Untitled
by nemesise1977

Comment:
I like the detail. The background is also nice. The main problem I have with this is I'm not sure what I am looking at in the foreground. Is that a tree stump? a cliff? It kinda looks like a hand rising up. Maybe a title along those lines could have been beneficial?

The Cuyahoga Valley National Park
by EaThis

Comment:
Very vintage looking. Interesting lines. My problem with this is there isn't anything that holds my attention. The lines help and it leads my eyes through the photo but I don't end up in an area of interest. I think maybe this would work better if the goal was different. As it stands now it's a very moody shot but the subject seems to beckon for something else. Does that make sense?

Knot
by glad2badad

Comment:
A striking photo. Love the duotone colors and the DOF. Looks artsy. Don't really find anything wrong with this. It looks like you just avoided clipping the highlights not that it matters since it's in just a small area. Great photo.

Frozen
by Izadora

Comment:
I like the duotone colors used here and there is good contrast from the middle down. What hurts this the most is the blown highlights. Not just in the sky but most importantly on the ice itself (I'm assuming that's ice). What I would have tried is to underexpose the shot and get some detail from the ice, which would have also made the sky less distracting. Maybe also use an ND filter? If anything I would rather have the shot underexposed than overexposed since you can always get some detail back from an underexposed image which you can't do from an overexposed one. This holds true even more nowadays with products like neatimage which can do a great job in removing the noise associated with underexposed images.

Sacrifice
by Grandmom

Comment:
The duotone looks good and there's nice detail here. I kinda wish the tombstone had more impact since as it stands now the trees carry most of the focus and real estate.

Pencil Knitting - sunny afternoon
by notesinstones

Comment:
The excellent tonal range really helps soften the impact of the clipped highlights in the hands. As such it's not a distraction at all. Great photo.

Harley Davidson 95th Anniversary
by yanko

Comment:

Originally posted by Melethia: Great use of desat here. Lovely shadows - is that via exposure or post processing? Good crop as well.

I could say the shadows were already there and I boosted them in photoshop. Does that answer your question? ;)

Abandoned
by PerfectShot

Comment:
Looks a bit out of focus on my screen.

Maureen
by zetos

Comment:
Too much detail has been lost due to the clipped hilights. I barely notice the smoke plume at the top because of it. The left side of the photo is fine even though there are hot spots but those don't bother.

Beyond that the photo is good. It's fairly sharp and it looks like you captured it while it was in motion. Composition-wise, I'm wondering if you had the front of the train more towards the lower right corner that way you'd minimize the highlight problems on the right and more focus would be placed on the front of the train. As it is now my eyes start at the front and make it's way down to the back of the train where the highlight problem areas are.

Anyway, just my opinion. Others might actually see the right side as adding to the style of the look.

The Mask
by permapier

Comment:
To be honest, I'm not in love with this photo. There isn't anything technically wrong with it. Perhaps the highlights are a bit too bright but there doesn't seem to be any lost detail as a result. And that's part of the problem. The mask is just ordinary with little interesting details to look at. Maybe if it was painted or someone was wearing it and you saw their eyes this photo would do better. As is there isn't anything that grabs your attention. Hope this helps.