... legs
by Claya

Comment by stphw:
nice idea. the tiles are a little distracting and i'd like more leg - well more visible silky smooth leg.

... legs
by Claya

Comment by Dirt_Diver:
Now this is a good example of something that is silky and smooth. I love my womans legs after she shaves...

"Stock" photo
by Claya

Comment by lkn4truth:
CRITIQUE CLUB COMMENT

It's obvious right away from the photo that you put some real work into setting this up. I find that DPC tends to reward those who put effort into their photos and I think that fact helped you out here. The technicals are good. Depth of field is just right, composition is good (though a little too centered for my tastes), lighting is excellent. However, the colorful hat distracts me a little. It's just too wild and pulls my attention away from the kitchenware which is the focus of the challenge. But, obviously the votors weren't bothered by the hat that much judging by your solid 6.0 score. I'm having a hard time critiquing the photo because personally it doesn't move me as being a great photo and I don't really know why. All I know is that I tend to give 5's for scores unless the picture moves me as better or worse and this one sort of leaves me in the middle. As I said, I can tell you put real effort into it but the coloring of the photograph doesn't seem pleasing to my eye. Ok, what can I say? Once again, your technicals are solid, you met the challenge dead on, and you scored well for your efforts. Sorry I couldn't be more help. Congratulations on a your high finish.

Glimpse of summer
by Claya

Comment by LalliSig:
Greetings from the Critique Club :)

I did vote in this challenge and sorry, I was one of the people who gave this a score of 4, that means to me that it was below average but not horrible. There are a couple of things that would make this particular photo better in my opinion. First off, the out of focus branches are just distracting, I would opt for a smaller aperture to fix that problem. Secondly, the parts of the image that are in the sun are a bit too bright, the correct exposure according to the sunny 16 rule (send me a PM if you have never heard of it and I´ll try to explain it) is if you want to stay with the 1/200 shutterspeed f11 so it´s two stops too bright. The areas in the shadows would then be too dark of course so to get the best results you would have to take two photos and stitch them together to get both areas correctly exposed.

I also can´t really find any main subject, I mean the scene is nice but there is no spot in the picture that really draws the eye so mine wanders all over the frame.

I do like the framing of the landscape and I really encourage you to keep that aspect and work more with it since you like it.

Kind regards from Iceland, Larus.

"Stock" photo
by Claya

Comment by EstimatedEyes:
LOL ... another Alton Brown shot. Nice title. I like the kitchenwear on your head, too.

"Stock" photo
by Claya

Comment by cssathya:
Nice angle.

"Stock" photo
by Claya

Comment by emayner:
I like the perspective!

"Stock" photo
by Claya

Comment by posthumous:
Boo! did I scare you? 7

"Stock" photo
by Claya

Comment by Ubersteiny:
pretty sweet colourful hat you got!

"Stock" photo
by Claya

Comment by colorcarnival:
lol. Great title, great perspective.