Reflections on the Moon and the River
by HVGB_photos

Comment:
critque club**

very dramatic!

perhaps a slowing the shutter a bit more would help this shot alot. I like how you tried to make the image grainy but the ISO used for this shot is tooo high, 800 is recommended to be used as the most for grainy effects since 1600 is basically way too much.

the exposure of the moon is a little too much as well imo, the over all feel represents an erie emotion but thats what i like about it! your eye tend to wander alot in this picture as well..the rule of thirds is a nice thing to follow, perhaps cropping it in a different way would have helped...try playing with the levels and curves next time to see what shadows stand out since the darkness is over powering.

the clouds are my favorite piece of this shot as well as the reflection on the lake but because its so dark it tends to lose its competive edge over all.

Screening
by bogulo

Comment:
Critque club**
Wow, this shot is gorgeous!
I love it, not much about it to critque on but I have to lol

first of I love the use of lines in this shot, they flow very nicely, although they lead into a very distracting bright light at the end which i believe should have been cropped out...if that was out of the question though I suggest perhaps changing the angle a bit.

I also would have loved this photo a bit more if you tried to have the actual reflection in focus...you currently have the end of the line in focus and like i've stated its pretty much a space of white light which is very distracting.

the main reason i love this photo is because the reflection is very dramatic. the tone of colors is gorgeous and the position the two subjects are in make this photo even more wonderful.

over all its a nice picture..perhaps cropping in closer would have helped and I love the grainy feel to it!

Curvature
by amjlt

Comment:
critque club**
my eye is instantly drawn to the brighness of the bulb which leads to my concern about what is the main subject in this photo? the picture isnt very sharp as well perhaps because the lens is focused entirely on the bulb and not the red thing.

background-
the black background makes the subject stand out very much but overall it makes the picture pretty boring

foreground-
I love the use of lines in this but then agian I am confused as to what the main subject is in the picture...perhaps if the red object was a bit more exposed it would help with the lines drawn from the bulb and the red object. the macro on your lens isnt focused on both subjects either, i appologize if your main subject was the bright bulb.

over all- this picture is very interesting I like the use of colors green black and red but its mysterious and does not follow the challenge it was submitted in imo.

My own airport
by Goldwing_ed

Comment:
Critque club**
A tripod would have helped this picture very much..setting the aperture so low doesnt help much with keeping this shot very sharp as well.

A fix for this is to bump up your image in photoshop with levels and brightness/contrast and playing around a bit with curves although it may be tricky if you're a beginer it does wonders to the picture.

now onto the good stuff :)
I love how the building is exposed in this shot it seems to be the only crisp and properly lit subject in this picture and it does a great job at catching your eye. unfortuantely everything surrounding it is very soft.. alot of people on this website tend to love crispness so keep this in mind next time

another thing that could help with this shot would be to shoot in bulb, this is when you hold the button till you feel the proper amount of light is soaked in. try it sometime and see how your shots turn out. I have a nikon and to get to bulb you simply bring the shutter as slow as it goes till it reaches bulb, not sure how it is on the rebel but give it a shot sometime :)

what's the problem?
by nataliepeeters

Comment:
CRITQUE CLUB**
I love the concept of this one, the lighting is very very nice as well! good job, the rim of light on the back of the neck gives it a nice feel.
since I notice you also have a D70s I think this shot could have come out a bit crisper than it is now perhaps setting your fstop higher and your shutter slower on a tripod would help with but i dont see why it came out like this on the settings you posted. perhaps you saved the jpeg as very low quality, heres a tip for saving on the website with losing minimal quality.
on photoshop (if thats the program i believe you used) press CTRL+ALT+SHIFT+S or simply click on file-save for web and make sure you save between 75-90% for a crisp jpeg on the internet.

what i think would make this picture even more dramatic is that i think if you didnt black out the edges of his face as hard as you did and have it fade it smoother it would make this an even nicer composition. over all the idea is great.

A Classic Reflection
by strickerblue21

Comment:
**critque club**
your main subject appears to be the yellow car in reflection and is nicely complimented by the red of the door. unfortunately this is not what appears to grab my attention at first. A great test for doing so is by flipping the image upside down and closing your eyes, you then open them to see whats the first thing that comes to your attention. When i did this the first thing i saw was the bright horizontal line running down the door panel. what i suggest you do to make this image stand out more is crop it in a little closer. one reason for doing so is that the trees are also very distracting and bring in unwanted texture that don't really help the picture out at all. another big distractor is the people, this shot would be 100x better if the chairs and people walking were not in the picture at all.

perhaps using a black car would have given the perfect reflection since in my expereince with cars nothing gives a perfect mirror look like a black car :)

over all the concept was nice and I love the use of the car being used to show the reflection but because of so many distractions it prevents it from shining like a star :)

Message edited by author 2005-10-31 23:52:16.

Love
by callan

Comment:
*critque club*

main subject-
the first thing that comes to my mind when looking at this picture is how his blue eyes beautifuly compliment his sweatshirt

foreground-
I'm not a big fan of the compliment of colors between blue and the hay but its a nice idea overall considering its fall,

background-
this maybe the only part of the picture that distracts, the vertical lines should be straight upwards and in uniform, these are not but its ok because they don't cause much distraction. the horizontal lines are very distracting, they appear to give the form of a cracked wall which is not very pleasing on my eyes. perhaps darkening the background a bit more would have helped.

overall-
because his skin is pale i think you did a great job at capturing his complection, everyone seems to dislike that his head was cropped off a little bit but its easily confused with the popular style going on these days which I will overlook and give you the benefit of the doubt :)

relation to this contest theme-

"what?" can be interpreted into anything I guess, and you tried to define "what is love" by your title name being "love'. so i believe this is to be your child which you love very much, if thats the case it did not express that relation very well in my opinion. reading a title shouldnt be the clue in the contest.

Forlorn
by banmorn

Comment:
nice feel to it