Shadow Side of a 180º
by tehben

Comment by bmartuch:
Great air.

Hand Painted
by tehben

Comment by VivaLaAlexander:
Stunning photo, it has a lot of mystery.

Hand Painted
by tehben

Comment by pmichaud:
I will be interested to see how you did this. Very creative.

Hand Painted
by tehben

Comment by Sirashley:
This is really a funky shot. I like it, kinda reminds me a dream that I could remember if only I had woken up a minute earlier...

Coincidence of Colors
by tehben

Comment by tehben:
@ Critique Club.

I was actually feeling very much in line with the comments you made. I must say it looks less cluttered filling up my 20" monitor then it does compressed down but I still agree there is to much in the image.
It is cropped down quite a bit from the original.
Oh and it was taken in Homer AK.

Thanks so much for the critique.

Coincidence of Colors
by tehben

Comment by macrothing:




Critique Club Critique

First Impressions
Good clarity and quality in the image, nice capture of a semi-remote (?) harbor scene. I gave this a 5 during voting.

Photograph Information, Technicals & Composition Review
Overall, there is too much contending for attention in the image. There is the foreground(which does dominate the image, and is also slightly OOF), the boats and harbor, the water, the colors (of course) and the distant mountains. It is hard to find a balance, compositionally, let alone with the colors - and also contrasting scenes, which, while not a 'bad' in my opinion, do not work well in this image, for me.

The depth from the middle part of the image to the outer is good, but as mentioned above, the OOF (out of focus) foreground dominates too much and 'unsettles the eye' for the remaining travels around and within the image.

If you wanted to highlight your observation (seemingly, by your title), I would suggest a much bolder crop, focussing in and composing to enhance the selected color(s).

Comments, Score & Placement Review
304/378 is getting down the bottom end of the pack but your score remained over 5 (5.19) which is usually indicative of an 'acceptable' photograph, in the eyes of the voters (although I'm not speaking for them of course).

6.33 average from your 3 commenters, all of which tell you what they like about your image and one giving some good suggestion on a potential improvement, which I tend to agree with for the most part (about the sharpness).

Summary
As mentioned above, a variation in cropping or else more of a 'scene' and a different title (to ensure you do not confuse the viewer).

PS
I see you have recently joined DPC and that this was your first submission - Congratulations and welcome to DPC.

Hand Painted
by tehben

Comment by EstimatedEyes:
love it. were you going for the stigmata, or is that just an artistic accident? either way, nicely done.

Shadow Side of a 180º
by tehben

Comment by tanguera:
Beautiful. But this is a silhouette, not a shadow :-)

Hand Painted
by tehben

Comment by MinsoPhoto:
I really like how this could pass as a painting. Love all the textures and color and blur. Really well done. Voted earlier.

Hand Painted
by tehben

Comment by cynthiann:
This is very cool.