1962 Zodiac
by Nuzzer

Comment:
The toen-mapping here really suits the image and the composition - well done. 7.

Sea Otter
by tinky2

Comment:
This rocks! Gorgeous.

Moonrise Over Cook's Meadow
by EstimatedEyes

Comment:
I think you have achieved a lovely balance here. Apart from the sun setting on the peak this should not be an interesting scene - but you have made it very interesting. Lovely.

final boarding announcement for flight LH3356
by kolasi

Comment:
It took me a while to work this out - which bought the time for me to appreciate it. I think you will be hit by fly-voters, which is their loss.

Gone Fishing!!!
by nidici

Comment:
Okay - technically this is not that great; but despite that there is still something fantastic to it - it really holds my eyes.

Beasts
by Siggav

Comment:
Suberb movement - really powerful

Magic Hour
by Breeee123

Comment:
Glorious colours, and a beautiful sense of motion from the siloette. And yet it just does not work - mainly because of the unnatural purple on the clouds, which really gives the editting game away. I believe a landscape crop of the bottom half of the image would have been much more powerful.

Misunderstanding Gravity
by JimiRose

Comment:
Superb - I love it. All of what annig said. Wonderful seense of movement. Shame I didn't vote.

Place Setting
by ralph

Comment:
Hi Ralph.
Superb - you really do excel at this style of shot. Well done.
Cheers
Paul

Missing Her
by cdobbs

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club.

Hi Charles,

Welcome to DPC, and congratulations on your first submission. I think you've done very well for a first attempt - 5.5 is nothing to be sniffed at.

Must say that my first impression was that you took a bit of a risk with this submission, as DPC voters can be notoriously exacting about entries not satisfying their understanding of the challenge. Fortunately it looks like you only got one sever DNMC vote. kurv's suggestion to title it differently might have mitigated this.

The great strength of this image is it's heavy emotive connotations. The model (yourself, I think) has done an excellent job of conveying the sense of a more than merely physical gap. This could perhaps have been emphasised further by having the seats closer together, and perhaps a glimpse of the forlorn face. I would really like to echo Sachlichkeit's feedback on the general tome of the image - somethign a little darker would have facilitated the mood more. Personally I like the background as it evokes a sense of past experiences shared and memories being relived. In terms of general composition I think this would have worke da little better with the subject closer to the bottom of the frame (but still keeping the textured wood in the frame - maybe a higher point-of-view for the camera would have achieved this.

The image is technical sound, although could probably do without the blow-outs on the shirt. You haven't mentioned your post-processing steps so I can't comment too much here. It doesn't look as if you have doen too much, other than maybe some light sharpening.

It is my hope that these insights are helpful and constructive. Please feel free to PM me if you have any questions regarding this critique. And please remember to mark it "Helpful" if you found it so. Good luck with future challenges.

Cheers
Paul