light's ebb
by aelith

Comment by muckpond:
Beautiful detail. I know the point of the image was the ending of the day's light, but this is still quite dark to be effective.

light's ebb
by aelith

Comment by jjbeguin:
great impression of desolation, a beautifull place and somewhere you do not want to be at the same time. good job

light's ebb
by aelith

Comment by Kimbly:
Nice lighting, pretty scene. Hard to tell the sense of scale (which in this case, I think, is positive).

light's ebb
by aelith

Comment by jenarom:
It is too dark, and lefts me wanting to see a lot more, because it seems to be a great place for a picture.

light's ebb
by aelith

Comment by byetko:
I think this shot would have been better if it was a lot lighter.

light's ebb
by aelith

Comment by HBunch:
Interesting. Dark, but I assume you did that on purpose. The angle and framing/cropping you have chosen is nice. I really like the curves in the waterline. The darkness does make it a bit difficult to get a lot of detail, however, still a nice shot. Good luck in the challenge.

The Dove, Columbia's noted sculpture s lands on a new corner.
by aelith

Comment by crabappl3:
~~~~Critique Club Comment~~~~
The Dove, Columbia's noted sculpture lands on a new corner.

*Composition (content)*
Looking at this artwork I notice that it is a symmetrical sculpture, yet you have the right side of it out of the frame. I don't know if there is a physical barrier that prevented you from getting the whole object in the frame, but having the whole thing centered would be more pleasing to the eye.

*Background*
Again, not knowing the limitation of space, if you could have taken this shot without the background clutter showing so as to just focus on the art work you would have a stronger picture. I like the depth of field so as to show the crispness of the clouds in contrast to the sculpture.

*Camera Work (Technical)*
The lighting on the object is good. It cast enough shadow to peak interest, but isn't to bright or washed out. I particularly like the reflection on the left side, it is warmth against the coldness of the metal. Your colors are accurate and bright.

*Digital Processing (technical)*
Sharpening is very good (not too soft and no trace of over sharpening).
Balance between light and dark is good.
Compression is good (no jpeg artifacts)

*My opinion*
I think that with a change in camera position this picture would have been much stronger. If space limitations prevent getting the shot you want, consider cropping down to landscape mode or something that is a little more abstract in nature.

The Dove, Columbia's noted sculpture s lands on a new corner.
by aelith

Comment by quarx:
the angle of the shot is really nice
but if you could have avoided the reflection, was it comming from your flash?
but sometimes it is hard to understand what is it.
but i commented this one among others because of these factors.

The Dove, Columbia's noted sculpture s lands on a new corner.
by aelith

Comment by ganders:
Would have scored higher if it were cropped in a different way - either a wider angle showing us the whole thing or tight in to show some detail. Unfortunately this just looks like we've lost the right edge by accident..

The Dove, Columbia's noted sculpture s lands on a new corner.
by aelith

Comment by muckpond:
If this were cleaner, this would be a great picture. The cropping is off -- the entire sculpture should be in the frame. The treetops and especially the telephone pole distract -- if you could have shot this from lower to the ground with just the sky as the background, that would be the best. And it looks like it has been poorly compressed -- I understand the swirls in the steel but these look harsh, like they've been overly sharpened or the file size was edited in indexed color mode. muckpond