Last Light, Monday
by C_Steve_G

Comment:
Hello, I am assuming the main subject is the orange light on the clouds since your title says that. But as a main subject, the clouds fall short. They are way too contrasty and too hard edged. There are too many other elements of equal visual weight in the image. They are all competing and none of them are interesting. The whole image is too dark and too contrasty to be appealing. The left and right sides of the frame are balanced well. I think some dodging in the grass foreground could have a big impact. This needs something that leads the eye, and unfortunately there isn't one here. Since there is not a foreground subject, getting a lower perspective may have helped. Having some closer texture of the grass in the foreground would help out a lot.

Swamp Land
by Wildpurple

Comment:
Overall a very interesting image for the eye to travel through. The array of colors and textures are pleasing and not over processed. I think a slight vignette would be an asset here and maybe a lighter upper center to take the eye to the center of the image.

Coming back to add more: I think a crop off the bottom would be a good thing. I say that since I think you intended the tree trunks to be the main subjects. The eye goes to lighter areas of the image first, then it travels around to find other things. The bottom part of the image is the lightest and has basically nothing there to look at. The more interesting part is in the water from the middle of the image and going to where the tree trunks start. A 16:9 crop would be good here, or even a square crop would work too.

Before the lockdown
by Janja

Comment:
Nice city scape. The treatment does nothing for me though. The comp is pretty good with the canal leading into the background and houses acting as fencing on both sides. There is enough in the image to keep interest for a little while.

Begonia
by jomari

Comment:
Most Excellent Marion!

Intense
by Alex_Petrini

Comment:
Matteo! Good to see you. (: You have a fantastic model for a son Alessandro. God, I hope I have him identified correctly. They change so fast.

Myakka Hawk
by spydr

Comment:
Beautiful hawk!

Milky Way over the Donna Kay
by HikerBoy

Comment:
Good work on getting some light inside the cabin. That alone creates an out of place sort of image, then you add the Milkyway and it really pops.

Starship Ice Crystal
by primabarbara

Comment:
Very nice details!

Overwintering
by clickodak

Comment:
I was practicing this very close type of winter photography last month. I love your composition and detail. The only thing is the snow is a little under exposed. I was practicing the correct settings to get snow to look like it actually is, white. I learned that an increase of at least 1.5 to 2 stops was needed to get the shutter speed right. The camera metering system wants to equal things out more. 9

Baby it’s cold outside!
by grahamgator

Comment:
My winner for this month. Beautifully done. All the aspects of imagery met very well. 10