URBAN Ice
by Valdo

Comment:
this is a great image! I didn't get to see the original one. But this is perfect. Great job

Day 5 Picaddilly Train Station
by Valdo

Comment:
Valdo

I love the colors and the pattern and the line in this. A very slight rotation counterclockwise to level off the horizon (actually to level off the platform roof) will go a long way to an extra point if this was a challenge picture.

Bonus
by xXxscarletxXx

Comment:
very nice Amy!

What's really impressive about this is that each one of the inserts seems to have the same color toning, which occasionally is very tough.I like your choice of background and the pattern that you've used here too

3_TV-tower.jpg
by junior_z

Comment:
Hi Anna,

I'm wondering what was left on the left-hand side of the shot. A better composition choice would have been to have the tower on the right-hand side with the rest of the other towers stringing out along towards the left. This would've avoided is centered composition and gotten rid of a lot of those wires that are in the shot. And actually seemed to be more distracting than helpful.

Feb 5
by elemess

Comment:
In PS:
Duplicate the layer (background)
Select that layer, press ALT and the box with the dot in it (bottom of layers window) this creates a black mask on that layer.
Change the blend mode to Multiply.
Select your brush tool, set to 11% opacity and choose white.
Now paint a series of lines in white across the image going from left top to bottom right so that you have a zebra pattern in the black/white.
As you apply more strokes it will get darker on the area you are painting white.

Do this at 100% OPACITY and you'll see immediately what this is accomplishing.

Feb 5
by elemess

Comment:
Oy yes at first it does look like it should jump off the page...so I as well tried some quick stuff on it. A broad stroke burn pattern alternating with unburned 45 degree angle from left up to down right.

Day 7 - Hall Chapel Ruin, Bowthorpe, Norwich, UK
by Bruce_the_Robert

Comment:
Agree with Junie here. The borders are too small to get good bang for your buck. They need to be twice as wide inside.

or, take your edge photos, resize smaller just slightly. One lower on the right or left, the other higher. Thicker black on top or bottom of each side. This will create a real visual division.

Day 2 - Pigeon House
by Bruce_the_Robert

Comment:
Up your game eh? Nope, not helping you...once you find a subject that is artsy and filled with emotion, you'll just be taking all the ribbons home. your eye is sharp and finish processing is very well done. You manage to keep the quality of light in check on most of what I see here.

Lets consider the width of this crop. Narrow it considerably. The long upwards reaching branch is cropped out, the right-side diagonal is cropped at the half way mark. Drop the top by a quarter of the distance to the peak.

Day 1 - Fog
by Bruce_the_Robert

Comment:
This is a great image. If it were a challenge entry I would clone the sun out as it looks too much like a lens smudge, but there is not a thing wrong here. Great job!

Day 3
by renegade1966

Comment:
Hey Todd. Nice shot. I'm seeing that you have your F-Stop at 4 and shutter at 4000. This type of wide angled image suffers quickly from low depth of field causing it to look out of focus. At the top end of your zoom, you want to be shooting no slower than 1/600, so try to balance out the speed by stopping down your lens. This will give you a much longer focal range and make that plane and all the other items in the scene crispy!

Try an F10 or F11 under similar conditions with a speed anywhere from 1/800 to 1/1200.