has she tried romeo and juliet yet?

Going For Broke
by isonaj

Comment:
I ahve so been there :)

Sometimes They Visit
by popdeepop

Comment:
The horses are a little too dark ... maybe a little less contrast and more brightness may have helped.

Just Let it Shine Within Your Mind
by accord

Comment:
Border overkill? I am not sure that i would classify this as an unexpected find when this is what slinkys do.

Tough
by yann

Comment:
fantastic capture ... good clarity and an amazing find.

Hiding Place
by jamfull

Comment:
oh my goodness ... wha a clever pussy .. hehehe nice capture :)

In the nude
by Magnus_i

Comment:

::: Critique Club :::

Hi, my name is Kari and from the critique club.

First Impression - the most important one:
Ok .. naked man .. I could get used to this ... :)

Composition:
In taking the shot I think you needed to be slightly angled from the light to enhance one side of the body only with the light rather than having two seperate lines down the back and buttocks.

If I was at home I would have taken a copy and tried the following for the crops:

- have the lit part of the body on the vertical thirds
- tried to do with slightly less negative space above the head (not surethat would work)
- tried a crop that was the torso to jsut below the buttocks

Subject:
I know that this meets the challenge but I think that voting was affected by some who don't like nudes ... not really sure .. but that is the way it appears to me.

Technical (Colour and light):
body defintition is good, I do find that having that second line of light is destracting and not needed ... I think that there may be a slight over sharpening ... I love the effect of tyhe lighting and think that you have done really well with it.

To grow its vote?:
its about trying differrent things to see what will work .. this did .. but to improve try turning the body to get different effects and recroping to see how that improves the shot. Hve a look at the shot that came fifth .. what has been done there is to take the whole of the back and not split it with the lights ... this is also quite a lot of a warmer shot.

Summary:
this is really good .. well done ... quite a different shot for your portfolio .. keep it up.

If you've got any questions about this critique, please feel free to contact me via the PM system.

Cheers

Kari
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Mother Nature's Son
by k4rp

Comment:

::: Critique Club :::

Hi, my name is Kari and from the critique club.

First Impression - the most important one:
What a powerful image ... it is more like a painting than a photo to me.

Composition:
I think that this may be an area which could be improved ... by having hte horizon line dead in the centre the eye kind of stops there and gets a little stuck ... there are so many different lines in the picture that none of them act as a leading line taking the eye to a point of interest. Although I did found the rocks in themselves with the water an half the amount of sky may meet the rule of thirds and give a strong leading line ... I am not sure but that may work.

Subject:
Through the title it meets the challenge, I don't know the song ... but going by what is happening in the picture you have choosen a great angle for it.

Technical (Colour and light):
As I mentioned it looks painted i am not sure what processing steps you have taken to achieve this look as their are no photographers comments on this ...

The picture is sharp with a good use of aperture to achieve a very nie depth of field.

The water is sharp and good totally stop motion I can see the spray off the rocks which is great.

To grow its vote?:
Try a different crop ... I am not sure how much DNMC votes you got .. but it seems there may be one or two from the comments ...

Summary:
I like the way you think .. and I think this is a lovely shot .. keep it up.

If you've got any questions about this critique, please feel free to contact me via the PM system.

Cheers

Kari

Black and White Bloom
by nodster

Comment:
::: Critique Club :::

Hi, my name is Kari and from the critique club.

First Impression - the most important one:
Wow ... what an interesting way to view a flower.

Composition:
This seems ok, I went out and did a search on flowe photography to have a look at what really works ... and found that the majority of pictures I found did not have this amount of negative space around them ... I was wondering how it would look as a single flower with a tighter crop - this would also help in placing the flower within the rule of thirds a little more.

Subject:
Meets the challenge well ... but I could not really tell until I saw the photographers comments and am wondering if using a light defuser gave voters confusion in their voting.

Technical (Colour and light):
the edges of the flower appear sharp and in focus, but the center appears to be a little on the soft side .. I am not sure if you used manual focus or auto focus ... but it would be that the apperture was a little too narrow or that the camera was focused on the edge o the petal.

To grow its vote?:
I think trying different crops would help ... that is not saying this isn't a beautiful shot in itself. Also, black and white has worked .. but does the flower have more impact from the single light source in the colour shot?

Summary:
This is a fantastic first entry .. I see great things in your future.

If you've got any questions about this critique, please feel free to contact me via the PM system.

Cheers

Kari

Black and White Bloom
by nodster

Comment:
coming soon from the critique club ...

Message edited by author 2006-06-09 16:01:54.