Skeletor
by LalliSig

Comment:
Knew this was yours immediately. Was my pick to win actually :)

Hitching a Ride on a Lobster Boat
by bobnospum

Comment:
Seems like I am in a critique club mood at the moment, this is already number 3 :) The crop on this image is far too tight. If you wanted to give the impression that the boat is moving then I would have left more room at the front of the boat to give a little more reality to the movement thing. It would have helped a little, but the fact there is no one in the boat at the wheel and there is no wake behind the boat kind of defeats the movement theory. At the most it could be drifting. The seagull is a good touch though. I also would have used your tele at the full 210mm to blur out the background more, bringing more attention on the boat.

Waiting for Her Captian
by wehrmacher

Comment:
Well well Bill, I got your photo to critique, isn't that a coincidence :) I will overlook the spelling mistake first of all, it seems no one saw that at all (I wonder if you noticed it yourself?)

The sepia works for me here, kind of like an old fashioned setting. Personally there is impact missing, there has to be something special about a photo that the viewer can look at and say "cool", this is impressive. If this had been my shot, I would probably have asked a little boy to sit on the side of the boat with a straw hat, old fashioned clothes and an old pole fishing rod, and legs hanging of the back of the boat, just fishing, maybe even with a piece of straw hanging from his mouth. Then I would have used your Tamron 70-300, gone back further and at the full 300mm taken the shot so that the whole background is blurred more and you just have full focus on the boat and the boy. I find that the boats in the immediate background and the land way out the back is too sharp and pulls the eye away from your main subject. Okey dokey? See you in Calgary :)

Gosling
by Citadel

Comment:
Giving a very rare appearance as critique club member here. Going from the comments there wasn't too much helpful there for you, mainly comments about how cute the Gosling is or how cool the water drops are. Unfortunately, you were wrong in your prediction of a personal best score, but you were right in it being one of your best shots. You hit the exposure right on the button here and even with an f9 aperture you still managed to get a decent blur on the back of the Gosling and the water in the background. I bet you were chuffed when you saw the result on the screen, probably even before when you saw it on the camera display. The Gosling's reflections are cool, I think it kicks this image even more than the water drops do. I find what harmed your score in general is the crop. I find it a little too tight and would maybe have given the Gosling a little more freedom as here I get the feeling it is somewhat trapped in the framing you chose. Including the full reflection in the image could have been advantageous also.

Message edited by author 2008-06-08 12:02:46.

Écouter
by jerowe

Comment:
Beautiful eyes!

Eastern Promise
by MAK

Comment:
Nice. Congrats :)

Sin City
by Mephisto

Comment:
Nice shot man, congrats on your first ribbon!

Shallow Field Deep Soul
by Coley

Comment:
Nice shot, my favourite and top scorer for the challenge!

Beetlejuice .. Beetlejuice ......... Beetle ... juice!
by MAK

Comment:
You love ya tone mapping dontcha :)

Meant for each other
by lentil

Comment:
I've been waiting for this for a long time Lisa, it is very long overdue. Congratulations!