Coffee Break
by Glou

Comment by gazdi:
I miss the leftmost piece of shadow but the detail at nail is a nice addition. Jumps out of the line of other "reach-for-something" pics. Grats.

Concert
by Glou

Comment by sfalice:
Greetings from the Critique Club

Welcome to DPC! I see this is your fourth image and each time you have scored better. Keep up the good work; you'll end up on the front page soon, at this rate.

I love the composition of this image. I'm delighted by the expressions on the faces of each of the players. LIke many of your commentors, I am puzzled by the difference in skin tone from front to back. And I desperately wish there was slightly better focus but with an aperture of 1.6 you got exactly what you exposed for. I can only think that a higher ISO rating might have made a difference. But I don't think I am telling you anything new.

But, still, this is an exciting image and it did score well. (I'll be in Paris towards summer, and know I'll never find a scene this lovely)

IN any event, I'll look forward to seeing more of your images on DPC.

Coffee Break
by Glou

Comment by kteach:
Simple yet very clever. Strangely, the one thing I like about this shot is how the slight reflection of the coffee cup makes a line where your thumbnail would be. Makes it look just a touch more real instead of just a shadow. Nice job!

Coffee Break
by Glou

Comment by TooCool:
Looks a tad bit oversharpened and your hand shadow looks odd. Probably a trick of perspective though.
TC

Coffee Break
by Glou

Comment by srdanz:
This would have been better if you've had only a single light source from above, eliminating the cup shadows leaving only the shadow from a hand...5.

Restaurant in french Alps
by Glou

Comment by persimon:
I liek this glass grouping and the light coming throught the window. It makes me want to stay and chat a while in this restaurant.

Concert
by Glou

Comment by Xilebo:
Don´t know why I scored this rather low the first round, maybe the sad expression on the violin player had this effect on me, the photo is not bad but I found it odd to see so many of the concert players out of focus..bumping up

Concert
by Glou

Comment by sherpet:
This is good, real good.....

Concert
by Glou

Comment by muckpond:
i like this composition quite a bit. the fact that the lighting is so different that there are 3 distinctly different skin tones is a bit distracting. maybe a b/w version would be better? just a thought. i also wish you could make out more of the first 2 guys' hats, so it didn't look like their heads were chopped off. in any event, this is a great shot.

Concert
by Glou

Comment by just-married:
There are a handful of images in this challenge that dared to be different, a thing apart from the typically accepted notion of beauty. This is one of them, and it is superbly executed. And now at the risk of sounding foolish, my curiosity must be satiated - are these brothers, or is this a repeat appearance of the same person? The eyes and noses are so similar, I can't help but wonder if this is one of those very clever images people have been trying since Kiwiness made his 30 appearances in church one morning. Either way, it is a remarkable image. I love the way the lighting shifts with the DOF. I love the mood in each man's face. Just really, really well done.

I fear it won't place as highly as I like among so many well-done mountain and water landscapes, but this is truly an art piece.