Flight on White
by jorr

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club

Welcome to DPChallenge. This being your first challenge I feel it only fair to point out a few thing to help you in future challenges.

First off don't try to crop in on something small in a photo. You will end up with an image that looks very boxy, meaning you will have a very pixelated photo and see each little color box to your image when you try to make it larger. Which to me is probably what you did here.

Next try to get as close to 640 x 480 on your finished image everyone around here likes the larger sizes shows more detail.

Finally make sure your subject is in good focus. If the bird is your subject it should be in better focus.

Hope this helps you some in future challenges. And yeap I made the size mistake too in my first challenge. A lot of people do.

Anna

Balance
by neophyte

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club

Nice take on the challenge...one slight bump and the balance would be gone.

Other than meeting the challenge this just doesn't do anything for me. It lacks excitement...maybe it needed a piece of wood under it to appear as though it really was checking the balance of things or perhaps shot on an angle. But it just doesn't do anything for me like this.

Now that I'm done saying this I must admit you have good focus its a nice macro and your lighting is all good it just isn't something to my personal like...sorry.

Anna
Anna

Holding on ...
by funkyfunk

Comment:
Greetings from the Critque Club

Such emotion here definately fits the challenge well.

Your lighting and dof are perfect here.

The only real thing I noticed that was wrong here was the print on the babys clothes.

I'm not going to try and point out flaws here cause really there isn't much here to improve on this is already outstanding.

Anna

Delicate Woman
by BlakeWS99

Comment:
Greetings from the critique club

You have a very nice composition here she is fairly well in focus your background is slightly blurred to keep from distracting. Overall its a nice family portrait.

Do I see delicate no not at all what I see is a very pretty girl in a somewhat shy pose but I have no reason to think delicate.

Your lighting is a little harsh as her nose is getting lost in the light.

Again you have a nice portrait you just didn't convey delicate all that well.

Anna

If you push, I'll break
by Ennil

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club

I'm going to start off by saying what is that a chain of coins? All I know is it takes away from the entire image which is otherwise stunning.

The lighting here is perfect it creates an air of mystery.

The limited focus works wonders here.

With all the black and white going on here those lips of her could use a more color, not much but just a hint more of pink or red. She has beautifully shaped lips they should stand out more.

I really do like this with the exception of the chain of whatevers that seem distracting. It should have scored higher and I'm guessing many voters said whats so delicate about this without thinking beauty is delicate...it disappears without warning.

Anna

one rose... one tear
by Lionsitaly

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club

Very nice image. Excellent macro. Very good focus to get the water droplets so perfect. The lighting seems just right.

I can't decide if I like the rose in the background or not it seems almost as though it is distracting from the beauty of the other one.

As for meeting the challenge I would say you did.

Anna

Old Roses
by MQuinn

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club

First off your backround isn't working too many wrinkles distracting. A nice old hankerchief or a fine linen or even a little old lace would have enhanced the delicate age of the flowers.

As for the flowers...they are beautiful and you captured them nicely. They way they are laying there works for this.

Your lighting is an issue you have to much darkness around the edges. However at the same time you did well not to have any distracting shadows on your flowers.

I hope to see more of your work in the future.

Anna

Why can’t perfection last?
by kimokazi

Comment:
Greetings from the Critque Club

You have a nice detail here and focus even the water droplets are in good focus.

As for meeting the challenge I don't see delicate here. What I do see is a red leaf in the grass and it just isn't working for me. There is no real point of interest and there is just way to much green on both sides cropping it more on the left side may have made more of a statement and added some interest.

Anna

Dark Side of Mr. Humpty
by Neeth

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club

I'm going to start off by saying did you do sepia tone here? I don't believe you did looking at the glass stone but looking at the egg and background I would guess it is sepia toned. So as mentioned by someone else you need to adjust your white balance to correct this.

Your lighting technique adds interest and character to your egg...works with your title. I like the detail you have both on the stones and the egg. I really think you have a good image here but this just wasn't the right challenge for it.

Anna

Sunset at White Sands
by Shelley

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club

Nicely done..very pretty sunset on the white sand. I'm looking at it and wondering which needs removed some of the plant life or some of the sky. As it is the mountains seem to make a wavy line through the middle of the photo and need moved up or down just a little to get rid of the line in the middle effect.

This is a beautiful image and I wonder if it is the fact that it was to be light on white and you have white on light that hurt you...I really wish this would have done better its stunning.

Anna