Aurora
by shavenwalrus

Comment:
great light for sure. i feel like the impact of this photo could have been helped a lot by a tighter crop, though- seems like there's too much of the thing showing. composition is a bit weak, which i think could have been fixed by a substantially closer crop.

16 seconds of light
by Brooklynsbridge

Comment:
cooperative sky! i wish the bolts (especially those on the right) were a bit sharper. might have been worth experimenting with cropping/dodging a little bit more to bring out the details there.

Crossing Light
by m2iw

Comment:
blurred background is a nice touch. i also like the bold primaries.

Through the Shadows
by Zap228

Comment:
wow, what an angle. - wide angle lens, perhaps? the sense of perspective is lovely.
sun dominates the picture a bit too much for my tastes, but i'm still giving it an 8 :)

Painted with fire
by tristalisk

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

Definitely the first thing that I notice about this picture is the colors. The colors are great. The range of tones in the sky is just wonderful.

Since the colors are so strong, probably the strongest aspect of this image, you want to accentuate them as much as possible and remove distractions. The bottom 1/5 or so of the image is dark and unappealing, so it doesn't belong there. Taking out that part would also (as blemt suggested) would improve the composition by taking the horizon down from its current hovering place aroudn the 1/2 mark. It would draw the focus back to the sky, where all the color and interest is.

Without doing anything other than that slight change, I think you'd have a much improved picture. Going a bit further than that (this is something for "next time," I guess), I wonder what this scene would have looked like a few seconds later, just after the sun went beyond the hills. You might not have lost anything that way, and just avoided having the burned out parts of the picture caused by the sun and its reflection. Something to keep in mind, perhaps.

Just keep taking pictures :)

Two Wrongs Make a Right, Right?
by Catbird

Comment:
The car on the wrong side of the road is a nice touch. Image is a bit flat and grainy, tho... I'd suggest adjusting the levels and running it through NeatImage. (NeatImage is free, btw.)

Irony
by Pazreal

Comment:
Nice.
Perfect example of how the title can make the image :)

'Warning' Strange Man Having Trouble With Umbrella in Road Ahead
by daztaz

Comment:
This would be a great picture.... but it's so darn small!

Highway 29
by sawatts1

Comment:
This would be a nice picture if only it were not so small.

On the "Route" to Seligman
by sfarrell23

Comment:
Great scene. I wish the sign weren't so far down in the image... hard as it is to do with such a great backdrop, the weird placement of the main element makes for a lot of dead space. maybe a wide-angle lens would have helped here?