Extraordinary flower rain
by vaguilo

Comment by djscarrd:
Should've made more emphasis on the flower bed. Good shot though.

Extraordinary flower rain
by vaguilo

Comment by drgsoell:
I like the extra wide DOF in this shot. You got good composition and color. I might have dodged the brightly lit portion of the sidewalk just a bit, but overall, a nice shot.

Extraordinary flower rain
by vaguilo

Comment by skief:
Beautiful shot, my only minor gripe is that with it being this tall, I have to scroll my screen up and down in order to see it all, so I miss out on being able to just sit back and look at it. This is especially difficult as the crop is vertical, so it really doesn't show the picture the way that it really should.

wich one?
by vaguilo

Comment by jpochard:
Hi from the Critique Club.

When I critique a shot, I first look at the photo without the title or other information and try to figure out which challenge it was from.

I was able to do that rather easily with your shot, so it did fit the challenge. The lighting and focus are done well and you have a nice clear shot here.

The idea of choosing a book to read is, I think, a nice idea to convey in the challenge, but I think the composition here could be improved to have a greater impact and get the point across more clearly.

First of all, I think the tight green pants have become the focus of your photo. There is a lot going on here...from those pants to the furniture, the ceramics on the top shelf and the artwork on the wall. The books become almost secondary.

I think you might have done better by choosing some nice looking books, with some interesting covers and spines that worked together well. Then take a much more close up shot with the hand reaching up to the shelf of books...maybe even starting to pull one out from the rest.

You might have even carried the idea further by exploring photo options at your library. I do think it's a great idea, but I think it needed some more creative thought and uniqueness to the composition. The misspelling is unfortunate, but it's not a big deal to me.

Good luck in your challenges! I hope this has been helpful.

Judy

Making clouds
by vaguilo

Comment by tony927:
This is a perfect newspaper story type photo, very descriptive and the plane really stands out. My only quip is that for a paper, the water is kind of hard to distinguish from the clouds. Other than that, great job

Making clouds
by vaguilo

Comment by AmiYuy:
This goes in order of what I notice first:
1) Needs a better title...it doesn't sound like a headline.
2) Crop to the plane and the cloud, we don't care about the mountains or the sky around it, just the bright yellow plane and the pretty white cloud it's dropping...
Score: 5

Making clouds
by vaguilo

Comment by wasifs:
what's the plane actually doing?

Making clouds
by vaguilo

Comment by airatic:
That's not really a headline. Topical, Specific, Active are the rules to remember. Think about Newspaper Headlines you've read. "New Cloud-Seeding Plan Passed by Council" "Local Scientists Begin Cloud-Seeding over National Park"

Making clouds
by vaguilo

Comment by hannafate:
How about,"Attempt to End Drought with Cloud Making", or even "Fighting the Alien Beetle Invasion"? Nice shot, wimpy headline. 6

Making clouds
by vaguilo

Comment by bayonic:
great shot !