1910 Hand Colored Postcard
by autool

Comment by draney4:
yes I do! great photo

1910 Hand Colored Postcard
by autool

Comment by adine:
I like the muted colors, the texture of the land, the peek at the blue-gray coulds mirroring the stream in the foreground. I dont like the lettering, although the "wish you were here" is funny in the context.

Prism
by autool

Comment by Toddh:
great shot..... reminds me of pink floyd's dark side of the moon...... I think it might have made it quite a bit darker... but i like the shot.... 8.... good luck, todd.

Modern Country Station
by autool

Comment by frisca:
Hello hello from the critique club, Richard!

Its funny I should be doing this CC considering I just spent a fair bit of time looking through your portfolio. :) I'm green, forgive my impertinent comments!

composition colours and contrast:

The lines of the railings mimic the train's direction and help lead our eyes to where the train is going, and you've captured enough of the landscape to give the train somewhere to go.

I love the blue. Someone wrote a comment on my transportation challenge that said "blue is the favourite colour of dpc voters" I don't know if that is true, but I love the colours you chose here.

I think I might have tried to up the contrast or something a bit just to make the whole photograph "pop" a bit more. Though the tones are nice, it lacks bite, and I think the subject needs that to really get your message across.
Focus and lighting

There were a number of motion blur sort of pictures in this challenge, but this one was among the nicer ones for me because the still objects are still and clearly in focus, and there isn't SO much motion that we've lost the presence of the train.

Brave to not do a night shot and try to get something more spectacular, I think this is far more dramatic. I really like the twightlight feel. The streetlights add interesting reflections yet are not totally blown out and massive such that they dominate the picture.

overall

I think this is a good shot with some beautiful colours and interesting elements. My only (minor) critique came in the form of a question about the contrast, which I'm not entirely satisfied is really the issue with this shot. But I'll hang my hat there, and if anyone can add more constructive comments to these, I'd welcome them!

If you have any questions about this CC, let me know!

Prism
by autool

Comment by joanns:
Very clean and well executed. Love it.

Prism
by autool

Comment by ChrisW123:
Cool, I thought about using a prism also... good job it looks great! The rainbow colors are awsome!

1910 Hand Colored Postcard
by autool

Comment by frisca:
I really like the way this does look hand coloured. Very unique and lovely composition!

Prism
by autool

Comment by sherryk471:
Very nice...This would work well in the "primary colors" also.Just have to re-take it.

1910 Hand Colored Postcard
by autool

Comment by magnus:
Wish the text wasn't there! Okay, the 'California Foothills' is fine, but the rest is way too distracting. Otherwise an excellent photo, and indeed captures that hand-colored feel.

Prism
by autool

Comment by pinback:
Very nice shot. I wanted to do something like this for the colour challenge, but discovered that optical prisms aren't cheap. I would say you've got the composition and lighting just about right on this one. Well done.