Stairway to the 'Creepy' House
by Ironworker

Comment by strongheart:
sunlight a little strong on upper part of pic

Stairway to the 'Creepy' House
by Ironworker

Comment by neehai:
Shame that the flash has burnt out the tree on the right top. A longer exposure with a tripod might have given a nice atmospheric shot, without the need for a flash. Nice find.

Stairway to the 'Creepy' House
by Ironworker

Comment by ajschmidt:
Not really a vanishing point.

Natalie's Rusty Playland
by Ironworker

Comment by cpanaioti:
** Critique Club **
by cpanaioti

The motion in the little girl is what catches my eye first. Compositionally she is in the right place with respect to her motion, however the background beyond the central tree is distracting. Cropping this image at about the fifth rung of the slide's ladder but keeping the width would probably give it more impact and would isolate the subject better.

It looks like it was a grey day giving flat light. The image also seems slightly under exposed.

Keep shooting.

Colette

Natalie's Rusty Playland
by Ironworker

Comment by Ironworker:
Thank you all for the comments. I see from the comments I may have fared better entering the blurry pics of her spinning on the merry go round. Or the dark closeup of her on top of the slide. I am learning a great deal. Thanks again.

Natalie's Rusty Playland
by Ironworker

Comment by whagerbaumer:
Natalie is certainly a well adjusted child to put up with this degree of rust in her playground. I wish that car was out of the picture. A little cloning can easily remove it. I like the motion blur on Natalie and the focus throughout. A little brightening of the image would not hurt if the contrast can be maintained. Nice colors and wonderful composition and framing.

An 8.

Natalie's Rusty Playland
by Ironworker

Comment by autool:
Composition: Subject Placement, Cropping, Background 7
Technical: Focus, Exposure, Lighting, Processing 5
Appeal: Is it Interesting, Motivating, Etc.? 6
How well does it meet the challenge: 6
Total Averaged Rating 6.00 Dick

Natalie's Rusty Playland
by Ironworker

Comment by orussell:
Composition: Subject Placement, Cropping, Background 6
Technical: Focus, Exposure, Lighting, Processing 4
Appeal: Is it Interesting, Motivating, Etc. 5
How well does it meet the challenge: 6
Total Averaged Rating(Rounded) 5
Slightly OOF. Look like it was cropped in really close. Sky is overexposed at top. Cropping it out all together may have been wise.

Natalie's Rusty Playland
by Ironworker

Comment by indianzfan:
Get that kid a tetanis shot.

Natalie's Rusty Playland
by Ironworker

Comment by pogboy4:
everything looks out of focus...