Silence
by lennier

Comment by ChrisW123:
Hard to tell what the emotion is here.

Silence
by lennier

Comment by wingy:
your biggest problem here is color. The almost bluish pale skin tones of your subject make him look like a ghost, especially in contrast to the rather colorful background. Maybe going b&w on this shot would have been a good idea. Otherwise the shot is effective and well done. 5

Silence
by lennier

Comment by Silver Fox:
nice capture of sailor in his parade. Says a lot of what he is saying. Really good job, nice photograph

Silence
by lennier

Comment by justine:
Emotionally charged shot..........well doneGood Luck to ya!, great capture, love the tones.

Silence
by lennier

Comment by robbieh:
I don't understand what the flag is doing. Is it over his mouth? I also wonder about the color, the flag is bright but everything else is faded.

Dumbarton at Sunset
by lennier

Comment by sylandrix:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

COMPOSITION... This is a powerfully composed shot, with the horizon line along the bottom third of the image, the bridge forming a path for your eye to follow, from one corner of the photo all the way to the other, to the simpleness and clarity of the rest of the shop. All major elements of a strong composition exist: leading lines, rule of thirds, getting close to the subject, keeping the rest simple... What's distracting in the composition is the electrical pylon, and to a much lesser extent the lights on the bridge. I could live with the streetlights - they are evenly spaced and don't really interfere with the image that much but the pylon just distracts the viewer a little too much. A small change in angle would also have eliminated seeing the headlights from the other side of the bridge, leaving fewer of them in the image and creating in my opinion, a more powerful shot. Not much can be done about the pylon short of cloning it out or finding a different viewpoint, but everything else about this angle is appealing ... I would have hated having to try something else just because a pylon happened to be lying about. Perhaps a small shift in angle may have hid most of it behind columns but I doubt that could have helped much...

TECHNIQUE... What meticulous timing! The sunset has rendered a the sky a dramatic shade of blue, given quite a nice glow to the clouds, and the flare from the sun, not to mention the sun's placement itself. really gives the shot that extra something :) The bridge is nicely silhouetted as well.

OVERALL... A simply beautiful shot! Really wish less of the light posts and pylon were around there, but an excellent shot regardless :)

Dumbarton at Sunset
by lennier

Comment by sns:
Good capture of the light on both the water and the clouds. Great Colors

Dumbarton at Sunset
by lennier

Comment by GeneralE:
Nicely framed. I think maybe the old Dumbarton was more "picturesque." Should be some good upcoming photo-ops as the east span of the Bay Bridge is replaced.

Dumbarton at Sunset
by lennier

Comment by mcrochip:
This is one scene where I think the dark, and backlight that creates it, works well to shadow the bridge. However, I think the sky is too dark as well, where just a little bit lighter would have created more contrast on the bridge to make this photograph pretty close to perfect.

Dumbarton at Sunset
by lennier

Comment by Gallatin:
Beautiful, I've never have seen this view of the Dumbarton. Good luck in the challenge.