The Rematch
by Rebecca

Comment:
Greetings from your own critique club. Sorry, I was off the hook for a while.

First Impression
Very Nice shot. Much better than the original one. Good improvement and that was the idea of the challenge.
Composition:
Better Composition than the original. I would like to see more of Pooh.
Subject:
Subject may not be of interest to many voters IMO. That may be one reason for low score. But this challenge had different purpose. You are at disadvantage as voters don't really recall the original to compare the improvement.
Technical (Colour and light):
Very nice. Really like the Black BG.
Improvement:
Different agnle to include more of Pooh.
Summary:
Over all lots of improvement compare to take I.

Cheers!! Keep shooting.

Memories
by Oddfrog

Comment:
Greetings from your own critique club.

First Impression
Not an ordinary "Still Life", but nice shot.
Composition:
Good Composition.
Subject:
Not usual but really nice
Technical (Colour and light):
Very good focus and color. Lighting needs bit improvement IMO. How about another light source to lit the BG and the table. Or may be step up the exposure a bit with the same light source.
Improvement:
Lighting.
Summary:
Out of the box for "Still Life", still meets the challenge. Bit enhanced in PP or different exposure or another light source would have helped scoere better.

Cheers!! Keep shooting.

Jackpot!!
by Oddfrog

Comment:
Greetings from your own critique club. Sorry, I was off the hook for a while.

First Impression
Nice idea, not so good execution.
Composition:
Needs improvement. Instead of shooting from top, I will sit down and just shoot the Ant. It's not required to have whole bread in the frame. Just the close up of Ant with bread in the back ground would have worked better.
Subject:
Subject is creative and fits the challenge.
Technical (Colour and light):
Lighting is bit harse on top of the bread. Colors are fine. Don't like the shadow of Ant and Bread.
Improvement:
Composition, Comosition, Composition...
Summary:
Good creative idea, needs better perspective and composition.

Cheers!! Keep shooting.

Virtudes Angelicales
by yanko

Comment:
Greetings from your own critique club.

First Impression
Very Nice shot.
Composition:
Very good composition.
Subject:
I really like the subject. Nice take on the challenge.
Technical (Colour and light):
Colors are so wonderful. Green and purple in the BG goes very well.
Improvement:
Only thing I can think of is the blown highlights on the face. The face is not looking very clear. It's either OOF or blown out.
Summary:
Over all very nice.

Congratulations on your top 10 placement.

"Sitting in his nowhere land"
by yanko

Comment:
Greetings from your own critique club.

Once again, absolately stunning. Yanko, you are on roll. Want to share your secrete now??

First Impression
Very Nice candid shot.
Composition:
Perfect composition.
Subject:
Very nice, meets the challenge.
Technical (Colour and light):
Color and lighting is very good. Processing is very nice.
Improvement:
Only thing I can think of is the improvement in the BG. Just wondering if it was possible to ake it from different angle to change the BG.
Summary:
Over all very nice porcessing and image.

Cheers!!

Texas State Capitol Building
by yanko

Comment:
Greetings from your own critique club. Sorry, I was off the track for a while.

First, congratulations Yanko. Waht are you eating lately!!!LOL. Wonderful images in recent challenges. Please share your little secrete with us.

First Impression
Very Nice shot. It's been done is past, but I personally don't care. On this one, you did actually better than some of other similar previous entries.
Composition:
IMO, the composition is the key here. It forces the viewer attention on every corner of the photo.
Subject:
Very nice, perfect for the challenge
Technical (Colour and light):
I really like the duotone on this. Nice hint of green and lighting is spot on.
Improvement:
Can't think of any.
Summary:
Very nice exposure, soory can't think of any possible improvement.

Congratulations, once again and Keep them coming.

Tired after the hiking tour
by Gunnsi

Comment:
Greetings from your own critique club.

First Impression
Very Nice shot with good shallow DOF.
Composition:
Very good composition. Nice eye contact.
Subject:
Very nice environment portrait. Nice eye contact. I would not comment on meeting the challenge, I am sure you must have already on the same.
Technical (Colour and light):
Color and lighting is very good. I would like to see more light in the BG.
Improvement:
Only imrpovement is try to meet the challenge in order to please DNMC police.
Summary:
Nice image, would have scored higher any other challenge.

Cheers!! and keep shooting. [/quote]

My Wildest Dream of Success Comes True
by Gunnsi

Comment:
No comments as you suggested.

New "Old" houses
by Gunnsi

Comment:
Greetings from your own critique club.

First Impression
Nice colors, image is bit flat.
Composition:
The composition is okay.
Subject:
Not probably the best subject for the challenge. It looks like point and shoot kind of image of houses.
Technical (Colour and light):
Colors are good. Lighting needs little improvement. The front is too dark to give it 3D look.
Improvement:
Too busy for the Architecture challenge. Light in the front side. May be some dodging would have helped.
Summary:
Nice colors, but image kind of flat point and shoot.

Message edited by author 2006-06-11 19:02:24.

Fool On The Hill
by Gunnsi

Comment:
Greetings from your own critique club. Sorry, I was off the track for a while.

First Impression
Very Nice shot.
Composition:
Very good composition.
Subject:
I really like the subject. Nice take on the challenge. Actually one with the same theme(song) won the blue ribbon, amazing!!
Technical (Colour and light):
Color and lighting is good after the processing.
Improvement:
The processing has helped the sky and the hill. But adversly affected the man. It's either sharpening or NI gave the man plastic look. I don't like the border. I would have processed whole picture.
Summary:
Nice image, would have scored even higher if the edges where not so sharp on the man.

Over all very nice image. Congrates and Keep shooting.