21 Years in Lafayette Park
by irae

Comment:
Good color and clearity.

Who is going to clean this mess up?
by morterin

Comment:
Good clearity and DOF. Slight smudge on the right in the sky, but a good shot overall.

Farmers Losing Ground
by autool

Comment:
I like this a lot. The picture tells a story, and the colors are good, and the houses in the background are all under contruction. Well done.

Sunset on Autumn, Winter on the Way!
by DougPaz

Comment:
OK shot. The yellow is just a tad blown out.

Flower
by Title9

Comment:
To much post processing. Very grainy and the colors are washed out. The framing of the shot is nice.

New Frizbee Champion Crowned
by LindaE

Comment:
Good capture of action. The white balance may be off a tad as the frisbee is washed out. Also a faster shutter speed may have prevented the blur.

Thanksgiving is his favorite holiday too!
by GolferDDS

Comment:
Shouldn't have done so much post processing. Having all the white so blown out is distracting to the shot.

Aflame
by n_ravikiran

Comment:
If this was in focus it'd be an interesting picture, but it still wouldn't meet the challenge.

Computer Bugs Rampant
by Bullwinkle

Comment:
Oops, was this ment for the Technology challenge? Good DOF, lighting and focus.

Blazing Texas Sunsets
by jab119

Comment:
~~~~Critique Club Comment~~~~
Blazing Texas Sunsets

*Composition (content)*
Your use of thirds is good. Not knowing the surroundings, would it have been possible to have the tree line go completely across the bottom of the screen? This would have better sold the idea of the tree being ablaze. Perhaps even a tighter crop would have worked. You definitely captured some nice colors and cloud formations.

*Background*
You have a nice deep focus on this shot. The slight movement of the branches of the tree helps sell the 'blazing' concept, but may have been a little distracting to most. I like the colors in the sky.


*Camera Work (Technical)*
You have a nice clean low light shot with no noise.

*Digital Processing (technical)*
Sharpening is very good (not too soft and no trace of over sharpening).
Balance between light and dark is good.
Compression is good (no jpeg artifacts)

*My opinion*
I think this photo is good. It may have scored how it did due to the number of other sunsets, or lack of human interest, can't say for sure, but it is technically a fine shot and with a different cropping may pull the 'Blazing Texas Sunsets' title off a little better.