Autumn's Edge
by RyanW

Comment by JohnFord:
The back board appears as the main subject but is just a little dark.

And there before me was a pale horse! Its rider was named Death, and Hell followed him
by RyanW

Comment by tnun:
I am impressed that you found this and decided to accept it.

And there before me was a pale horse! Its rider was named Death, and Hell followed him
by RyanW

Comment by RyanW:
Thank you for the comments. I really enjoyed processing on this one, it was a lot of fun to take something seemingly normal and make it something so far removed from the original.
And it is quite amusing that Don and I had basically two sides of the same coin for entries.

I am happy that there are some others out there who enjoyed this image as well, thank you :)

And there before me was a pale horse! Its rider was named Death, and Hell followed him
by RyanW

Comment by posthumous:
I made sand look like sky and you made sky look like sand. I like it.

And there before me was a pale horse! Its rider was named Death, and Hell followed him
by RyanW

Comment by cutout:
my only 10

And there before me was a pale horse! Its rider was named Death, and Hell followed him
by RyanW

Comment by cutout:
wunderbar 10

Lily
by RyanW

Comment by MadMan2k:
Nicely composed and good colors, great sharpness. I think this should have scored better.

And there before me was a pale horse! Its rider was named Death, and Hell followed him
by RyanW

Comment by MadMan2k:
Maybe red would have worked better than light yellow for this concept?

Velociraptor: A dominant species who predated Homo sapiens
by RyanW

Comment by wbanning:
Critique Club Comment

Hi Ryan...

This photo does well with the unique take on the Time Capsule challenge theme and there are some very positive things going for it technically. Considering your notes, I'd imagine you were using the 70-300 hand held and with a shutter speed of 1/80, this is a really sharp image. Add ISO 6400 to the mix and this is really a terrific demonstration of a steady hand and good noise reduction processing. But the scoring wasn't where you expected - BTW, I'm one of the 5's.

There are a few things that detract from the subject matter for me. First is the composition- primarily the the awkward tail crop as you noted above. I also would like to see a bit of opening up in the shadows and highlights - the brightest spots are in the background at top of the frame and draws my attention away from the subject, while the detail of dino faces are lost in the shadows. The change in color temp (from different areas of the scene having different gels in the theater lighting, I suspect, also creates a split in color temp just above the midline.

Based on the limitations you had to work with, it's a good representation of a moment in the performance, but not a knockout photo. It fit the challenge theme and made me think about what you were conveying and on that level, it worked well.

Message edited by author 2014-09-07 16:31:37.

Pterosaur
by RyanW

Comment by MargaretNet:
Weird