First Light
by pgatt

Comment by HBunch:
*Critique Club*

This may sound odd, since I'm pretty sure the lighting made the color, but I'm thinking that the color here is the main focus, and not the 'lighting' per se. Not really sure that makes any sense, but when I look at this, I say "wow...nice color" rather than "wow, nice lighting".
That being said...the color really is the only thing in the shot. There really isn't much else to look at. There's a silhouetted horizon and a few small clouds, but really not a point of interest other than the amazing color.
The dark area at the bottom doesn't really add anything to the photo since we really can't see what it is. I'm thinking this might have been more effective for me had it bee just a bit brighter out.
As is, I think that the white area over the trees in the horizon is a bit of a distraction since the rest of the image is blue.
I wish I had more to add, but it's really hard to see any detail in this at all. More of an abstract really.
~Heather~

Lazy Sunday
by pgatt

Comment by mycelium:
I like the tonal range captured here. The high-key foliage on the far right bank is striking. Is that an effect caused by using nightshot mode, or one of the filters?

First Light
by pgatt

Comment by hkpdso:
lighting is nice, good color. crop the walkway (lower left), the black water, angle towards center left maybe.

Eskimo Joe.jpg
by pgatt

Comment by pgatt:
Blacktown RSL

First Light
by pgatt

Comment by e301:
Interesting stuff. I wonder if you couldn't successfully have pushed the composition into a more blatantly graphic shot? Placing the horizon a touch higher up frame, and including a touch more of the foreground shore, and the conjunction of fore- and back-ground would have added a strong pair of lines to the shot, making the silhouette stronger, and not really losing much of the impact of the blueness, I wouldn't imagine. find here, the foreground hat you have included pretty weak, not serving much effective purpose. It has strong potential, I think, however.

Eskimo Joe.jpg
by pgatt

Comment by lentil:
hey! where was this? This is one of favourite bands at the moment

Lisa

Lazy Sunday
by pgatt

Comment by glad2badad:
That's an interesting approach, using nightshot mode. I've never tried it...think I'm going to investigate. Thanks for opening my eyes to this possibility! Smile and keep having fun... ;^)

Lazy Sunday
by pgatt

Comment by Jeileen:
a bit too dark in the right foreground................

Lazy Sunday
by pgatt

Comment by beamsclan:
Excellent tonality and contrast. But I think the picture would have been more interesting with some other focal point other than an empty dock.

Lazy Sunday
by pgatt

Comment by marbo:
I love infrared so this automatically gets a 10. Perfect sky you got. What camera is this with?