Rain at Dusk
by YourBuddyFlo

Comment:
Doesn't look like a night shot to me.

Dome of Life
by rkligman

Comment:
Love the colours

frisky cocktail...
by IreneM

Comment:
This is a comment from the Critique Club;

What do I like about this image;
-Almost everything - nice composition, nice colours, nice background - Shit - great image (excuse the french)

What I would've changed;
-Seems a bit dark. Specially the umbrella
-The splash almst seems pasted if you know what I mean. Maybe it would've been a goot idea to leave the splash out.

Anyway - GREAT SHOT. I see in your portfolio that you like splash and water shots. Some impressive work there.

Mr. White
by maddyy

Comment:
This is a comment from the Critique Club;

What do I like about this image;
-Nice composition
-Very nice idea.

What I would've changed;
-I would've made the original a bit lighter and then change to negative. This would've created a "darker" negative image.
-The details is lost (most likely a combination of exposure and Sharpness)
-Bump up the Sharpness a bit to bring out more detail.

Negative Reflextion
by lectrol

Comment:
This is a comment from the Critique Club;

What do I like about this shot;
-Great idea with the "shadow". Makes it very interesting.
-Saw that some people didn't like the brown sky - IMHO, I like it. Nice contrast with the tree.

What I would've changed;
-The trees in the background is distracting. Maybe a bit more DOF would've worked well here.
-Bump up the sharpness on the tree and shadow a bit. This will also help to create depth in the image.

Great image and surely deserving to be amaongst your top 4 challenge entries.

Red Light Green Light
by Lindaoc

Comment:
Comment from the Critique Club;

Not much I can say (in my limited experience). VERY nice shot. Brilliant idea and execution. Nice and Sharp with nice colours. Fits the challenge 100%

People might've Voted you down because they didn't know what it was???

I also think you were compared to other shots and there was some brilliant shots in this challenge. I see that this is your best challenge result yet. Congrats on that.

I think this shot deserves a bit more - definately above 6.

Good Work.

Iris
by photom1946

Comment:
Comment from the Critique Club;

mmm - A flower shot - very dificult to get scores UNLESS you have a realy exceptional shot. This is due to the the thousands of shot out there.

I think the fact that you did not have enough yellow in the shot had a big influence on the voting. A closer crop or an extra yellow flower would've helped.
I ilke the DOF in this shot. That you did good.
Image seems a bit soft - One thing to remember on challenges at DPC is that the voters love Clear,crisp,sharp colourful images.

Negative Thoughts
by singerboy

Comment:
This is a comment from the Critique Club;

Ahoi - I see this is your first challenge entry. Don't worry about the score - learn from it. My first entry came second last and had a score of 3,3.
Your image, well - it does seem a bit grainy. Check your ISO - read up on it.
-The angle of the shot is OK, but check the crop. Alot of detail (statue hand etc) was lost during cropping.
-Use rule of thirds for composition.
-Focus is of - Try sharpening your images using Unsharp mask - worked wonders for my shots.

Don't let your score discourage you. Ask questions in the forums, look at the challenge history, read up and study AND practise.

Remember that voters at DPC like clear, Sharp colourful images. Learn how to get yours like that.

Good Luck.

Tunnel Vision
by david1707

Comment:
This is a comment from the Critique Club;

I see this is your second entry and already you are improving. Good work - keep it up.
This one is very interesting. What does the original look like? You might have gotten a few low votes due to people not knowing what it is. With something like this, try and compose your title in such a way that it adds a little bit of explanation.
There seems to be a lot of white in your photo. This tells me that the original was very dark. My suggestion - Take the original, make it B&W, Make it a bit lighter, bump up the contrast and then turn to negative.

Humble Beauty
by Joy Moore

Comment:
This is a comment from the Critique Club;

Hi There

Let me tell you what I like;
-Great detail
-Very nice colours
Basically a nice flower shot.

Unfortunately for a flower shot to do well, you need to have an exceptional shot due to hundreds and thousands of flower shots out there.
-Composition is a bit off - try not to have the purple flower in the centre.
-The one petal on the purple flower is out of focus.
-The pollin doesn't do it for me - Would've like to see a nice purple flower without the pollin.
-Try Sharpening it a bit.

Please remember - this is my opinion. Use what you want; discard the rest.