untitled
by BeeCee

Comment:
Wow, this is great abstract!
Good focus and beautiful colours.

senakulo :: old story, reenacted
by blackenedwhite

Comment:
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This picture has potential.
What is good?:
1. The subject is good.
2. The model is good, good expression on his face.
3. Cropping is good, leading lines make you look at all the picture.
What could be done better?:
1. Title is not good. I would prefer "Old religion" or something like that.
2. Too much red colour
3. The picture is grainy. It is well possible that you did that on purpose but I think that it would be a lot better without it. Try using NeatImage to take away the grain.
4. To much light on his cheeks.
Overall a good picture that scored IMO to low.

Message edited by author 2006-05-10 20:27:41.

puppy dog slippers after bath time
by blackenedwhite

Comment:
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Nice idea to hang your shoes up like this.
What is good in this picture?:
1. Focus is ok
2. Nice colours
What could be better?:
1. Looks as there is a bit to much contrast
2. The "faces" are a bit dark so at first sight you don't see what it is you are looking at.
3. The clouds are a bit blown up, to white. So I can see the trouble you are in, shoes to dark and clouds to bright and you have to apply the same to everything in the picture. In some editing programs you can apply brightness differenely to midtones and other without violating "Basic editing" rules.
Hope this helps something.

Message edited by author 2006-05-10 20:27:21.

Arenal Volcano
by Rgarcia

Comment:
This is like in a dream.
This is one landscape picture that would score maximum points.
Great how you use the surrondings to frame the mountain.
Perfect.

Backlit Under Clouds
by Rebecca

Comment:
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This is a picture showing a stone in front of a hill far away.
Although it is a beautiful stone it is not something that makes you want to see it again. Maybe an animal or a person in front of it or on top of it would make a big different.
What is good?:
1. Good use of rule of thirds.
2. Leading lines make you look at all the picture.
3. Colours are good.
4. Focus is good.
5. Frame colour/darkness fits the picture well.
What could be better?:
1. The sky, like in many of my own pictures is blown, probably not because of wrong adjustments but just because it is like that when you take the picture.
2. Wait for a better day to take pictures :-)
Hope this helps!
Edited: Deleted an empty line

Message edited by author 2006-05-10 20:26:47.

~ Rhythm ~
by yanko

Comment:
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The model is gorgious and you captured her very well.
What is good in the picture?:
1. Lovely colours, you must have edited in that way the other persons are in another colour space or something like that. Enough for my speculations on that but it fits the picture well.
2. Lighting on main subject mostly good.
3. Good focus and contrasts.
What IMO could be better?:
1. The cropping, crop about 6-10mm from the right side.
2. Frame is a bit big and makes again the black space in the right a bit to big.
3. Light on nose on main subject a bit harsh.
Other than that great and a well deserved Top 20 finish.
Congratulations! :-)

Message edited by author 2006-05-10 20:26:04.

Through a Glass Darkly
by xianart

Comment:
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I love this picture. I voted "9".
What is good in it?:
1. It is mystical. Lets the Viewer speculate on how it is possible to have reflections from the outside while taking picture out through the window.
2. This could also be a book cover for a story of a girl that has been abused in some way.
3. The colours are great.
4. The first comment you got on this picture: "To me it crosses the threshold from DP to Digital Art." For me Advanced editing is exacly that, Digital Art and it is great in that way.
5. Good haircut :-)
6. To make all the editing worth wile you show one window (without glass) almost without editing. Makes this picture work.
What could have been done better?:
1. Dunno
2. There is no nr. 2.

Message edited by author 2006-05-10 20:25:41.

E-71 wins again the World Championship of Windsurf
by alexgarcia

Comment:
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This is a lovely windsurf picture.
Plus:
1. Lovely colours
2. Good frame choise
3. Superb focus on the front boat.
Minus:
1. I would have preferred to balance the picture a bit by cropping differentely. Add more of the sky and cut a bit from the ocean.
For the rules of thirds, have a bit more ocean in the left side.
2. The horizon is horzontal but looks like it isn't because of different sizes of boats. Maybe in this case it would have been better to tilt it a tiny little bit. But then again maybe not :-)

Congratulations on your deserved "over 6"

Message edited by author 2006-05-10 20:25:10.

Snohomish Invitational GU-13 Finals
by margiemu

Comment:
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Nice picture of girl socker but you could have made it better.
1. The title isn't catchy.
In this competition you could just as well made it up f.x.:
"Reds won the Golden Cup again" :-)
2. The two girls are a bit blurry, selective contrast would maybe have done it better. The third girl is ok.
3. The women in the back go into my nervs. Seeing people waching kid sport and at the same time not paying any attention make me somehow angry. The picture without them would have been much better.
4. The colours are not as strong as they could have been. I am no expert but I know there is a way to make them stronger in Advanced editing.
What is good in this picture is:
1. The girls are wery determent and you captured that well.
2. Cropping is good.
3. Good leading lines.
Hope I do not sound harsh.

Message edited by author 2006-05-10 20:24:48.

The Circus in town
by DigiFotoBuddy

Comment:
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A well deserved "over 6" score.
Plus:
1. This picture is in good focus
2. Lighting on the elephants skin is good
3. The "blue guys" in the back are well placed
Minus:
1. IMO it would be better to crop differently. Crop below the band playing or over the sign. Also show a bit more of the bottom. More likely you didnt get it all in the picture. So you should maybe had to take the picture portrature.
2. Lighting on the left elephant "blue sign" is a bit to harsh. You could have darkened it a bit.
3. The wire in the top right corner distracts and would have been nice to clone it away.

Message edited by author 2006-05-10 20:24:21.