"Light" on White (LOL)
by mfairbanks

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Challenge

There is one in every challenge...and obviously you win the silly award for this challenge. No doubt about it you nailed the challenge subject light on white.

You have one major flaw here your white balance...its too blue you need to adjust that some to get rid of the blue tones. Also your lighting would have solved that problem

Your composition is good and the use of negative space works for this.

Nice way to add some grins to a stark white challenge...lol

Anna

Golden treasure inside is hid
by bullethead

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club

Nice composition. Good idea definately a delicate situation for that egg.

I like the slow shutter speed here it works for the message you are trying to convey.

What I really don't like is the glare on the egg, it's distracting and takes away from an otherwise flawless egg. The reflection in your stoneware is also distracting but as for the mark you mention in your background I didn't notice til after I read your comment.

I think you may have done better though with a white egg would have made your composition a lot stronger.

Best wishes
Anna

Candy Corn
by AmberLove

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club

Nice thought for an autumn photo. Your composition is really good and appealing with a lot of potential.

Your lighting is questionable I'm not sure I would have wanted the shadowing in two directions.

Your focus here is off as well you need something in clear sharp focus on this type of image.

You do seem to meet the challenge even though your background is a bit to orange, perhaps adjusting your white balance would help.

Hope to see more of your work in the future.

Anna

Afternoon Tea
by missinseattle

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club

Nice take on the challenge...china definately is delicate. Now with that being said I think your composition is what hurt you. A lace tablecloth and the dried roses laying next to a china cup and saucer would have conveyed delicate just as nicely and you would have avoid the busy background you created with the napkin. Perhaps you could even have included that napkin by folding it and laying the roses on top of it.

Your lighting is also an issue, natural light can often be harsh and that is exactly what happened to you, shooting this at a time when the sun wasn't as strong could have prevented this problem.

Your idea is there you just needed to simplify it to make it more appealing.

Anna

Handle with care
by BigK

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club

Your lighting seems to work nicely here, and yes she is beautiful.

I can't help but wonder what is delicate about this photo? I can see her hair is blowing...is the breeze delicate? Its just you didn't convey delicate here.

Your background also is a problem it appears to be curtains and the ridges from them distract from her beauty.

Now that I'm done pointing out two flaws...Welcome to DPC and just ask yourself when entering the next challenge...Does this convey the challenge topic without any question.

Anna

Hello
by Fyzarl

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club

You definately have the white part of the light on white going but I'm not sure your choice of subject matter for this challenge works.

The tiger is too bright to be considered light.

You do have good detail though in the tiger. You can the texture very well.

Keep doing stills like this and one of them is bound to be a winner. I just think your tiger was the wrong subject matter for this challenge

Anna

Autumn sonata
by LevT

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club

Beautiful landscape. The colors here are stunning and the tranquility of the water just makes it so delicate. As I'm looking at it I almost wish someone would skip a rock into the water just to make more ripples.

Its hard to improve on something this beautiful but I'm thinking a little more light on the sides so the trees weren't so shadowed would improve it but thats even questionable.

Good eye on this.

Anna

Shower'd in Light
by psquared40

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club

I'm sitting here looking at this and trying to figure out what to do to improve on this. For starters the lighting...there is to much shadowing going on here especially when the challenge is Light on White. Your white is gray from the shadows.

Next question what is the subject? It appears to be the framework to your shower door.

I'm sorry this is just one of those photos that does nothing for me there is no interest at all to it.

Depth of Perception
by monh

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club

Stemware and delicate...I would say go hand in hand so you obviously met the challenge.

As I look at it though and all the reflections it is just too busy for a delicate challenge. Also watch your lighting for glares. You have a very strong glare in the middle near the top. You needed more light sources to rid yourself of the shadows.

I look at this and feel it would have been greatly improved if the cropping was closer to the stemware to leave out all the busyness.

I would have to agree with whoever said this would have done well in the reflection challenge just doesn't work for me for delicate with all that going on in it.

Message edited by author 2005-11-05 18:41:06.

Ok, but this is the LAST ONE!
by wee_ag

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club

ROFL...yeah thats what I am doing this photo just makes you want to laugh. I could see this becoming a whimsical greeting card for the avid pool player.

Your limited dof here works well, the composition is good as well as humorous.

Only thing I can think of that might improve this is just a tad more light at the other end of the pool table and that is even questionable.

I would have to say oh yes this without a doubt meets the challenge...Now lets have some scrambled eggs while playing pool.

Anna