webwood
by posthumous

Comment:
Critique Club Review:

Color Saturation & Hue - Not Applicable.

Brightness and contrast - the lighting seems a bit off to me. I'm a big fan of inky velvet black, but their power doesn't quite gather here. Perhaps more than one light might have helped. As is there are bright spots that fight with the piral for the eye's attention. I'm left wondering if the light following the spiral might have worked.

Focus and depth of field - excellent. The image is tack sharp.

Subjective - I like the image, but find the lighting vs the shape a bit jarring. A bit different lighting could have made this ominous, or another angle might have made it mysterious.

Overall, very daunting to try to critique an acknowledged master...

Water Front
by Pixlmaker

Comment:
Your bridge image is much stronger than this one. Again processing seems a bit much, the halo above the tree line on the far shore is an indication. The right side of the horizon looks a bit lower than the left. Could be lens distortion, or optical illusion.

I like the leading line of the shore, but they do not seem to lead the eye to a final subject/resting point. The block with fear tries to be a subject but the koine lines pull the eye away. Yet the. I dance of the word shore and box yank the eye back, in a never ending battle. I probably would have votes 5 or 6.

Edited to fix really bad spelling. Auto-correct can be a ruthless taskmaster.

Message edited by author 2014-08-02 17:13:31.

Peace Bridge / Rough Waters
by Pixlmaker

Comment:
Overall I like the image, I am partial towards B&W images. I like the detail of the bridge against the smoother water. I would have taken off a point or two because it appears a bit over processed. If you look at the upper edge of the bridge, and under the nearest arch, there is a halo that looks much like a bit too heavy of an application of Topaz Adjust. I probably would have given this a 7 or 8.

Sunshine on a blue sky day
by PennyStreet

Comment:
Love the saturation in this. Very well done. Congratulations on the ribbon.

Week 23 - Construction
by Ann

Comment:
Nice shadow detail.. Plenty of things to explore in the image, without being distracting.

Week 22 - Cadillac Hotel
by Ann

Comment:
I like the timeless feel to this. Leaving the edge of the negative in, was an excellent choice. Very nice work!

20
by daisydavid

Comment:
Again, an interesting take on a subject few explore. So often we walk through our homes, and never notice the play of light and shadows upon the objects within. I like your vision...

21
by daisydavid

Comment:
Nice take on an every day scene that most would not think to work with. Makes me think of dreamy summer afternoons at grandma's house.

USS Ronald Reagan
by Germaine

Comment:
I really like this one. Reminds me of the end of Close Encounters of the Third Kind...

USS Ronald Reagan
by Germaine

Comment:
The horizon looks a little tilted appearing to slope down towards the right side of the frame. I don't know if you cropped the original, but I would have liked it tighter on the ship. Still, a nice sharp image. 37 years later, the liberty launch, the smaller boat up close to the carrier, hasn't changed much at all.