Castle
by trish

Comment:
The tonal quality of this photo is just a little too brown for my tastes. A worthy subject, but not an exceptional one. I think an alternate perspective might do this castle a bit more justice. Not bad as is, but I think there is a better way to make us perceive this.

Portrait Of A Turret
by LarsPaysen

Comment:
Awesome contrast from the left to the right side. Love the separation and layering of the church, it looks like it was cut out and stuck to an underexposed layer of batting. I would've like to have seen more of this church, but I'm sure that some of the layering would be lost by moving the focal point of the camera back toward the lens. Excellent shot. I originally gave this a 7. Today I see it as an 8.

For The Line
by jimmythefish

Comment:
This photo intrigues me a little as a good action shot for the most part. I really think the framing is too far right of center. I think it would work for me better if she were running more left to right and not so much forward. The other thing that bothers me about this a little as a matter of personal preference, is the leg on the left. I know she's running and all, but its altogether unnatural looking. I can very well appreciate the extreme clarity of this shot for being a stop action. It really is very stopped. I think put her a little right of center and this shot gets another point from me, and maybe 2.

Whitney
by draney4

Comment:
This is a really nice portrait of this person. I like that it's not just a big posed "say cheese" picture but a very nice, natural poignant pic. Its just a little soft and I don't like the way "soft" comes across in this photo. It almost looks like the brim of the hat is the focal point. Very nicely done regardless.

Bone crushingly bad day
by Yomi

Comment:
I'm not really sure what sort of scene this is depicting, but it is pretty interesting. It looks like legs from some very large creature smashing this person, but I can't be sure. I like that the skeleton is dark and not white. He has very good contast with the stones underneath. The tonal quality makes it a little cold and desparate, which is really what a photo like this needs. very well done!

Beatle
by Jacko

Comment:
Very good macro. The beetle is definitely crisp and very clear. The duotone of this really makes for great contrast with the background, but the beetle is not jet black where we can't see any of his detail. Nice choice of subject and very good camerawork.

In Her Room
by progersct

Comment:
This is a very nice portrait. Its sort of candid, and pretty flattering. If the background were more uniform, this is a 10 all the way. As it is, its a very solid 9. Very well done. This is one of my fav's for the week if not my fav.

Just Beyond
by mbardeen

Comment:
This is a really nice shot. The white background is really a nice capture but then you've also put these silhouettes in front of it. There is some nice contrast going on in this photo. great capture. Nice work.

Three Ducks
by DennisF

Comment:
This photo is just amazing. To catch these guys up here, more or less just to be up here is awesome. I'm not sure how this was done or what means were used to take it, but it is really cool and very well done. What I really like is the dark silhouettes against the clouds. That's really neat. - 9

Creeping Beauty
by pncowley

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club
By Inspzil

Composition - I think this one suffered from the colors you chose for the composition. Not the traditional orange, green, and violet that we have all grown accustomed to as our "secondary colors". I am in agreement with the masses here though. The overwhelming pink is hard to overlook in such a challenge. I gotta say the pink flowers look rather fake, whether they are or not. They seem very regular, kind of stiff too. The green part of them also looks artificial.

Technical - I'm surprised the DOF is so shallow at f4.7. Maybe if you were around f8 with a slower shutter you could've gotten the same exposure values with more DOF. You didn't use a tripod nor do I think it was very necessary. The shutter was plenty fast enough to accomodate in this situation. The focus on the front stuff is pretty good, but there is so much more to this picture where the focus is inherent due to the placement of the other flowers.

Overall - You didn't get much help on this one in the comments, that's for sure. I think that the shallow DOF and the choices of colors in this picture resulted in the low score. If the flocks were purple, it might've been an easier sell to the viewers. Purple and green would've been a nice combo for this challenge. It's not a poorly taken picture, but there are elements of it that I think could be improved. As I look at the picture one last time, I think you probably could've cropped some more of the dirt out of the bottom to make the whole thing a little more colorful. Sorry this didn't work out so well from you. Hope I could be at least a little help since your comments didn't do much for you. Good luck in the future. - Inspzil