The house around the corner
by pekelo

Comment:
10. I don't like the border, and there is a little tiny spot at the extreme left edge that I'd have cloned out. However! I love love LOVE the colors, spooky mood... this is really an excellent shot and it definitely captures the essence of Halloween. Great job - one of my favorites for this challenge (my third favorite)!!

Homesick
by mimin

Comment:
Critique Club Comment:

I liked this a lot during voting. The only thing that kept me from giving it a ten was the cord, which, as mentioned, is not a good element to have. But you probably couldn't control that much.

I thought it met the challenge well. It didn't have so much of a visual representation of distance, but the challenge also said that a figurative representation would be okay. Unfortunately a lot of voters who might have quickly gone through the entries may have been looking more for the visual. So that may have hurt your score some.

Colors are good and lighting is good. It could have used a bit of sharpening I think. I like the composition. I thought that it was simple and nice, and communicated your idea effectively.

Your choice of subject is what really, in my opinion, made this picture strong. As a commenter said, it really is heartbreaking. Not only that he is seeming to look for something that is not there, but also that he doesn't seem to be himself (with the matted fur I mean). Also the head down just adds to the emotion of the shot.

Overall this is very great, especially for your first challenge! Keep in mind that if you do go the more figurative route for challenges, the voters as a whole may not reward that. However, it can be lots of fun to be "out of the box" and keep pushing the envelope. I hope you enter lots of challenges; I'd love to see more from you in the future!

End of the Rainbow
by hammersam

Comment:
Critique Club Comment:

Well as people have said, the background was something that really hurt you. I do think that the sheet, even wrinkled, was better than having a ton of even more distracting elements in the background.

The rainbow, wow, you did a great job with that. I never would have guessed that it was from a CD.

The pot at the bottom blends into the background a lot, so maybe having a bit of a more well-lit area down there would have helped.

Overall I thought that this was really creative and had a lot of potential. It made me smile when I came across it during voting because it's something happy and cheerful (a pot of gold, yay!) and you don't see images like this all the time.

Looking for a Heart in the Windy Emerald City
by kreshkin

Comment:
Masking's maybe a *tiny* bit too harsh (like if you had gaus. blurred the mask a tiny, tiny bit, it may have helped) but I do think you did a very decent job with it overall.

The Haunted House
by Dirt_Diver

Comment:
Oh man, this would have been perfect if you'd been able to take the shot from a little bit to the right. It just doesn't seem aligned very well. IN any case, nice image for sure.

Witches Night Out
by kvickrey

Comment:
Looks like walking on a pumpkin. :-)

Horror
by Jutilda

Comment:
I like that you didn't just take a picture of a mask, but you did something artistic with it. Nice job.

Land Ho!
by jerowe

Comment:
Cute! I love how he doesn't actually have it on his eye - that's just adorable. I wish all of the hat were in the frame but it's not a huge deal. I like the warm tones, and the softness of the skin.

Halloween parade
by whiterook

Comment:
Processing is very interesting, and neat to see amongst all the darker images that are in this challenge. I love the girl in front.

Halloweb 2.0
by h2

Comment:
Haha, nice! I saw the title before the image and started to wonder... and your concept did not disappoint me in the slightest :-)