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Indonesia
Title: Sad ManCanon PowerShot G2
Sad Man (1)
ethoreau (226)

BobTrips Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 566 W: 357 N: 72] (1835) [2003-01-01 11:51:01] [2]
Hi Eric, welcome.

I think this is a beautiful picture, great framing, great color and lighting.

I'm a little put off by the perspective (the leaning door frame). Here's a quick and dirty version for your consideration.

I cropped a bit off the bottom, not sure that I like that part any better.
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Taiwan
Title: 3 KidsSony DSC F707
3 Kids (1)
felix Silver Star Critiquer [C: 11 W: 3 N: 0] (52)

BobTrips Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 566 W: 357 N: 72] (1835) [2003-01-02 22:51:14] [3]
Welcome Felix. You've got objects on both the right and left of the picture that don't (in my opinion) add to the picture and are slightly out of focus.

Let me suggest cropping out the edges and a bit of the bottom to concentrate on the real subject matter of the picture. You're left with the unusual palm tree trunks and the viewer is left wondering what those kids are so interested in.
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Morocco
Title: Friday - Day OffCanon PowerShot G2
Friday - Day Off (1)
ethoreau (226)

BobTrips Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 566 W: 357 N: 72] (1835) [2003-01-03 11:23:08] [1]
Interesting shot with the men sitting in the arch and giving it scale. How about cropping away a bit of the right edge to eliminate the 'flat' area and increase the vertical feel?

I did an 'Auto Levels' in PSE which made the color a bit 'richer' (IMHO).
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China
Title: The tableSony DSC F707
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felix Silver Star Critiquer [C: 11 W: 3 N: 0] (52)

BobTrips Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 566 W: 357 N: 72] (1835) [2003-01-04 10:04:29] [1]
Hi Felix.

Here's a version (maybe not THE version). I straightened the perspective in PSE (maybe not perfectly, I'm in a hurry). Then I cropped some from each side, more from the right.

This should give you some idea of what you can do with this shot. The results are likely to be better if you work from the full size file and then reduce to display size.

The glare on the one picture frame caused it to be totally blown out. You might want to consider copy and pasting the content from the other frame to eliminate the white spot. For some people that crosses the line in terms of photo fixup. Your call.
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South Africa
Title: Fishing Boats
Fishing Boats (4)
benbroug Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 69 W: 0 N: 26] (577)

Mrcurtain Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Silver Note Writer [C: 79 W: 40 N: 20] (421) [2003-01-04 16:53:40] [3]
Cropped and sharpened. I might even go a little bit tighter.
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Thailand
Title: and another group...Canon Elan
and another group... (2)
ethoreau (226)
Levels Adjustment
Levels Adjustment
adam Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Silver Note Writer [C: 440 W: 33 N: 31] (848) [2003-01-05 02:36:42] [9]
This seemed a bit soft, but after adjusting the Levels it became quite saturated, so I desaturated a bit and added a tiny amount of contrast. I tried rotating to straighten the column, but this would cut off the foot so I left that part as is.
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New Zealand
Title: Milford Sound
Milford Sound (7)
sallyyeung (83)

felix Silver Star Critiquer [C: 11 W: 3 N: 0] (52) [2003-01-05 05:12:16] [1]
The land on the left hand side is a little yellower which seems more natural to me. And the mountain in front is less blue. But the top left corner are all rgb(255,255,255), not too possible to be corrected.
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Ghana
Title: children from Guinea
children from Guinea (10)
gaby Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1406 W: 45 N: 1527] (19454)

Mrcurtain Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Silver Note Writer [C: 79 W: 40 N: 20] (421) [2003-01-07 01:43:29] [2]
In the original my eye is drawn first to the dirt on the left which adds little to the photo then to the curious spectator in the background who detracts from the photo. By cropping it the eye is drawn immediately from kid to kid and then to the woman.
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Switzerland
Title: MatterhornNikon D100
Matterhorn (9)
heru66 (31)

Mrcurtain Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Silver Note Writer [C: 79 W: 40 N: 20] (421) [2003-01-08 21:31:27] [1]
I wanted to see the detail on the mountain so I brightened the center levels in photoshop. In doing so I lost some of the richness of the sunrays. What do you think?
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Switzerland
Title: MatterhornNikon D100
Matterhorn (9)
heru66 (31)

adam Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Silver Note Writer [C: 440 W: 33 N: 31] (848) [2003-01-09 02:03:56] [6]
Well, I guess this is somewhere in between the other Adam's workshop photo and the original. I did a feathered selection of everything but the sky and made a slight curves adjustment to lighten things up.
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