Critique January 2024

January Critique

The Critique this month had 28 members participate (view list). 88 total images were submitted: 87 Scored, 1 Non-Scored. The Judge this month was Jim Selkin. High scoring images are displayed above, “Other Submitted Images” are displayed below.

Zoom Recording

YouTube Critique Video View the entire meeting (2h 13m)

Slide Show

View Critique PDF with all images/scores/comments. (36.5 MB) Note that this large file may download slowly to your computer.

Critique Scores by Category

Images in the galleries are identified by the category in which they were submitted. (Artistic Expression = “A”, Monochrome = “M”, Nature = “N”, Open Color = “O”, Sports = “S”, Special Subject = “SS”) Entries and scores are available in the following PDF files, grouped by Category.

• Artistic Expression
• Monochrome
• Nature
• Open Color
• Sports
• Special Subject: “Curves” “Curves within photographic images can add a dynamic and aesthetic aspect to the composition. Either incorporated within the internal structure of an image, or as a captured object, shape, or pattern, curves are often a powerful element in photography. “Curved lines photography” can capture and highlight the beauty of bent shapes and lines in various objects, or curves can deliberately guide the eye to a specific area. Curves can be implied, or partial, or replicate known shapes like the letter “C”, or the letter “S”, which In painting, is know as the “the line of beauty”, an S-curve line that travels back and forth horizontally through an image as the eye proceeds vertically through the scene. Create a photograph that utilizes curves.”.

The Judge this month was Jim Selkin

High Scoring Images

High scoring images were awarded by the Judge. “High scoring” images are displayed at the top of this page, and are listed below by Category, in alphabetical order by the Maker’s name.

Artistic Expression

• Ken Furuta – The Purple Streak
• Mike Bray – Wayward Umbrella
• Larry Goodman – Cautious Step
• Esther Spektor – The Phantom of the Opera

Monochrome

• Lawrie Bau – Flying Home
• Pat Patti – Shiny Old Cars
• Larry Goodman – The Takeoff

Nature

• Lara Ferraro – Branch Delivery
• Betsy Cobb-Seliga – Rumble
• Bette Harper – Beauty in Nature
• Ken Furuta – Searching for a Catch

Open Color

• Pat Patti – Fuzzy Lampshade
• Brad Friesen – Vintage Skip Tooth Bike
• Keith Leonin – A View of Fujiyama

Sports

• Ken Furuta- Big Aerial
• Mike Bray- Downhill Racer

Special Subject: “Curves”

• Raymond LaBelle – Cactus Gourmet
• Bette Harper – Curves at The Peterson
• Lawrie Bau – Red Ribbons
• Betsy Cobb-Seliga – Shifting Sands at Sunrise
• Esther Spektor – Power of Mercedes

All Submitting Members (28)

• Anonymous – Unscored (1)
• Mark Austin
• Mike Bray
• Mark Brenner
• Lawrie Bau
• Betsy Cobb-Seliga
• Rodney Cooper
• John Cornell
• Lara Ferraro
• Brad Friesen
• Ken Furuta
• Tom Getz
• Joel Goldstein
• Larry Goodman
• Bette Harper
• George Harper
• Raymond LaBelle
• Keith Leonin
• Myra Posner
• Mary Madden
• Susan Brown-Matsumoto
• Pat Patti
• Myra Posner
• Hilla Sadri
• Jack Salvador
• Esther Spektor
• Rick Vettraino
• Karen Wells

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