Aura
by nsoroma79

Comment by dsa157:
very creative. The necklace is a great focal point. 10

The Art of the Romans
by nsoroma79

Comment by geschlechtmann27:
This is a good example of lighting. I am glad that you used the clone tool to cut the ceiling distractions. It looks much smoother and is easy on the eyes. Some of the photos you can tell that they took something out, but on this one I cannot tell! Great Job.

The blue background takes away from the photo. The eye wants to go towards the blue because it is the only color. Other than that, good job!

geschlechtmann27
Critique Club

Aura
by nsoroma79

Comment by Ivar:
Wow, very well done!
I look forward to see how you did get this cool effect!

Aura
by nsoroma79

Comment by kaycee:
Excellent! There is definitely an aura of mystery about this image. Took me a couple seconds to identify - my one critique would be to ditch the necklace (if that's what it is) that's standing out on the silhouette - it seems to detract from the beauty and simplicity of an otherwise fantastic photo.

Last Stop - No walking across
by nsoroma79

Comment by carlacryptic:
Nice effect.

Aura
by nsoroma79

Comment by eaphelps:
this is beautiful! im not sure about the blue at the top though, maybe would have been better all in green, just personal pref..

The Art of the Romans
by nsoroma79

Comment by TooCool:
The lighting on this looks a little dull and gives the shot a two dimensional feeling. I don't know where this is but if you were allowed to bring in more lighting from the sides it would help!
TC

Wash Day
by nsoroma79

Comment by Harz_Joerg:
Greetings from the Critique Club

Initial thoughts/My opinion
Like this image very much because it's clear structured. Less background might have been better.

Content/Composition
I like the shinny and clean washing machines and their nice alignment. Combined with the lines of the ceiling it results in a good leading line effect. The back wall is disturbing a bit though: the leading lines lead the viewers eyes to the soap automate and he/she starts to read the text and things about what it is. However, because it's of no special importance, it should have been cropped away to make the image clearer. Same applies to the trashcan.
But all this is not a too big issue.
As suggested by others, a tighter angle along the machines might have been also interesting to improve the Point-of-View feeling. However, at a shallower angle the back wall would get more into the focus and using a shallower DOF to blur it would not work well IMO.
So I think you did regarding composition the best that is possible.
I like the clean light too.

Camera work -technically
Looks well done: exposure and focus (especially DOF) are well set.

Digital Processing - Technical
A bit more sharpening could have been applied and a tighter crop at the right and maybe also bottom and top. The border is not very special but it also does not disturb me.

Fits the challenge
To me it does so, however the POV is not too special and the Wow-factor is missing somehow. But this is my very personal view on the challenge topic.

Good luck for your upcoming submissions

Last Stop - No walking across
by nsoroma79

Comment by xcharrier:
The grainy effect really adds to the photo... very nice!!

Last Stop - No walking across
by nsoroma79

Comment by jmritz:
Is this you Miah? I think this is going to do very well. Very good shot and perfect for the Challenge. Change of pace this, from the usual photo. Nicely composed.