Across the Salt Marsh
by LN13

Comment by insteps:
Underappreciated. Beautifully presented.

Across the Salt Marsh
by LN13

Comment by bvy:
A lesson in good composition and black and white conversion. This is amazing.

Across the Salt Marsh
by LN13

Comment by Neat:
Lovely comp, and i like that jet of cloud.

Michigan City
by LN13

Comment by vawendy:
I gave it an 8 (probably because I love the bird -- it makes the photo), but there definitely is haloing, and usually I'll take a point off for that. The water does look oversharpened.

Michigan City
by LN13

Comment by hihosilver:
I love to take photos like this one with strong color and silhouettes. I like the seagull as foreground interest. The composition may have benefitted from taking the photo earlier when the sun is behind the lighthouse and perhaps peaking through the top window to get some interesting rays. The blue could be processed to clear out the muddy gray which appears a bit heavy. Overall, this scene is pretty but not polished enough in either processing or composition to achieve more impact. My two cents...;-)

Michigan City
by LN13

Comment by doctornick:
Hope this helps, since you asked: over-sharpening artifacts, haloing around the pier and lighthouse, harsh light, vertical crop might not have been the best choice...

Michigan City
by LN13

Comment by Louis:
I think you relied too much on eye-popping colour. (Eye-popping isn't always good, and often looks artificial.) Consider this photo without the orange cast: a fairly straightforward shot of a not-too-interesting subject. Nothing really connects here with the average viewer to make it stand out as an exceptional photograph, and so I think the score reflects that.

Michigan City
by LN13

Comment by Kelli:
I don't see the artifacts others are talking about, could be my eyes or my monitor (I often got comments about that as well). I thought it was beautiful and gave you an 8, so I can't help to explain your 5 votes.

Michigan City
by LN13

Comment by MikeO:
Gave this a 5, it looks oversharpened to my eyes but that maybe the effect the water is producing.

Michigan City
by LN13

Comment by Silent-Shooter:
Something else that might have got a point or two knocked off by some voters is that it seems to be oversharpened. There is a halo around the bird, the pier and the top of the lighthouse. It also undoubtedly accentuates the ripples in the water and as EL-ROI said smoother water would have worked better to add to the smoothness and calmness of the sunset. Hope that helps a bit more...