Ziggy_5780.jpg
by FotoMunki

Comment:
i think this is my favourite of the SF series, Mark. i love the inclusion of the cyclist. it adds some interesting motion to the image...gives it life.

Loathsome Putrescence
by JPR

Comment:
Sweet title ;)

DSC_6754.jpg
by Pedro

Comment:

Originally posted by fall_leaf05: Gorgeous photo. Try to run it trough Neatimage--it will be a killer.

nah, I like it textury and natural. :) thanks for the input tho.

Spirited
by jenesis

Comment:
perfect amount of grain. some of the shots in this challenge are just plain messy looking. i like.

Desolation
by Joey Lawrence

Comment:
kind of posterized...almost cartoonish. but i hear some people like that.

Striped
by Joey Lawrence

Comment:
that's a hot ass.

DSC_7095.jpg
by Pedro

Comment:

Originally posted by jpochard: Originally posted by jpochard: Neat perspective and nice expression, but a little dark on my screen. Interesting...in looking at it again, did you lighten it? It look lighting tonight! Maybe I was just dim last night :P

Nope, it's not you that's dim...it was me. I had forgotten to change the color space back to RGB after editing some RAW photos the night before. Looked fine in PS, and I didn't check after uploading. Thanks for the heads up Judy :)

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Flying Home
by Cantique

Comment:
*Critique Club*

This one certainly meets the challenge. Lots of contrast; in fact it almost has that Selenium look to it, which is very difficult to achieve with digital processing. I like the workflow very much.

Compositionally i might have cropped this a little tighter. not because the foreground is too overpowering as one of the commenters suggested, rather because the introduction of the land masses at the top seem to interrupt the lovely lines that flow so nicely through the rest of the image. the high contrast leads me gently from the bottom to the top of the image, but it doesn't let me keep going.

A slightly smaller aperture might give you an additional bit of sharpness in the background, though i'm not convinced that would improve anything.

All in all a very nice image, and deserving of an above average score.

Pedro

Its Miller Time!
by ltaylor

Comment:
*Critique Club*

Very nicely done. this is a really good picture on the verge of being a great one. the toning and cropping are excellent. not sure if you placed the boots or if you just found them that way, but it's very natural looking.

the use of directional sunlight also subtly speaks to the context as you infer it in your title. end of the day...fading sunlight etc. very nice.

on the more critical side, there are some blown out highlights as a few of the commenters noted. hard to say if it's this that causes the pixelation in the laces or if that's a product of some sharpening.

I like the harsh processing - lots of contrast and texture, but i suspect a *little* softer processing would have garnered you a higher score.

All said, it's a very good image, certainly deserving of the 6 it received. Well done.

Pedro

Criss-Cross
by Mary Ann Melton

Comment:
*Critique Club*

This good photo has all the makings of a great photo, but stops a little short. Technically it's wonderful. sharp details, rich colours, lots of depth.

As an abstract/macro, I think a slightly tighter crop would work a little better. the background elements make me look for more context that isn't really available. As a 'shoe' shot, a slightly wider crop would give me the context I need to place them in their environment.

I love the diagonals, and I love the contrast. Overall a solid entry.

Pedro

ps as a sidebar to your processing notes...why use levels AND curves (since both do the same thing). obviously not a criticism...I'm just interested.