Waves of Color
by tehben

Comment by SoulJance:
nice shot, I like how you have some movement in the water.

Tenba - DSLR, Laptop, Messenger
by tehben

Comment by giantmike:
Selective desat actually works for this photo. Well done.

Tenba - DSLR, Laptop, Messenger
by tehben

Comment by the99:
good job...

Tenba - DSLR, Laptop, Messenger
by tehben

Comment by ErinKirsten:
Fantastic perspective and (for me) the SC works on this shot. Nicely done!!

Waves of Color
by tehben

Comment by LonnieD:
Lovely atmosphere.
Great light and colour.
Shutter speed perhaps a tad too fast - wave frozen rather than blurred - but still nice shot.

mfanwy
by tehben

Comment by Silent-Shooter:
Good use of lighting but would have liked slightly more details in the eyes. Not sure why the hair was styled like this as it makes her look like a very large woman and I'm sure she is not!

Slack-liner
by tehben

Comment by ltlmschrisss:
** Critique Club **

Initial Reaction
The first thing that I thought when this photo came up was that the big toe looked weird in placement.

Subject
I really love it when I see something that makes me pull up another browser page and learn about something I have not seen before. I really like how you chose something that isn't mainstream. From your notes I get the feeling that this came out mostly how you had envisioned in your head. While it's not a bad photograph overall, I don't feel that it really tells us what this sport is all about. I think that if you had shown the whole body and given us a sense of depth from the ground it would have worked better.

Composition
The wide crop works well here, and the depth of field is perfect with the exception of the back portion of the line due to the angle that this was taken. These two things really do a good job at bringing the line in as the focal point of the photo.

Lighting and Color
For me the use of desaturation and sepia is a way to evoke emotion in art. When I looked up the sport I got the impression that this is a very personal sport. The people who do this are not just in it for bragging rights or adrenaline rushes. Their feats are personal landmarks they have made for themselves in their lives and souls. So your color works well here in my opinion. While I like the contrast in lighting on the foot and jeans, the dark shadows in the background pull my eye away from the subject a little.

In relation to the challenge
While I personally like out of the box thinking, Skip is right about it not being mainstream enough for DPC. I had mentioned before that I didn't feel that this gives us the overall picture of what the sport is about, and you would need that for the voters to believe that it is a sport.

If you have any questions about this critique or would like to comment on my first critique please send me a pm. :)

Thanks!!

Chris

Waves of Color
by tehben

Comment by mrbig65:
wow,,, what a place,,,, great pic,,,,,

mfanwy
by tehben

Comment by the99:
beautiful

Slack-liner
by tehben

Comment by bvy:
Well, that's pretty cool.