peekaboo
by beekeeper

Comment by mefnj:
drop image to small to have an impact

peekaboo
by beekeeper

Comment by Ja-9:
the first time I saw this it took me awhile to get it...what a great picture...well done

Thru the Viewfinder
by beekeeper

Comment by Paul:
OK, I'm going through the Free Study submissions, purposefully finding those images I think are shot with a less conventional eye - this is one of those images! Thanks for offering something that isn't just DPC friendly eye-candy (though of course there's nothing wrong with eye-candy). I'll be picking one of these images for the Mu (most underrated) award:

Positives: Very unusual composition - I really like it! Everything hangs together here - the strange border-like viewfinder, the artefacts, to poor colour reproduction, the blur, the old looking horse and the headless dog. Most definitely more than the sum of its parts.

Critical stuff: Nothing really - it is what it is; any change would mean that it wouldn't be!

Overall: Quirky and deceptively well done.

Fire in the sky
by beekeeper

Comment by ericwoo:
Hey there from the Critique Club

My thoughts on the image: I am jealous of your location. There is nothing here in Atlanta that nears the beauty of what nature has created there. The colors are amazing and the flow of the mountains beautiful.

My ideas for improvement: While I am no HDR fan, I do think that this could have benefited from a little less exposure on the sky, along with a little more exposure on the land and mountains. Not to the point of the unnatural look of the typical HDR, but just a bit of tweaking in opposite directions.

Where I would have/did score this entry: I didn't vote on this challenge, but I would have tended to agree with the voters on this one. This would have fallen into the 5 range with me.

Thank you for the opportunity to provide a critique on your entry,
Eric

peekaboo
by beekeeper

Comment by kleski:
Hard to see Santa in the waterdrop. Good attempt at the technique though.

peekaboo
by beekeeper

Comment by bcenu:
Nice capture. I maybe would have cropped more from the left side to have the Santa face central and the reflection in the drop a little larger.

Thru the Viewfinder
by beekeeper

Comment by Ja-9:
this has an old time feel to it...the blueish cast doesn't help the picture although

Moonlight Prayers
by beekeeper

Comment by CoreyFitz:
Its an obvious subject that has only the moon giving it the extra point

Thru the Viewfinder
by beekeeper

Comment by npasel:
I really like these old style shots.

Fire in the sky
by beekeeper

Comment by DrWorm:
Saw this and said to my wife "Those mountains look really familiar. Hey wait, that's Timp, my favorite Hiking spot."