I love Cashew
by psreedhar

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club

Artistic content here is good. Your idea has a lot of potential. Your biggest problem here is the background. So the real question is...Is it lighting issues or is it white balance. I actually think its a little of both, finding the right white balance will get rid of the blue and a little more light will help too.

Also on the subject of lighting watch out for the shadows they can really hurt you around here. try several light sources.

Final issue I see is your cropping...you needed to get rid of that upper left corner. That is such an easy fix so watch out for that.

Anna

Faceless
by InnaN

Comment:
Critique Club

Nice composition. Your have two problems here that I see at first glance. Not enough detail in the mouth and nose areas they are just too washed out and flat. Second problem I am seeing is the focus on the rhinestones nearest the camera. You apparently used to shallow of a dof here.

You did well meeting the challenge and I personally like this. Hope to see more from you in the future.

Anna

Sunlit
by Nitin

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club

Stunning image. Lighting brings interest with the shadowing in the foreground, the colors are vibrant and the detail is excellent.

What I question is your cropping and why you cropped the way you did. You lost the corner of the yellow and I think that took from it. You should have either had that corner included or you should have cropped in closer to the inter petals

You know you have a well done photo when all anyone can think of is to question your cropping...Well done photo.

Anna

The End Of The Beginning
by jonnie

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club

Very nice shot. Well executed. Your lighting seems perfect, the composition is outstanding and your score reflects just how good this photo is.

I don't see anything that says fix me and I tend to agree with a few of the comments you got in the challenge it portrays fragile more than delicate but then they are so close in meaning that it obviously didn't hurt.

Keep this shot in mind the next time there is a reflection challenge, it would be perfect in that challenge.

Anna

A Light Meal
by Shermy

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club

Beautiful image. Your use of different white tones makes this a stunning and eye appealing photo. The splash of green just adds a touch of interest to the photo.

Your composition is really well executed nice placement and use of diagonals.

The only real issue I see with this appears to be coming from your source of lighting casting a slight shadow and making your background appear slightly lavender and grainy.

Hope to see more beautiful work from you.

Anna

Sister's hug
by srugolo

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club

Very strong composition with lots of emotion. This is definately a feel good photo. The bond between the sister is there as one seems to be comforting or protecting the other.

Your focus is nice slightly soft but works well for this image. The lighting I feel is just a little to strong on the bottom sisters face she seems slightly washed out.

You definately met the challenge here. Beautiful work.

Pearly Whites
by Jaimeson

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club.

White on white definately a tough challenge to avoid the over exposured areas which cause your subject to blend in with the background and that is what happened with two of the three drops here.

This appears to be slightly out of focus and just needs a little less softness to it.

Your composition is good and your use of thirds is well excuted. As for meeting the challenge. Yes without any question you met it.

Anna

Alstromeria on White
by Buckeye_Fan

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique CLub

I'm going to start out by saying WHY WHY WHY that black border the image stood well on its own but that border seems to say hey look out here on the edges where there is nothing...definately it was a big distraction.

Next there does seem to be a bit of noise in the background.

Also you seem slightly overexposed on part of the flower. just a tad to much lighting.

Now that I'm done complaining what I do like about the photo is the simplicity of it the colors and the way the flower stands out. It is does meet the challenge well as being delicate.

Anna

Bluegrass Heritage
by adamweb

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club

This is a nice concept here just wish something would have been in crisp focus. You have though met the challenge well with lots of graininess here.

Your lighting and the overall content are good it does hold your attention and make you look but that lack of anything in focus seems to be a major distraction.

Reminiscence
by Pano

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club

Beautiful image, very appealing subject matter.

You seem to have a small area of brightness above the bridge that needs touched up. Also you might want to crop in just a tiny bit on the right side to get rid of a tree trunk I believe. Just doesn't seem to need to be at the edge of the photo.

Definately fit the challenge well and stunning!

Anna