Streaking in Oneonta
by mm767cap

Comment by npasel:
Beautiful, ever so slight washout on top is keeping me from giving this a 9.

Pour Those Rocks a Drink, Will Ya?
by mm767cap

Comment by Mark-A:
Greetings from the Critique Club :)

Composition:

I really liked this shot when I looked through I love the odd number of rocks in the main area (I know there's 4 but the heavily saturated plantation on the main 3 ensure the 4th one is pushed almost out of the shot completely. This give a really nice balance to the picture and the water flowing from the back leads the eye nicely down to the main rock at the front.

Camera Work:

Wow you handheld this for 8s? You will have to show me your technique for that I am terrible at long exposures handheld. Nice use of ND grad and Circ Pol to retain the highlights and that is some lovely silky water in the bottom left corner.

Post-Processing:

Very nicely done, sometimes heavily saturated greens and yellows can detract from a shot to the point it becomes hard on the eyes, but in this case I love it, it adds to the shot without question. My only quibble (and this is not something that could be done in basic anyway) would be those slightly distracting nettles / plants mid section right, I would love to have seen those darkened down a tad - oh for advanced editing :)

My Opinion:

I didn't vote on this challenge as I had an entry in it, but I really like this shot when I looked through, the smooth water, the wet areas on the main stone, the way all lines appear to lead down to that main stone (even the grass on the stone above) just keeps me looking at it - really a very nice capture, congrats on making the top20

Good luck in future challenges!

Mark

Rhapsody In (Duotone) Blue
by mm767cap

Comment by scooter97:
Love it!! Beautiful shade of blue.

Rhapsody In (Duotone) Blue
by mm767cap

Comment by shinryun:
nice!

Pour Those Rocks a Drink, Will Ya?
by mm767cap

Comment by SandyP:
And drink in the magnificance of the occasion! :) This is fabulous!

Pour Those Rocks a Drink, Will Ya?
by mm767cap

Comment by sekarmalathy:
Great use of slow shutter speed.... :)

Rhapsody In (Duotone) Blue
by mm767cap

Comment by Ja-9:
this is quite stunning....very well done.

Rhapsody In (Duotone) Blue
by mm767cap

Comment by Panks:
The tones are good but it looks a bit overexposed to me.

Come on over!!
by mm767cap

Comment by VitaminB:
Greetings from the Critique Club

Overall your image did quite well in this challenge. A 6.3+ score is quite good, and there were very few votes below 5. While it did do quite well, there are some suggestions that I would make that I think would improve the image. I should mention though, that these are only my personal preferences, and I dont know if taking my suggestions would improve on your score, as you did do quite well.

First, I would have chosen a horizontal crop, to ensure that I did not cut off the end of the trunk. Also, I find the tight crop confining in this shot. Also, as mentioned in some of the comments, some find it oversharpened. Toning down the sharpness a tad would have kept your textures, but also kept the image feeling natural.

Overall, a very good photo, and I like that the tagline in the ad relates to the image.

VitaminB

Pour Those Rocks a Drink, Will Ya?
by mm767cap

Comment by Bill666:
Nice greens. Were the plants blowing in the wind? It's a shame they're not sharper.