Lament in Satin
by toffle

Comment by Azrifel:
Apperantly a comment about the color of the skin and how to correct it is unhelpful, so stuff it: removed comment.

Message edited by author 2006-03-01 02:40:02.

Lament in Satin
by toffle

Comment by Pensive:
Pale Lament? I need more to accept the Satin.

Time goes on but love stays still
by toffle

Comment by armsts:
Nice image. I like the water ripples.

Hope for Fortitude
by toffle

Comment by posthumous:
great smiles. I love these people already.

Time goes on but love stays still
by toffle

Comment by TG73:
That's pretty

Hope for Fortitude
by toffle

Comment by bluenova:
Looks too much like a snapshot, even a bit of fill-flash would help.

Hope for Fortitude
by toffle

Comment by Nullix:
I first voted this a 3, but when I came to comment on it (I always come back and comment) I realized it's a great shot. I don't know what I was thinking. Maybe it is her teeth or her glasses.

For some reason, their eyes are peircing. Good shot. I'd remove her glasses next time.

Aflame
by toffle

Comment by cresus:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

Please remember to leave comments when you request a critique. Without them, it's very hard to tell what you were trying for and makes a critique very difficult.

Composition:
There doesn't seem to be any real subject of this shot and what's in focus tends to take my eye out of the image (the round thing on the right). The orange area in the bottom left is also distracting since the rest of the image is this soft peach color.

Camera Work & Technique:
Focus is good. DOF is quite small and doesn't seem to serve a purpose for being so small. The in focus areas don't attract my attention. Lighting looks good with no hot spots.

Post-processing:
It's hard to tell but it looks like the saturation may have been bumped up too much since there seems to be sections where the color changes abruptly in the top left. That may not be true but with the limited DOF it's hard to tell what's going on up there (and without knowing the post-processing steps so please include them in the future).

Suggestions:
You've got this nice diagonal line coming from the top that would be great coming from the top-left corner. Try and keep in focus areas away from the edge of the shot as they lead the eye out of the image. Moving the subject a little to the left in the image would've helped this out a lot. Increasing the DOF some so that we can see the extent of the shape also would've given the subject more interest.

I hope you find this critique helpful. Please feel free to PM me if you have any questions.

Regards,
Zeke Smith

Hope for Fortitude
by toffle

Comment by Art Roflmao:
Composition: 5 - Technical: 6 - Creativity: 5 - Appeal: 5 - Challenge: 4 - Overall Score: 5 - (weighted - NOT a calculated average)

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Hope for Fortitude
by toffle

Comment by suemack:
Wonderful warm portrait of this couple