Knife or Death?
by shutterfly

Comment:
I like that it is a unique piece of art in this challenge. The black and white against color manages to raise my score most of the time. I realy like the effect it has. I could not however make this one of my top picks for several reasons. First. the blood looks too fake. The red is definately to powerfull. Second the drop of blood at the bottom of the blade looks slightly out of focus. Last of all I just didn't find it to be real exciting. It does however have alot of good aspects. The brokeh work is great and ads alot to the photo. the B&W w color works well. The knife blade is very crisp and detailed, and the lighting was great. wonderfull shot and deserves every bit of 7 and strongly asking for an 8 imo.

The Forest Spectacle
by Joey Lawrence

Comment:
I realy like this shot. I feel that the Brokeh realy enhances the image. I also realy like the framing. You have a wonderfull texture in the wood. You are also able to see the wood grains and shapes well. The picture however is missing a center of intrest whaile a wonderfull shot theres nothing in the window. I feel that this is the onlything wrong with the photo. It lacks somthing to keep interested. While I don't think this will ribbon without a center of intrest I imagine it will still do pretty good. It is a good axample of brokeh, and is good in all other aspects.

Keep up the great work

January Bloom
by PDavis

Comment:
great colors and lighting. Textbook Brokeh from my interpretation of it. The brokeh definately adds to the subject of the photo. Its a nice clean crisp and eye pleasing image. One of my top 3 picks. keep up the good work.

Winter garden
by lyta

Comment:
I'm impressed you made an ugly rather non attractive dead plant look beautifull. The Brokeh adds alot to the photo and the rich gold to honey tones on the petals? have a nice contrast against the dark center of the plant. one of my top 3 picks keep up the great work.

Shadows of Red
by ace flyman

Comment:
ok this was my lowest scoring photo and I feel I owe it to you to at least explain why I feel this. First it looks like a photo of a carpet with a tiger on it. I would Have prefered a less flat image. Brokeh the only subject matter is the background at it being out of focus definately does not enhance the image. I have no clue what or why the red lights are so overpowering. They seem to serve no purpose, and do not flatter or enhance the tiger in the background. I don't intend to be insulting but if a low score is given I feel I should atleast try to explain my reasoning.

red
by grigrigirl

Comment:
wow high contrast red on greens, beautifull model, greak brokeh (if I knew for sure what it was), rich juicy colors, great skin tone. Only minor complaint I can manage to find is that I don't like the color of the shirt. But if thats the biggest complaint I can muster, I wouldn't worry. Keep up the wonder work. 10

Blue
by heida

Comment:
wow this is a beautifull image. I like the overall softness of the photo. I it has a very gothic and gloomy feel. I feel this is great mixed with the fact that the models lips are hinting at a smile great job!

Air Freshnikova
by aznym

Comment:
this could have gone much higher in the scores IMO but the motion blur or whatever it is causing this image to be blurry realy hurt this shot. I think it is creative enough that this might have been a strong contender for a ribbon.

Ebenezer CorkScrooge
by scalvert

Comment:
Great colors, very crisp and clean image. easy to find yet hidden face. easy blue IMHO great job

Swimming is fun!
by Heavy

Comment:
Greetings from the critique club!

Initial Impact: WOW thats alot of color!

Artistic Value: I feel this has alot of good aspects artisticly. The Child has a very happy expression on his face. There are alot of stong lines oin the backgroung that dont distract from the boy. There are a few aspects I don't like in this photo as well. But hey in art there is never a photo everyone will think is perfect. Artisticly I just don't like the arms holding the boy.I'm not sure what could have solved this.

Camera work: Well done photo. Good focus, nice DOF. I think I would however liked to have seen "soft water" comming down on the boys head. The current technique works but I feel that soft water would have been more impressive. If you havn't hear of soft water. It's growing to be a popular method for shootong water. I'm sure if you posted the question you should get a reply pretty easy.

Post processing: I must agree with soup on this one. It is a little over saturated. The green border on the life vest seems to be its own light source. On the left shoulder the green has completely burned out. The wall of the pool seem to be an abnormal blue as well. While I like the initial impact of the colors. I feel you wen't a little to the extream.

Excitement: The subject is not very exciting perhaps if I knew the kid this might become a more exciting shot but alas I don't. The shot itself however is exciting the strong lines and colors draw you stright in to the boys face.

Fits the challenge: Sure the look on the photo is a little comical. I did not find it to be overtley funny . While I must admit it did fit the challenge it would not have been a very strong contender in the humor dept.

Overall: One of the best snapshots I have seen in along time. Everything was pretty well done in the shot. But it still feels like a very cute and nice snapshot.

Tristalisk