lotus leaf and snail shell week 1
by 2mccs

Comment:
Lovely almost-abstract. Painterly.

Gramps - PAW2011-1
by Guruinn

Comment:
Nice candid and excellent color conversion.

1 - Golden Slumbers
by odriew

Comment:
Beautiful light. I should do more experimentation with my iphone's camera.

Food 01 - Lychees
by hajeka

Comment:
Yum! Nice photo, great color and textures - although on the thumbnail the peeled (?) lychee in the back looks a bit like a boiled egg.

Couch Potatoes
by tinkie2010

Comment:
Critique Club Comment

Great, amusing shot. The upside-down "Play" on the left computer, combined with the intense, yet almost sour, expression on the girl's face gives it a very social commentary vibe that is both meaningful and funny.

The composition/crop is also excellent, although I am not sure that the white border bands on the top and bottom actually add anything to the image. The coincidental mirroring of the wave of the lines on the sofa to the lines on the girl's dress works very well - in general the play of stripes across the image give a real sense of jumbled movement that contrasts nicely with the static appearance of the girls.

Contrast could be backed off a bit, but the harshness of the processing adds to the whole feel of the photo.

George In The Box
by JustCaree

Comment:
Critique Club Comment:

This is a very sweet candid that works wonderfully as a casual snapshot, but which suffers somewhat from some focus issues. As has been mentioned in the other comments, the focus appears to be forward of the subject, with the leading edge of the jack-in-the-box (and perhaps the very front of the child's hair) being in focus, but with the child's face being a little soft. The level of noise reduction used also contributes to the soft, somewhat smeary look of the photo.

Compositionally this is pretty good, but could have been improved by moving slightly left and perhaps getting even a little lower so as to bring the subject more onto the plane of the camera (and to avoid the red foot near the top-left of the child's head intruding on the scene).

The warm colors work well for the shot, and this is a case where color correction would likely have detracted from the image.

0548
by pixelpig

Comment:
Great, lovely abstract.

Waiting for Rosemary
by dafletchr

Comment:
The exposure on this is just fantastic. Great composition as well.

Shadows in the Snow
by ladpupmoe

Comment:
Like mitalapo, I would have liked to see a little more texture on the trees in the upper half, but otherwise very nice. Love the shadows.

Ethereal Lily
by digifotojo

Comment:
Really like the focus/DOF on this. It makes for a very interesting contrast of textures.