"Whattheheckizzit?"
by mrbig65

Comment by whiterook:
Level square 10

"Whattheheckizzit?"
by mrbig65

Comment by neenee1999:
Great detail and lighting. Nice image!

"Whattheheckizzit?"
by mrbig65

Comment by hiriam:
nice

"Whattheheckizzit?"
by mrbig65

Comment by bflo_guy:
the age is captured nicely and I like the lines

The Workshop
by mrbig65

Comment by TimTam:
Nice, I like the colour and texture of the rusty bolt. Well done.

Silent Night
by mrbig65

Comment by Agaricus:
Too dark and tough to see what the main subject is....

My Dark Side
by mrbig65

Comment by glad2badad:
Understand the approach to make this dark, but wonder how this will look at a small avatar size.

My Dark Side
by mrbig65

Comment by Alain:
Your dark side is.... very dark! (taking about the picture) ;o)

Pimp My Ride
by mrbig65

Comment by glad2badad:
A bit heavy handed on the post processing IMO, especially evident in the grey "sky" areas.

Pimp My Ride
by mrbig65

Comment by aliqui:
You've got a lot of work to do to "pimp" that ride! I can see how that would be a nice goal for the new year though.

As for the photo, the first thing that jumps out is the darkening of the sky. I can't say I argue with your thought process on darkening the sky, but the execution could use work. The easiest correction would have been to use a Polarizer or graduated Neutral Density filter while taking the photo. The purpose of that would be to protect the overcast/hazy sky detail from overexposing while you expose correctly for the darker foreground objects.

You've lost a lot of detail in the blacks too, which seems as though you would have done intentionally in your processing. It seems that you've really pushed your contrast slider up or something. The whites on the rocks are completely blown out while right next to it is total darkness. Contrast is good, but make sure you don't lose detail for the sake of contrast.