Cactus Flatsby
BAMartinComment by purpleflutterby13: Greetings from the Critique Club.
During the voting, I gave this image an 8 - I liked the warm colour of the wood, the nice texture, and I thought the sign and the middle of nowhere feel to it were interesting (I live in Scotland. I haven't seen a cactus in years. This is very exotic for me.)
Now here are the comments having had a second, more in-depth look at it.
While the subject matter is interesting, a different composition and POV might have done it more justice. The hut is interesting, but somewhat unnecessarily dominates the picture - I think a shot from a bit further away, capturing a bit more of the background scenery, would have worked better. (as it stands, the beautiful mountains seem like a bit of an afterthought, I think they should be made a bit more integral to the composition)
The post-processing looks pretty good - the colours are brought out nicely without overdoing it. The one objection (which has been commented on already) is that the sky is noisy. I can understand you not wanting to apply Neat Image to the entire photo, so as not to lose the texture of the wood, but it could have been selectively applied to the sky. Also, there seem to be a couple of pink lines in the sky at the top of the picture, which seem slightly out of place and could have been removed in post-processing.
As I said, I gave this image a high vote, and I do still really like it. However, maybe it could have been improved.
Hope that helps. PM me if you have any questions.
Jelena
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