Sidewalk Etching
by rll07

Comment by BadPigg:
I give up , whats strange about this?

Sidewalk Etching
by rll07

Comment by karmat:
I think it would helped me if I could have seen more of the context that this was in. Also, when photographing stuff like this, I think it helps to get a dramatic angle (lower perhaps, changing the perspective) or really nailing the details. This seems just a little flat to me.

Sweet Home Alabama
by rll07

Comment by UberFish:
Youve actually taken a photo of some spindley tree, the house is just the background.

Sweet Home Alabama
by rll07

Comment by f-32:
I hope that's a porcelaine hog in the front yard!

Sweet Home Alabama
by rll07

Comment by johnny_justjohnny:
cute pig. would like to see just a little more lawn, maybe that would've made the vertical lines of the tree funny though, i dunno. like to see tree roots like i like to see everybody's feet in a picture.

Sidewalk Etching
by rll07

Comment by kandyj:
Interesting photo, but a bit confusing to my brain at this moment.

Lunar Landing?
by rll07

Comment by Azrifel:
~~~~Critique Club Comment~~~~

Composition (content)
Nice compostion. The plane passing makes the photo. It adds something interesting, the trail adds depth and most of all height. :)

I think that, as a joke (also given the score), you could rotate it 90 degrees to the right and call it "Rocket to the moon". Somehow it looks even better after a horizontal flip with a rotation of 90 degrees to the left.

Background
The moon is not full. I think it looks better this way.
The background is incredibly noisy. Perhaps a result of enlarging?

Camera Work (Technical)
Can't say much really. For other readers: When you shoot the moon, try to keep the shutter speed fast! The reasons are twofold:
1) The moon moves and it moves fast. Enough to get a blur when you zoomed in on it with a telescope or big zoom lens.
2) The moon is sunlit! That means that it is very bright and returns a lot of light, just as a sunlit wall.

Perhaps another lens? 600mm with a converter? :)

Digital Processing (technical)
Photo is big in filesize, so we are not seeing the results of heavy compression. The noise is what breaks the photo. :(

My opinion
Really interesting, could be stunning when it wasn't so grainy and noisy.

Sweet Home Alabama
by rll07

Comment by austinscott:
I DON'T LIKE THE WAY THE HOUSE IS JUST CUT OUT ABRUBTLY

Sidewalk Etching
by rll07

Comment by jmsetzler:
I don't understand this relationship to the challenge... sorry... - setzler

Sweet Home Alabama
by rll07

Comment by ambaker:
Nice colorful home. Cutting it off like you did, tends to lead the eye out of the page. Meets the challenge, but would have been nice to have something say Alabama other than the title. Good exposure, nice and sharp. 5