Hello Beverley,

It's a nice one; light, DOF is O.K. and I like the colours also. Maybe it would have been better if you had placed the windmill a little left. You could have stepped to the left and changed the angle of the camera a little. Rule of thirds and things like that :-)

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Csaba

Hello Esperanca,

Well, well here is a good idea again. I especially find the POV in this case thought-provoking and amusing at the same time. It has just came into my mind that Saint Amaro would be a better place on the left side and I would use a horizontal picture. I like this one anyway.

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Csaba

Hello Chris,

A living frame :) that's a good one. As I wrote in my other critique I love this blue-brown thing. Focus is O.K,however I am not sure but I found that the "edges" of Lynsey are to sharp. (Sorry for this poor English but I'm so sleepy...) I hope you get what I mean. POV is just great anyway. I like that there are plenty of things that I can learn from all of you. For example, in your case here is this living frame one. I would try to catch a moment like this or not the same but something similar to it. Well done again!

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Csaba

Hello Chris,

Do you know what was my first thought when I took a look at the picture? You will never guess it. The 70s and the 80s. Why? Because of the colour combination - brown and blue. Thanks to the retro you see this one again. Altough, I am not so old to remember clearly but I am sure that was it. I would like to say after this little intro that I do like the picture because of the colours and the emotion you caught here. Well done!

Hello Sue,

How funny is this one! You were lucky to took this picture. But it is your merit that you recognised what you were seeing - the whole composition I mean. You have a good eye for the details as I see. I would be curious to see it in B&W, anyway. Well done!

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Csaba

Hello Oana,

I also like that the lines show you the way. POV is simple excellent and DOF is fine as I see. Composition is a perfect one. So I would like to say just that I like it :) Well done!

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Csaba

Hello Leanne,

B&W works well here. In this way what grab our attention is the glimpse of the girls and their feeling. I agree with studiogreg the girl on the left side looks surpised but the girl on the right side, well I see something in her eyes as she is waiting for an explanation or what happens next. Allow me a personal note, the girl on the left side has got a stunning face it would be worth to take some portrait shots of her, don't you think? Maybe I saw a picture of her amongst your photos but I'm not sure. Her eyes are so beautiful...Back to the photo: composition and the whole concept of this one is more than fine. I do like it. Well done!

$267 on a dress? I don't think that was too much for the dress, however, that amount is more than 1/3 of my current salary :)

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Csaba

Hello Rew,

Don't get angry but I do love her - I have just felt in love with her :) Let's be serious. She is a masterpiece...ehhh..I thought it is a materpiece.DOF, POV, light, shadow, sharpness, composition - using the rule of thirds comes naturally to you I think - everything is perfect. Well done!

...and she is a stunning one.

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Csaba

Hello Martial,

Congratulations! A "simple" one but it is very good. The missing part of the mirror at the top disturbs me a little but that's just fine.Well done!

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Csaba

Hello Leanne,

Today I read a quite detailed text about the rule of thirds and I can't help looking pictures in that way...for today at least. I must join others who said/wrote it would be better "to place" your dad a little right to separate him from the tree. You know what I mean. If I had been in your place, I would have taken some steps a little left. And...yeah, plenty of options but you were there :) I kinda like the composition anyway.

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Csaba