"A" llumination
by RKT

Comment:
The tilted line of the tub is bothersome. I am also not very fornd of a photo of a bathroom. I do however like the lighting and the letter. Perhaps if this had been cropped down to just a litle around the window this would have sat better with me.. Good image just unapealing to me.

"L"
by joaquin

Comment:
Decent and interesting L. I feel however by having such a small image that this probably will not do well. It does not allow the viewer to enjoy the details that it apears you captured. I like what i can see.. I just wish it were larger.

Weather at 21,000 feet altitude
by mtawami

Comment:
Umm I think I see a C... Uneaven horizon and has a snap shot feel to me..

"S" is for Sleek and Silky
by SandyP

Comment:
Nice clean crisp image, The curves and lighting are very pleasing. Easy to spot and obviously fits the challenge.

Vintage Silver Phone
by Rook3000

Comment:
Greetings from the critique club !!

Initial impact: Not much. This image dosn't tend to grab the veiwers attention. I think this may be in part because your background and foreground colors are to simular.

Meet the challenge: By definition yes. However I feel that stock photorgaphy would be used to advertise or sell somthing. I don't see what this image might be trying to sell.

Color: I would like to have seen lighter and brighter silver. The phoe looks to have a sepia hue through it. The color dosnt work for me pehaps some blue greys might have done it. This also would have pulled the image away from your background cousing it to "pop" out a bit better.

Back ground: As I mentioned before does not complement the subject. I do like the green however.

Lighting: Decent lighting I particularly like the glow and shadows on the backdrop.

Focus: not bad for a general shot: Hower I feel for stock photography it would have been better if you could have managed to get the #'s of the phone a bit more crisp. They look to be just a bit out of focus. I feel that writting should almost always be crisp.

Composition: I must agree with the other commenter here. I feel this would have been a better image if the entire phone had been in the shot.

Overall: As is I'd say 5. Little better focuse, add the whole phone, and make the silver look a bit more silver.... Well i'd go for a 7 or 8. Not a bad image or concept. I would have to say it's about average for DPC. I feel due to a few technical problems it just fails to stand out from the pack. Keep up the nice work. I'm sure in before long you will grabbing a couple of those elusive ribbons. I see skill it just didn't pan out for this one. Thanks for sharing

Tristalisk

Spirits continue to visit their resting place.
by RulerZigzag

Comment:
Greetings from the critique club!!!!

Initial impact: ahh prety standard shot.. like the stars though..

Meet the challenge: It takes a momment to notice the ghost. While this meets the challenge it takes a beiwer a while to see what is surreal about it.

Lighting: I feel that the lighting is pretty good in the shot. Not much I would change or could change with lighting.

Color: I tend not to like the orange hue that street light at night tend to give off. I constantly get it in my onw shots. I do feel that dosn't work to bad in this particular shot it tends to add to the surreal feeling. I do think that this would have been a bit more enjoyable if you were to desaturate the orange a bit and bumb up the blues a little until you reached somthing of a gothic feeling blue grey. I think this would have worked well with the stones in the photo.

Focus. Dead on I have no complaints at all with the shrpness of the image. It is a nice clean, crisp, in focus shot.

Background: The street lights in the distance are a bit distracting however, due to the basic editing rules there was pretty much nothing to do about those. (short of maybe geting arested for shooting them out with a b.b. gun.)

Composition: Not to bad but I feel that you would have done better if you had shot this from the side and closer up on the ghost. This would have bought out your ghostly subject a bit more. I also feel that having the ghost in summer clothes from a past erra would have realy added to it's ghostly apearance. The modern clothes at the old tomb do little for me. I also realy don't care for the hood shot from the back it pulls all of the character and emotion out of your subject.

Conclusion: Not a bad shot but the composition realy hurt the high emotional impact that this shot should have had. I feel that as is I would have given this around a 5. However if this same shot had been composed differently I can see a 9 or 10 as bieng completely possible. Great concept, nice execution, but the composition is a little weak. Overall pretty standard in a very demanding DPC challenge. I look forwrd to seeing more from you in the future. Good luck in the future challenges.

Tristalisk

Felicity
by vincedan

Comment:
Greetings From the Critique Club!!

Initial impact: What the f.....?

Meeting the challenge: This meets the challenge but is has a few technical flaws with lighting. Which will hurt the look of a good light on white shot.I will mention those later under lighting.

Clolors: The color is pretty good on most of the photo however her right hand is to dark compared to rest of the body. It just looks akward.

Sharpness. Very nice and crisp image through out the entire shot. Her eyes however could have stood out a bit more.

Lighting: I am very unsatisfied with the lighting. Most of the have been mentioned in earlier critiques but I will go over them again so that you may understand wahat I feel is wrong with the lighting. First you needed to move the model forward a few feet. This would have eleminated her shadow from the back drop some, and also would have changed you DOF enough to possibly hide the blemishes on your backdrop . Second light the background separately, this would have removed the rest of the shadow and also would have removed the dark area on the right side of your backdrop. Now you would have been left with a pure white backdrop. The next part of lighting this shot would have been to place a light on either side of the model, this would have given you and even skin tone, whiter whites, and a smoothed out the some of the fabric. Lighting was by far the worst aspect of this shot. I will assume however you are like me and straped for cash and can't afford all the fancy exras and are pretty much stuck with a standard flash. I found that stand up 500 watt shop light and a role of white paper are affordable and work pretty well.

Composition. I looked at your out takes and feel that the either of the two white shots would have done better. I agree with the others on the white face mask.. it's weird, makes no sence, and is not very attracive to look at. Great model and good pose. Better lighting and no face goo probably would have received a seven or higher from me. The out takes would have received at least a 6. I must admit however that I only gave this one a 4. Due to the things I pointed out. While this probably was not the most encouraging of critiques I hope that you at least find some of it usefull. Youve got talent. Now just get a technique down and will probably be seeing a few ribbons in your profile soon.

Tristalisk

Hi from the sky
by LevT

Comment:
great capture and fits the challenge well. An emotional and seemingly tough moment to photograph.. I love the crisp details on the feather my only wish would be to have the bird a bit more in focus as well. Wonderfull shot 8

Crayon Malfunction
by ralph

Comment:
Usualy I vote shots of common boring objects like this one down. But you managed realy make this one stand out. The black comming from the crayon was fun. However what realy managed to catch my attention was the bizzare angle of the crayon and the fact that it had no visable support. This fits the challenge perfectly. The pure white croy and the pure white back ground. yet a definate separation of the two great shot..9

Snowy Lace
by lagavulin

Comment:
Very attractive photo. The curves are pleasant to look at and I feel it fits the challenge well. The white cloth and the white backgroung are both pure white. They blend nicely together yet there is a definate separation of the two whites. Great job. I hope to see more wonderfull shots like this in the future. 9