Small Town Emergency
by bryantbus

Comment by Skip:
ok, you chased a fire truck. if you're an amateur, hat's off to ya. if you're a pro, why didn't you capture something of the emergency that would give the image context? other than the mask, we don't have anything here that tells us any of the story.

Small Town Emergency
by bryantbus

Comment by DefyTime:
Great candid

quarter pint
by bryantbus

Comment by kari1:
::: Critique Club :::

Hi, my name is Kari and from the critique club.

Interesting to do a critique on your image but it is difficult if you don't give us any information in your photographers comments. When we do a critique, we go past just the photographic result, that's what voters comments do. The critique looks at what you were trying to achieve, how you wanted it to look and what issues you had in getting the image captured and ready for voting.

First Impression - the most important one:
Yup .. you get the cute vote.

Composition:
This works well with the frame and the crop you have choosen.

Subject:
Meets the challenge .. does so well.

Technical (Colour and light):
nice use of the yellow and blues ... I like the way the frame looks quite old through lack of paint.

To grow its vote?:
need something else to focus on other than just cute ... a cross point of interest .. perhaps the child doing something other than posing.

Summary:
Good shot ... keep it up.

If you've got any questions about this critique, please feel free to contact me via the PM system.

Cheers

Kari

Small Town Emergency
by bryantbus

Comment by Melethia:
Good choice for the challenge. I'd have cropped it a bit more on the right, perhaps to the edge of the "keep back" yellow thing.

Small Town Emergency
by bryantbus

Comment by goc:
eye contact ! nice capture ...

Glory to God
by bryantbus

Comment by bryantbus:
Well I had an Idea, but I suck at comming up with a name for a photo. Well got alot of comments of "Photo not straight" My plan was to be slightly turnned. As you see the light is twisted, and I set all the books at an angle. I wanted to creat an unstable feeling. Maybe I did that just no one got that it was the point. Next time I will name the photo so the viewer will get what I am going for.

Small Town Emergency
by bryantbus

Comment by prentice:
This is one of the better shots i've seen so far in this challenge. You caught both eyes, background supports the foreground. The image is a little too centered though. The rule of 3rds could have been applied to make this a better image. 5 from me

Small Town Emergency
by bryantbus

Comment by fotomann_forever:
You lost me on the title. Where's the emergency? In photojournalism you have to word titles and cutlines carefully.

Small Town Emergency
by bryantbus

Comment by neophyte:
Best example of theme that I've seen so far. Crisp with a nice DOF

Small Town Emergency
by bryantbus

Comment by GuGi:
:-) Hope they have something more useful than waterbottles to put those fires out. They are funny there behind him, but show that she/he is not in a hurry.

Or it could be a picture with an article on water-shortage.......