Home Sweet Home
by giants

Comment:
She looks a little too pretty to be a bum, but who knows? Good expression on her face though one way or the other.

Looking for pastures new
by BlueDragon

Comment:
I'm not really sure how this one ties into the challenge. The black border is way too much for this shot. Probably altogether unnecessary to be perfectly honest.

Desolated Line-Up
by glimpses

Comment:
Even if this is on an upward slope, tilted horizons are probably the #2 worse thing you can do to a picture (out of focus being #1). Looks like some interesting geometry. If it were me I'd have chosen an alternate perspective.

Follow Me
by La-Luna

Comment:
Another tough exposure shot. Pretty good considering how tough this was to take, but not that great overall. outside is pretty hot, inside is pretty good. Looks like it might have been oversharpened too. Good luck

Inside Looking Out
by connie

Comment:
How adorable. I think this will be a ribbon picture. Grass might be just a little oversaturated. It doesn't really hurt anything though. Actually it might make for a little better contrast.

Eye Candy
by goguen

Comment:
Cool artsy, like digital art shot!! For this site, don't like it at all. For this challenge, like it even less. Sorry but there are some things that I think go over the line, regardless if they are legal or not. 2

"Me Look'in at You Look'in at Me"
by tfarrell23

Comment:
This looks like a clever idea, but the picture is way off the horizon. Cute title too. Meets the challenge very well.

A Mother's Love
by BobsterLobster

Comment:
I don't find this very on topic, but this is one of the few photos that stands on its own regardless of topic. Points for that, but only 7 because I can't tie this to the challenge topic. Great photo though.

Forrest Gump
by Pedro

Comment:
wtg Pedro. Guess the name change has done you well eh? This shot was the clear cut winner in my book. I'm glad it won. Congrats!

Bob

Exposed Staircase
by d14

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club
By Inspzil

Sorry you get stuck with me for your first CC critique

Composition - Good eye. This is a very good subject (I'm not really sold on it for this challenge in particular, but generally speaking I really like it). I like the asymmetry of it. GIves it some character. I like the symmetrical approach you've taken though. That really is cool. Good choice of tones for this photo as well

Technical - Just a bit unsharp (fuzzy or blurry are too harsh). How about soft? After I'd been submitting for 4 or 5 months, someone told me to sharpen once after resizing for every picture, unless it was meant to be soft. I don't like this one soft, I think the detail is too important to this picture to be ignored with soft focus. I may be way off too, but that's my opinion.

Overall - Interesting. Not ribbon winning interesting, but definitely better than average. Its hard for me to say too much here, because I'm probably talking to someone with 5x the experience I have if not way more. Not every "beginner" starts his digital photography career with an s2 pro, which is the camera I'm one day aspiring to own. But will probably be outdated by the time I'm photographer enough to handle one. Its a very good shot and I think you made a good showing for your first picture. I think it would've been a very good showing for my 42nd picture if you must know :) Welcome to the site. I'm sure you'll do well here. - Bob