Wonder Wall
by Imagineer

Comment:
Very cool image. I (personally) would have preferred to include the topmost portion of the wave spray, but without seeing that myself it's tough to criticize. Great shot.

Power House
by Imagineer

Comment:
Great title and amazing focus! Really terrific shot!

Cocoa Beach
by Imagineer

Comment:
Wow... Beautiful shot and the sea oats in the foreground make the image complete. Fantastic job.

Fruitless
by SDW

Comment:
Scott: This is awesome! Love the processing - with the exception of the blur on the foreground. IMHO, the grass should be sharper in the closer areas of the shot. That's a fantastic tree and the sky is dead-on right. It's a great image regardless of my simple observations...

Beyond the Horizon
by justin_hewlett

Comment:
Beautiful blues & whites...

lens.jpg
by smjbmw

Comment:
Wow... VERY cool shot. It seems like something that you'd see all the time, but you don't. Great job!

The Marsh
by kjennings

Comment:
Great shot! IMHO, the border detracts rather than adds to the image...

oiseau-mouche-28.jpg
by kosmikkreeper

Comment:
Nice shot - great movement. There's a bit of graininess to the image that is distracting, but I'm sure you already knew that. I've tried numerous times to capture these little guys in the perfect way without ANY success, so I admire your fortitude and determination to get it right! :-)

IMG_7803web.jpg
by smartypants

Comment:
WOW - phenomenally sharp image. Great capture!

Common Wealth
by rustedlight

Comment:
* Greetings from the Critique Club *

First, let me say that I do remember this from the Affluence Challenge. I thought at the time that it had a lot of potential, but didn't quite realize it IMHO.

Relevance
I think that this met the challenge topic well, in that it was a fairly universal example of affluence (in the industrialized nations).

Color/Focus
I think that actually the B/W conversion hurt your shot in this particular instance. Granted, I don't know what it looked like in color, but for it to be more relative to "affluence", I envision lots of "rich" colors. The focus was also not as sharp as it could have been to create a "wow" factor.

Lighting
Lighting was fair. There's not a lot of contrast in the image - mostly made up of grays, so it's difficult to determine whether or not the lighting was as optimal as possible. Which is to say, that it obviously wasn't as good as it might have been. However, I think that the image could be improved dramatically with a little more post-processing.

Composition
I think that the composition is good. The "line" of exotic automobiles, obviously represents affluence and the crop is very condusive to envisioning an endless stream of these. The inclusion of bicyclists is another reminder of the excessive needs of the "well-to-do". You did very well here IMHO.

Overall
I think that the shot has a lot of possibilities, but that it didn't quite reach as many of them as it might have. Namely, the focus and the choice of B/W over color. I think it met the Affluence Challenge theme well, but suffered in score because of these elements.

Just my 2 cents...