The Clock Tower
by goinskiing

Comment by brett2004:
I think if the tower would have been offset to the right this picture would have been much more powerful.

Outside Magazine
by goinskiing

Comment by crabappl3:
Critique Club:

Beautiful spot and day for photography. You have all the elements needed for a great image. You have a dramatic sky, body of water, trees and rocks on a hill! This image has a lot of potential. What it is in need of is a dramatic feel. I see that you adjusted for shadows and hue, but I think you could have gone a little farther in your post processing. I think firstly, your horizon is slightly tilted to the left, this is a quick fix and help your viewer get the proper sense of perspective. I think you may have taken away too much shadow on the hill. You've left it kind of flat and lifeless. Shadows create drama, they draw the viewer in as they look at all the shapes and textures shadows bring out. Another tool to get familiar with is the burn tool. This tool is very effective on clouds. You can make these nice fluffy grey clouds to appear to almost be bursting with rain with some good burning. Burning will increase the dramatic feel and depth of these clouds. You can also do some light burning on the water too, again it increases the interest in the shot. A trick taught to me is to do some burning around the edges of the shot to help the viewer get drawn into the image, it helps take away the distractions often found at the edge and brings us right into the main focus of the image.

I would like to see this shot modified with burning and dodging, I think you'd have something that would look great hung on the wall.

-danny

At the Docks
by goinskiing

Comment by lockjawdavis:
I'm not a big fan of spot color...but nice composition

At the Docks
by goinskiing

Comment by darreng:
Great photo! 10

At the Docks
by goinskiing

Comment by ElGordo:
Aside from the superb image quality, I rate this one a 10 on composition!

At the Docks
by goinskiing

Comment by Cam:
Wonderful shot ! The lines are just great, and cool perspective. super photo !

At the Docks
by goinskiing

Comment by MikeO:
I like this very much, great idea

At the Docks
by goinskiing

Comment by Jovi:
How was this done within legal "basic" editing? Nice concept though. Good luck :) 8!

At the Docks
by goinskiing

Comment by obstetrify:
This is strange, and it is difficult to gauge the scale. But it is a good picture.

At the Docks
by goinskiing

Comment by eclipticinsight:
interesting color contrast and perpendicular lines