Barber Shop Snowman
by dr rick

Comment by zummer:
is this your work? did you painted it? you photographed it but its not your work!
you just hope to gain credit with someone elses work.
but on the other hand, if i am wrong - i apologize.
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i apologize, i should have read the challenge description.. it fits perfectly
and its funny.. snowman and hot air :p

Barber Shop Snowman
by dr rick

Comment by Yugioh:
lol funny:)

Willow
by dr rick

Comment by jrs915:
wow, almost makes it look like it was painted on! Only suggestion I would have is to crop out the pole on the left. Great shot

Willow
by dr rick

Comment by dinn:
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Barber Shop Snowman
by dr rick

Comment by ahaze:
Technical: definitely fits the challenge! Exposure composition focus lighting all good.

Personal: Funny, he looks like a cross between a snow man and some sort of superhero!! :-)

My vote: 7

Barber Shop Snowman
by dr rick

Comment by schnigitty:
One of the coolest so far. 9

Barber Shop Snowman
by dr rick

Comment by lizzyc3:
Hehe, what a cute snowman. very good!

Disneyland's Gateway to Fantasy
by dr rick

Comment by Harz_Joerg:
Greetings from the Critique Club

Initial thoughts - My opinion
Well-made night shot which has some problems to get the association with the challenge topic on the first glance.

Composition/Content
The nicely lit castle is captured very direct in full frame without any direction to strengthen the intention. The tree and the two bushes in the foreground are not used as compositional element but rather appear as obstacles to the free view to the castle. Same holds for the reflection of the castle in the lake: because it's only showing a small part of the castle, it's hard to recognize it as for what it is.

A lower position, using the bushes as frame and zooming closer to the gate might have been way better. It is not necessary to get the whole castle. Cutting of parts of an object most times increase the interest, because the viewer can use his/her imagination to fill in the rest in his mind.

Camera work -technically
No particular issue here. Exposure is good, maybe only a tad on the dark side. Focus is good as well.

Digital Processing - Technical
Might have been sharpened a bit more.

Fits the challenge
As stated above, boundary or better transition is not easy to see on the first, even the second glance.

Good luck for you further submissions

PS: As this is my first Critique Club critique, it would be helpful to get some feedback if you like.

Disneyland's Gateway to Fantasy
by dr rick

Comment by imagesloyola:
great nite shoot...how about using a filter ...like the star filter?

Disneyland's Gateway to Fantasy
by dr rick

Comment by TooCool:
I'll give you the challenge theme at least. Your photo is not straight (an easy fix in photoshop) and the white balance appears to be off (bluish cast) It's also rather underexposed in the foreground.
TC