New Horizons in the Owyhees
by goinskiing

Comment by khkai:
The middle leaf looks cut off, and the flower has too many distracting elements around it.

Flight
by goinskiing

Comment by beckettboots:
Greetings from the Critique Club

Composition: Very intresting. You have strong diagonal lines with excellent forced perspective. I question the crop of the photo - I think I'd like to see the louvers framed to start more to the left for a pleasing line that keeps the eye in frame.

Background: great muted color and soft focus on the grid.

Camera Work: (Focus/DOF/Exposure) Great DOF and focus on the foreground elements. The edges are nice and crisp and add to the color difference along the edge.

Post Processing: n/a

The Challenge: Wonderful abstract, great muted colors and compelling lines.

My Opinion: I like the pallette and color balance very much. The muted tones and dreamy quality are wonderfully evocative - it gives the feel that this object is from the fifties because of the blueness of the white. The composition of lines is only slightly off to me - an angle that gives a greater incline to the louvers or a crop or shift to the left would also help, IMO.

Please let me know if these comments have been of help to you. Feel free to PM me if you have any other questions about my feedback.

Fork Lift Chains
by goinskiing

Comment by autool:
Composition: Subject Placement, Cropping, Background 6
Technical: Focus, Exposure, Lighting, Processing 8
Appeal: Is it Interesting, Motivating, Etc.? 2
How well does it meet the challenge: 8
Total Averaged Rating 6.00 Dick

Fork Lift Chains
by goinskiing

Comment by drgsoell:
Good use of DOF.

Fork Lift Chains
by goinskiing

Comment by Go-KL:
What looks like caked mud really adds to this picture

April Showers in the Northwest
by goinskiing

Comment by jpochard:
Hi there from the Critique Club.

I like the colors in this shot. No, it doesn't "pop" out at you, but not all photos are meant to do that. This just has a nice, natural feel to it. I would have liked a little more emphasis on the main flower section with the water. I do like the dof although it appears to me that the main subject is a little out of focus.

As for meeting the challenge, I agree with some of the commentors that this shot doesn't strike me as having a strong element of where a person lives. I wouldn't deduct anything because I can see how it could work - but I wouldn't add anything to the score because it's really not a strong part of the photo.

I also think that the very slightly faded edge works with this shot.

Nice job! I hope you have found this helpful. I always enjoy seeing your shots and comments in the forums.

Fork Lift Chains
by goinskiing

Comment by whagerbaumer:
Nice picture. I would have liked a smaller aperture, this picture can handle more parts of it being in focus. Nothing to hide her.

A 7.

Fork Lift Chains
by goinskiing

Comment by micro:
Would prefer to have more depth of field.

Fork Lift Chains
by goinskiing

Comment by gwhipple:
Nice shot would be even better without the white showing thru the holes

Fork Lift Chains
by goinskiing

Comment by coolhar:
a greater depth of field would be more impressive