Hide & Seek Cheater
by Kita

Comment by mandyturner:
OH! I wish this was in focus!!! It would have rec a 10 from me.

Hide & Seek Cheater
by Kita

Comment by bucket:
certainly one of the more interesting shots in this challenge..well done..

Hide & Seek Cheater
by Kita

Comment by tpoc:
beautiful photo. love the focus, dof, composition. good luck to you!

Hide & Seek Cheater
by Kita

Comment by Elaine:
Good idea, but the background is way too busy IMO.

Hide & Seek Cheater
by Kita

Comment by cornettcag:
This brings back memories!

Hide & Seek Cheater
by Kita

Comment by whiteroom:
cute!

Colours Of Majesty
by Kita

Comment by jmsetzler:
Greetings from the Critique Club...

Hi Kita...

This is an interesting abstract and the vibrant colors hold a lot of appeal. It's definitely an interesting photograph. I do, however, think it's probably not suitable for a "Delicate" challenge. Being abstract as it is, there is not much of a relationship in what I see to the theme of the challenge. The colors are quite bold, as are the general shapes within the image. I can't really draw any other conclusions since you didn't include your own thoughts about this image in the photographer's comments field.

John Setzler

Up and Beyond
by Kita

Comment by CEJ:
Hello from the Critique Club!

I have viewed your image at a few different resolutions and on two different monitors. First off, I like the image and the scene it presents. The grain in the sky definitely helps this image and would make the image a lot stronger if the same amount of grain was evident in the whole image. But that is for the challenge requirements.

Composition/perspective - the shot seems to be balanced between sky and hillside almost to the center line. In my opinion it would be stronger if the crop was tighter on the bottom and the tree to the left of the pic was cropped so the trunk that is cut off of the pic was cropped at the division between the leaves of the two parts of the tree. Your angle of approach is quite good though. I like the upward view and think that the processing in black and white helps this perspective quite a bit.

Lighting - obviously natural light, but well controlled. There are no blown out reflections on the rocks and the sky looks to be well within a controllable range - well done. Especially since this appears to have been shot in full daylight. Not sure, but a polarizer seems to have been used based on the gradient tone in the sky which is ok and does not detract from the image at all, rather it adds to it quite nicely.

The focus and detail are excellent. The scene is long in nature so some detail should be expected to be lost, the grass in the foreground and clear definition of the rocks makes up for that. Perhaps a little more sharpening after resizing would compensate and help bring out more details in the trees on the horizon line.

Challenge requirements - your application of grain seems to be lost in the foreground and only evident in the sky. This could either be in the post processing or the in camera processing. Either way, if it was more evident in the foreground it would be much stronger for the challenge. I don't think it would have hurt the detail in the rocks or grass. In fact I think it would have added to it...given it an 'old west' kind of feel. As it is I can see myself sitting on a horse looking at this hill and thinking 'I should find another way' and that is a good thing. Pictures that make you think, even if the thoughts are different than the photographers, are always stronger in my book.

Overall, well done image. Very nice perspective and composition. Perhaps a tad more grain in the foreground would make it stronger for the challenge, but as it it is a very nice capture! Slight adjustments in contrast and levels would bring out more of the rock detail, but that would be more a matter of taste.

Looking Through The Clouds
by Kita

Comment by Prof_Fate:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

Beautiful image! The color and contrast are very nice and the lighting is just wow! Technically I think there is little to change regarding your editing on this image. If I wanted to nit pick a bit, the right side of the image, the ground, is shade darker than the left and it ind of draws my eye there. Perhaps you could say the left is too bright - either way, more balanced lighting would draw my eye more into the center.

Composition-wise, very centered. What it is you want me to look at? The sky, the ground, the bridge (is that a bridge in the center?)? Be centering the horizon you have given equal value and importance to the sky and ground. Both are interesting in their own rights, but you are not telling me which you want me to focus on. The bridge being very centered must be the most important thing, or else you would have composed it differently. But it seems to distant to show any detail, so i get lost as to what to look at, what you want the focus of the image to be.

The clouds are fantastic and the light rays coming down are great, and the titel tells me the clouds are what i should be giving my attention to ... the overall composition kind of fights that idea a bit.

Ahh, the challenges of DPC. You know it would be a better pic without the telephone pole and wires, but removing it might be a rule violation so you left it in.

Perhaps if you have moved in closer to the bridge, put it in the lower left corner of the viewfinder (to crop out the wires and pole) and position it via rule of thirds ... Ahh, monday morning quarterbacking is so much fun!

I do love the feeling i get from this pic, the mood if you will. Nice.

Colours Of Majesty
by Kita

Comment by tonyv:
I have no idea what this is! And I don't get a sense of it being delicate. I find the colours very harsh.