Overload
by snaffles

Comment:
Hi from the CC CLub!!!!

Well, I am not sure what the closet of doom is, but I think I may have several of them in this house. Mostly under my kids beds!!!

I like your idea of an overflowing glass. I think what killed your shot here, was the darkness. Because the glass is black you would need a fairly bright light to see what is going on in the shot. Maybe a little more spot metering would have helped with the light. In Post processing, adjusting the exposure may have light it a bit more and then playing with brightness and contrast, but I still think this would have been fairly dark

Now if I tilt my screen, I can see your shot fairly well.

Your high ISO is giving off a lot of grain, you are a little tilted as well and the bottom bit of the glass is cut off and out of focus.

But the focus on the oil pouring in and the top of the glass is sharp. Your shot is very centered, maybe having only half of the glass showing on the right with the oil pouring out of it, would have given you more depth and POV.

I would retake this shot and see what you can do , cos I think with the black glass it could be stunning!

Rainbow Vinaigrette
by bspurgeon

Comment:
Well done, totally gorgeous

On the Run
by OmanOtter

Comment:
HI from the CC Club,

How utterly amazing to be able to see these magnificent animals in the wild, let alone take a shot of them. Gorgeous.

This really is an amazing shot, but as you know the clarity is not there. There is a lot of dust in the air, probably from the truck you where in. There are several ways to remedy this problem in post processing. Once you have the clarity cleaned up, some dodge and burn on their stripes would make them pop right out.

I have PM'd you

Life Between a Rock And A Rapid Place
by TommyMoe21

Comment:
Hi from the CC CLub,

This is a gorgeous image. I am shocked the grass stayed still long enough for you to shoot!!!

I am surprised at the placement of this, waterscapes do so well and this is different from the normal shot. But then again, right now we seem to be a in flux of waterscapes similar to this.

I do like the fact that your entire water is not the usual creamy, misty smooth water, yours actually has some character.

Your POV and DOF is great, wouldn't change it at all, but I think that maybe as the grass is so so green and everything else is very grey with just a hint of green in the rocks is hurting you. The grey is dominating whilst the green is such a blast of green, it doesn't seem real. Not sure if any of that made sense, sorry. Basically, I think you need to bring a little more colour into it to balance out the green.

Your sharpness is strong and to the point, your details are great, I would just tweak around with the colours a little.

I can see this hanging in a Spa somewhere, I really do like it

Union Station
by dswann

Comment:
HI from the CC Club,

Well, talk about wow.

Your HDR is subtle and stunning, details pop out all over the place. I am just looking waiting for a Tux suited man to pop into the picture.

The picture is not centered, there is more to the left than the right and it throws the picture off, but i have a feeling there may be more people in the right and that was why.

This could be in any magazine. Impressive well done

Fire and Water
by jotaga

Comment:
HI from the CC Club

Gorgeous photo.

It looks surreal, almost as though it has been painted or drawn, .

I think to get over the 'thats not real aspect' would be to have more rocks showing. A little more detail in the rocks would give it some depth. Or even having more rocks in it. The reds on my computer are very vibrant, dominating the scene.

I think you did a wonderful job on this.

Down by the River
by jomerner

Comment:
Hi from the CC Club,

What an Amazing capture, this is once in a life time shot! WOW

Now I have got over my wowness, lets get down to some PP work.

A crop to on the right hand side quite tightly to the Heron and a little more off the top would have drawn more attention to your bird and raccoon.

the back ground is very bright, so with this cropping it would eliminate some of this

Some sharpness in PP would have helped, a little dodge and burn on the coon would have highlighted him some more and made him stand out just a little more.

Play with the saturation sponge a little on the bird, see what happens
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I am so impressed with this shot, it is a keeper. well done!

The Pavillion
by Ter

Comment:
Hi from the CC Club

Interesting shot, the first thing that i notice though is that it seems to be tilted, the wooden frame is tilted so it makes the whole photo tilted. Your horizon/building is dead straight though. Oxymoron somehow!

You have a gorgeous sunset going on in the back ground, would be nice in PP to make that pop a little more to give some drama to this shot

Good leading line through this shot, your ISO is well up there and I am surprised at the lack of grain, well done on that aspect. Some dodge and burn in PP would have brought some character to the boardwalk,

Looks chilly there that day!

Fireweed at Lake Louise
by Citadel

Comment:
Greetings from the CC Club

Gorgeous, you did really well with this HDR, I really like it. Instead of being in Alberta, it looks like it belongs in the tropics somewhere.

I am torn here, I like the foreground, but it does take away from the shot. I would love to see the shot without the flowers and grass, but on the other hand it really makes it more than just a water and mountain scene. Like I said, a tropical scene.

Your clouds are excellent, your mountains could use a little more depth in them to make them stop feeling a little flat. I love the water colour, is it really that colour?

when you are taking shots for HDR, remember to have your ISO as low as possible.

Well done, gorgeous shot

It's electric!
by RiderGal

Comment:
HI from the CC Club

Good photo!!Very hard to get lightning with so much ambient light going on. You did really well with th editing otherwise the lighting would hardly be visible.

A little sharper would have helped but bar that, I can see nothing much else you can with this shot, well done!