All that glitters
by brianeden

Comment:
~~~~Critique Club Comment~~~~
All that Glitters

Composition (Content)
The compositions of the boats on the dock is fine. You may have wanted to play around a little more with your crop. The light on the right looks a little out of place, but if you couldn't go any further left I understand. And a tighter crop would have removed the needed dock on the bottom that isn't in shadow. I don't feel there is a need to crop out any more of the water. The negative space it gives complements the boats on the dock.

Background
DOF is good. However, as others have stated, the brightness of the sun reflecting on the water is a bit distracting. A faster shutter speed or white balance adjustment may have helped.

Camera Work (Technical)
Your white balance may be off a tad. If your camera allow filters, then a polarizer would have helped take out the harsheness of the sun on the water but left the glimmer that you were wanting.

Digital Processing (Technical)
Sharpening is fair (Not sure you sharpened this photo).
Balance between light and dark is fair. (Sunlight water issue)
Compression is good (no jpeg artifacts)

My opinion
You have an interesting subject. Some minor technical changes and you'd have a really nice picture worthy of hanging on a wall.

Dark Blue Sky
by victor01

Comment:
~~~~Critique Club Comment~~~~
Dark Blue Sky

Composition (Content)
Your composition seems to be suffering from to much dark area at the bottom. The comments on cropping are correct. I also suffered last week due to cropping and having too much black area at the bottom of my photo. So a crop with just a strip of dark at the bottom and then the tower jutting out from that may have given youe a more pleasing composition. The cloud formations are terrific. Really work well to have the blue area stand out.

Background
Your DOF is good. You have good detail in the clouds on the horizon.


Camera Work (Technical)
Your white balance may be off a tad, as the cloud on the right is really washed out in comparison to the clouds on the left. The shot is level and in good focus.

Digital Processing (Technical)
Sharpening is good (No trace of over sharpening).
Balance between light and dark is fair. (I feel you may have done to much contrast enhancement.)
Compression is good (no jpeg artifacts)
May have wanted to run it through NeatImage to remove some of the noise in the clouds.

My opinion
The clouds and the tower hold the interest for me. I do find the amount of dark area at the bottom distracting. This is a good shot that with just some minor refinements could be a great shot.

Message edited by author 2002-12-10 09:48:54.

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Comment:
You have done a great job capturing this shot. The composition and colors are perfect.

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by smellyfish1002

Comment:
Perfect DOF. Going black and white was a perfect decision for this shot. You really did a good job capturing the moment.

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by DougPaz

Comment:
Beautifully done.

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by Gracious

Comment:
Great black and white. Composition and shades are perfect. Good job.

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by Alecia

Comment:
Only thing holding back this from being my highest rating is the jpeg artifacts around the stem and border. I really love the lighting and color.

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by Sonifo

Comment:
Very nice portrait. You caught the moment nicely.

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by Rackat

Comment:
Interesting twist to an old theme. Good clean shot.

Christmas Time Is Here
by jenarom

Comment:
Only thing missing is the Merry Christmas text. This shot is flawless. Great Job!