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rcrawfordComment by BAMartin: Critique Club Critique
(1) COMPOSITION (CONTENT) I find the layout of this photograph to be interesting but lacking in strength. The gentle sloping hills, the rows of hills that fade into the distance, the lone cactus all make for a strong composition. I wish there was a little less sky, that you had shown a little more of the details of the forground instead. By placing the horizon at 1/3 of the way down from the top, you would have accomplished this and also followed the rule of thirds.
(2) BACKGROUND The background in this photograph is the sky which unfortunately is very burnt out. I realize that this is because you are shooting into the sun, which gave you the interesting halos around all of the cactuses, and the wonderful lens flares....but it did nothing to the sky.
(3) CAMERA WORK ,TECHNICAL Exposure is very well done considering that you are shooting into the sun. The backlighting on the cactus and the plants in the foreground is wonderful, and I wish you could have made that a more prominent part of the photograph.
There are so many facinating details that one really must look this photograph for a long time. I keep going bakc to the hills that fade into the distance. Wonderful capture.
(4) DIGITAL PROCESSING ,TECHNICAL I wish you had cropped this a little differently. The photograph would have made a dynamic statement if there was not quite so much over bright sky.
(5)MEETING THE CHALLENGE This photo does a very good job of meeting the challenge. I love the way that you have taken a fairly normal scene and transformed it into a fairyland by the use of haloing effects and lens flare..
(6) MY OPINION ON THE PHOTO The subject here is wonderful. The way you executed it is wonderful. I think perhaps this is a photo that you might try to reshoot in many different lights and times of day. This is a great location to get some really neat shots. Well done!
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