Building Material Trends
by mzanoni

Comment:
I absolutely love the framing and composition on this. The light, color, and cool twist with the frame make this a very fun photo to look at. Nice job! 7

City Traffic
by Amore Di Ocean

Comment:
<-- Critique Club Critique (Say that fast 5 times) -->

Hello,

I got lucky and was assigned your image for critique, so here goes.

I really like the colors in this photo; while streak shots are easy to find, this is, in my opinion, one of the better ones. I find my eyes are drawn to the center of the photo where the on-coming traffic starts. This is better then your average streak shot because you include the cityscape which adds to the overall image, especially the tiny moon in the corner.

How would I make this photo better?

The horizon is a bit tilted to the left. Unless I am going for a tilted look I normally try to make the horizon as perfectly horizontal as possible so I would rotate this image a bit more to the right.

I assume you had a tripod and since this is an overpass, the tiny bit of camera shake that is visible is probably due to that. If not, you should consider getting one - they may be a pain, but can make the difference in sharpness.

And last but not least is image size. Your image on its longest side is only 546 pixels. You can go up to 640 on the longest side and there is a lot of detail that is too small to see that may have been visible, had you used all of your available space.

Thats about all I can come up with. Hope this is helpful to you.

Good luck in future challenges.


Diversq

Temperature's Rising
by OneSweetSin

Comment:
<--Critique Club -->

Funny, my first Critique as a CC member is a nipple; my wife would say "it figures".

First off, I think this is a good idea for temperature and does bring cold to my mind (among other things).

So how would I improve on this image?

First I would have shown more of the breast, perhaps backing out far enough to see both sides, while also showing the finger tips holding the ice cube, although adding that may have been interesting but at the same time might have taken away from the overall focus of the image.

As far as the nipple itself, I would have moved slightly down a bit probably about 3 inches or so to show an almost side view of it because the area above and to the left is drawing my eye there, taking the attention away from the droplet coming from the ice cube. Also the droplet on the left of the breast is a bit (not too much, just a little) distracting.

Overall its really good idea for temperature, nice job.

Fire And Ice
by Firstrich1

Comment:
Very nice. Excellent composer and use of available light. This looks like a tough shot and I am impressed with the droplet capture with out the look of flash on her face and beautiful lips. Great job -- 8

Liquid Fire
by Tarbini

Comment:
Hot stuff here! I am partial to flame myself and really appreciate this photo. Great sharpness on the bottle along with the slight tilt too it. The flame background really works well and has no distracting spots in my opinion. I know from personal experience with this type of shot its not to easy to get the flame to come out as smooth and balanced as you did. Great Job -- 8

Oreos on Ice
by dsidwell

Comment:
I really like this shot. Not only does it scream cold to me, I love the subject as well. Great focus and comp, lighting is really sweet too. And I love the wisps of cold air breezin by. Excellent shot and highest rated with a 9.

Shy
by mariomel

Comment:
Ok this is my favorite photo this week. I love the symmetry of her shoulders and legs. The title says shy and having her hide her face and using her hair to hide her other unmentionables in this way complements the title perfectly. I love the sharpness of the photo and the ingenuous way of having her feet come out of the frame, which also complements the overall picture. I wish I took photos like this, perfect lighting, perfect focus, blah blah blah, I could go on all day. Well done a true blue ribbon! 10

Oh please make this available as a print I would love to have one.

belly
by shutterfly

Comment:
Nice tat. Belly ring is pretty cool too. Somehow I don't think it would look as nice in my pudge pack. Good shot.

Danger Zone
by Diversq

Comment:
Wow Alan, that̢۪s too funny. I saw this photographer at the air show. He was about 15 feet to my right. I remember checking out his camera and I think he spotted me too. It was funny really because a young girl behind me commented to her father and I overheard her say, Dad is that camera a digital camera like ours (he had a small point and shoot digital) and he said back to her, no honey, that camera probably costs more then our car.

I turned at that point and smiled at him. Then showed his family this shot and they were impressed. His son then said he wanted a camera like that and asked if his dad would get him one. He replied, its either that or college. Everyone laughed and we went back to watching the show.

Red Windows
by poison

Comment:
I think this is a good picture overall. Sharp nice colors and lighting. Unfortunaly I find the large pink background to be distracting and brings down the image with to much pink. Good image otherwise.