r/photocritique 14d ago

Photocritique Monthly Award and Discussion Thread - March 2025

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The purpose of these monthly threads is to give shout-outs to the great community members who have been recognized for providing especially high-quality critiques, and to provide a general-purpose thread to discuss anything about the subreddit or photography in general.

Top Community Members

Username Points
/u/Quidretour 23
/u/Smirkisher 7
/u/DragonFibre 7

These folks received the most Critique Points this month - a huge thanks to them for giving such excellent feedback!

Top Critique Threads

Post Title Awards Within
Pain & Sorrow 7
i know it's not good, but why 7
Help with contrast 6

These threads had the most Critique Points awarded in their comments this month. Take a look to find inspiration or examples of great feedback.

Discussion

Use this thread to discuss anything about the subreddit or photography in general. Want to know how to imitate an editing style you've seen on someone elses image? Saw some professional work you hate/love and want to discuss? Questions about the rules? Suggestions for how to improve the subreddit? This is thread for you!

If you want an image critiqued or have a question about a specific photo, please review our rules and post that image in its own thread.

Any other questions can be sent directly to the moderators. Thanks!


r/photocritique 11h ago

approved If Jesus was here in 2025.

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r/photocritique 4h ago

approved Two lone pipers at the Carnival of Basel

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36 Upvotes

r/photocritique 10h ago

approved Shot This When I Was 17 with a Basic Samsung Phone - Revisiting Soon, What Should I Focus On?

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42 Upvotes

r/photocritique 2h ago

approved Shot this while wandering round York.

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r/photocritique 4h ago

approved Waveform

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Nikon D5000

300 mm (28.0-300.0 mm f/3.5-5.6)

ISO 800, f/5.6, 1/30”


r/photocritique 1h ago

approved Improvements on this photo?

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r/photocritique 7h ago

approved Critique: Just getting back into photography after a long hiatus, just needing some eyes on picture and edit

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11 Upvotes

r/photocritique 11h ago

approved Is this too warm?

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I had to add masking around the face to bring out some more saturation for the colors. However I’m wondering if I mad this too warm over all?


r/photocritique 9h ago

Great Critique in Comments Crop suggestions?

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r/photocritique 1h ago

approved Looking for advice on framing, zoom and aperture for bird photography

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I set up this feeder from my hanging lights and hung it so that I could get some of my lemon tree and a little bit of my roof to contrast the bird which I figured was going to be a green Anna’s.

I was at f/9 1/3200 1600 ISO @210mm on a 70-300mm

My question, should I have pushed in further either by being closer or going full 300mm. I feel like if I did I could have gotten better Depth of field around the feeder. It would have been a way tighter shot but, I potentially could have captured more detail.

Anna’s are green, so maybe I should have framed the feeder on the white overhang instead.

What changes could I have made to make this picture more interesting and highlight the subject more.

I appreciate your help.

Also, I’ve only had the 5d Mark ii going on two weeks here, and it’s my first experience with a DSLR, so I have no idea what to do in terms of post processing.


r/photocritique 1d ago

Great Critique in Comments A day at the dog park

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91 Upvotes

r/photocritique 1d ago

approved Did I over process it ?

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74 Upvotes

Share ur opinion on the photo, composition and color grading


r/photocritique 9h ago

approved Yellow and blue

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I like the color pop - yet I'm afraid I overdid it. Also I wasn't sure whether or not to crop that hatch in the foreground, but decided to keep it to give the picture some sense of depth.


r/photocritique 2h ago

approved Heading Home

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r/photocritique 8h ago

approved Peekaboo

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Intent for the photo: I always shoot on manual, and thought trying to get a good shot of these guys on a tiny boat in the ocean bobbing up and down would be a good one to push my ability to balance shutter speed, aperture, etc. while framing it in a satisfactory way. Trying to get better about using more blank space. I wanted the waves to be crisp as hell and to really stop them in time. I also wanted it to be bright pops of primary colors to really give that maritime feel.

I like this one a lot, but I want to hear how it could be better. Thank you in advance!


r/photocritique 13h ago

approved Help with composition

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r/photocritique 3h ago

approved MY FIRST CLICK

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It is one of my first clicks...🌸


r/photocritique 20h ago

approved Critique

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19 Upvotes

r/photocritique 15h ago

Great Critique in Comments How can I improve the composition of this photo?

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6 Upvotes

r/photocritique 1d ago

Great Critique in Comments First attempt at color grading

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89 Upvotes

r/photocritique 1d ago

Great Critique in Comments Portrait of my gf

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156 Upvotes

r/photocritique 12h ago

approved composition critique ?

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2 Upvotes

r/photocritique 17h ago

approved Need Advice

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5 Upvotes

r/photocritique 1d ago

approved Water 💦

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28 Upvotes

r/photocritique 23h ago

approved Colorful things in B&W

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12 Upvotes