Home Sweet Home of Our Ancestors
by pncowley

Comment by shadow:
we still have people living under these conditions (or worse) in this part of the world. anyway, the wood planks used for walls are rather beaten, and gives character. i like that.

Faster than a speeding...
by pncowley

Comment by Amiee:
This image is nice. I like the white background that you chose to use. I think that the bullet is a little grainy.

Creeping Beauty
by pncowley

Comment by inspzil:
Greetings from the Critique Club
By Inspzil

Composition - I think this one suffered from the colors you chose for the composition. Not the traditional orange, green, and violet that we have all grown accustomed to as our "secondary colors". I am in agreement with the masses here though. The overwhelming pink is hard to overlook in such a challenge. I gotta say the pink flowers look rather fake, whether they are or not. They seem very regular, kind of stiff too. The green part of them also looks artificial.

Technical - I'm surprised the DOF is so shallow at f4.7. Maybe if you were around f8 with a slower shutter you could've gotten the same exposure values with more DOF. You didn't use a tripod nor do I think it was very necessary. The shutter was plenty fast enough to accomodate in this situation. The focus on the front stuff is pretty good, but there is so much more to this picture where the focus is inherent due to the placement of the other flowers.

Overall - You didn't get much help on this one in the comments, that's for sure. I think that the shallow DOF and the choices of colors in this picture resulted in the low score. If the flocks were purple, it might've been an easier sell to the viewers. Purple and green would've been a nice combo for this challenge. It's not a poorly taken picture, but there are elements of it that I think could be improved. As I look at the picture one last time, I think you probably could've cropped some more of the dirt out of the bottom to make the whole thing a little more colorful. Sorry this didn't work out so well from you. Hope I could be at least a little help since your comments didn't do much for you. Good luck in the future. - Inspzil

Faster than a speeding...
by pncowley

Comment by Anachronite:
good ideaand subject placement, but the shot seems over processed...

Faster than a speeding...
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Comment by eikidigi:
I would love to see the full metal jacket in better focus , 7pt

Faster than a speeding...
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Comment by sotsot:
this pic fail to give me the feel like what title said...should learn this from the picture of flying duracell battery shooting I saw at previous submission

Faster than a speeding...
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Comment by Chuckie:
the matrix is such a good movie, good reprensentation

Faster than a speeding...
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Comment by 'Pong:
Very well done executions. I have a suspention of believing about the shadow of the bullet.

Faster than a speeding...
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Comment by cpanaioti:
The bullet looks like it's suspended rather than moving. I don't know how you could of shown that, maybe on a pendelum? Otherwise the composition and choice of exposure works here.

Faster than a speeding...
by pncowley

Comment by carolee:
Unusual! Unfortunately, the cranked-up saturation makes it look more like a pencil than a bullet.