Day 58 Smoke Break
by jhess77

Comment by TrollMan:
Excellent candid. Looks great in b/w

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Comment by Gatorguy:
Hi, Critique Club here....

Boy, I read the comments and they are all over the map!

I like the color, I like the composition with the building where it is and I love the action. I also like the rim light you got from your shooting angle.

I personally don't like the lens flare so much, not so much the aperture shapes, but the low contrast area on the right. I think that element hurt the score some.

If I have voted, this would have gotten as 6 from me. Without the flair, probably a 7 or 8.

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Comment by Nadine_Vb:
Well done. And the lens flare doesn't bother me at all (although I think that some voters might express the opposite)

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Comment by SoulJance:
nice dynamic shot. I think that you have tried to fit in everything whereas perhaps it would be a stronger image if you got closer to the kids. I also don't know about the colour of the mono conversion

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Comment by Ja-9:
for me your tones are quite flat and dull, it seems that this has such potential

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Comment by bmartuch:
This is excellent. The only thing that bothers me is the lens flare. Outstanding processing. 8

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Comment by phoozt:
siggi?

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Comment by Melethia:
Excellent pentagonal lens flare.

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Comment by MikeO:
Wonderful capture, love the colour on this as well.

Cycling Helmet
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Comment by see:
Greetings from the Critique Club.
Hello Joshua, I�m Alan.

First on your subject, spot on focus, and I like the B&W treatment. Looking at your bicyclist I feel the exhaustion. Truth be told when you reach the upper 5�s with this tough crowd, �your almost there� in the photography world. �Almost� being the key word, your �almost� was in the rest of the story, the why. If the water was just on the face (sweat) I could buy into the background, but in this the helmet and glasses are also wet and I wonder why, the sterile background gives no indication, you have a great subject, but no story.
With the Olympics currently running, and with your great subject, filling in the rest of the story would have pushed you into the 6.5+ range, if not on the front page.
Please feel free to contact me with any questions.
Alan