The Rose
by autool

Comment by bddrage:
This is an excellent photo! I'm totally new to photography, and know almost nothing, but I know what I like!
Brendan

Square..... and..... Plumb
by autool

Comment by catpixel:
okay, that'll shut the nit pickers up...

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Comment by irae:
Clean, sharp, well lit, great tones and reflections plus multiple levels of meaning. Nice. The only fly in the jam, IMO, is the somewhat static centered composition.

Drew's Stop Sign Revisited
by autool

Comment by liltool:
You just don't stop. Keep on shootin'.

Drew's Stop Sign Revisited
by autool

Comment by autool:
John,
What a very nice constructive critique. Yep, it sure looks like I got my shutter and aperature twisted around. I will watch for this in future. As you have done I took many pictures during my wait, but what is ironic this particular shot is one of the ones I hoped would have everything I had tried to get. It did except on some of the others the stop sign was better lit but they didn't have any color in the sky. I had found the sign a few days earlier so I had a good idea what I would try to get as soon as I saw the challenge. This time it played right into my hand.
Thanks to you and all of the volunteers on the CC, you are doing a commendable job. I have on several occasions almost offered to help out but I just don't feel confident enough to be of real assistance to someone else.
Thanks again,keep shootin' and have fun!
Dick

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Comment by Dustin:
i like the reflection of the squares in the level. negative space adds to the picture

Drew's Stop Sign Revisited
by autool

Comment by jmsetzler:
Greetings from the Critique Club :)

Hi autool :)

Congrats on a great finish with this photo... I think you have a very strong composition here. You are right about the railcar in this shot. I believe that it definitely adds perspective to the entire composition. It would be a little boring without it IMO. I also think the extreme left composition of the stop sign works very well here also..

"Waiting" for the right shot is always fun :) Especially with a sunset... the color and composition of it is constantly changing and you knever know what you will end up with. I have often shot 30-40 frames of the same composition in a sunset in order to have a good selection to choose from when I'm finished.

I don't know if there is much room for improvement on this image. The only thing I would have possibly tried with this setting would have been to underexpose a few shots. (I think you reversed your aperture and shutter in the settings here) I would have tried the same composition at 1/20, 1/40, and 1/80 with the flash also. Each stop down would have darkened the sky (and the foreground) a bit more, but it could have punched up the color in the stopsign with the flash as well... I think the only complaint I have with this shot is that there is not enough contrast between the color of the stopsign and the sky to really make it stand out as much.

The bullet holes in the stop sigh are great! I actually looked for some signs with these holes in them but I did not find any around here... There used to be plenty of them but I suppose my community has gotten away from the 'fun with firearms' lately :)

Keep up the great work :)

John Setzler

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Comment by camelotnorth:
i love the illusion of this shot...the use of black and white adds to the shot..like the way all seems level. well done(10)

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Comment by tiff:
Very nice, I like how you did the lighting. it looks very unique. good work

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Comment by kellie:
this photo is very good i like the lighting