Time to Call it a Day
by JonathanJ

Comment by Mikkel:
Nice blue light on the waves to make a contrast. I like the scale with the surfer at exactly the right place.

Time to Call it a Day
by JonathanJ

Comment by Scholten:
A little grainy. And somehow the color looks unreal?

Time to Call it a Day
by JonathanJ

Comment by atupdate:
Sorry but the red in this image does not look natural at all.

All the leaves are brown
by JonathanJ

Comment by glad2badad:
I think a small boost in contrast would help this image. Also, the sky is distracting IMO - did you look at this cropped without the sky? Just a thought. I like the idea and the colors are nice.

Good luck in the challenge.

Fabulous Flying Machine
by JonathanJ

Comment by JonathanJ:
Thanks to everyone for their comments during and after the challenge.

There were some amazing photos in this challenge.

Thank you Judi for taking the time to critique and provide advice.

JJ

All the leaves are brown
by JonathanJ

Comment by HeiSch:
blurring the background a bit more, would have popped the cones much more.
great colors

Fabulous Flying Machine
by JonathanJ

Comment by Judi:
Hi, Greetings from the Critique Club:

Composition: Generally most images can break the rule of thirds without causing to much imbalance but I feel this one has too much sky and tends to drage the viewers eye up into the vacant area. The fence diagonal is good as it takes the viewer up along the fence to the people, then to the glider and then....nothing. Can you see where you get a little bit lost in the sky?

Technical: I hope you don't mind but I worked on this image to help you understand what I am talking about. For starters, this image needed some contrast. So I increased the Brightness/Contrast followed by a shift in the Hue & Saturation. A touch of levels and you will see the result below. I would like to note that I was pleased to see the control of tones wihtout any blowouts in the image.

Overall: I think this image has promise but needed a little more thought to the composition and processing.

All the leaves are brown
by JonathanJ

Comment by jblaylockrayner:
Nice muted colours

All the leaves are brown
by JonathanJ

Comment by xXxscarletxXx:
Could benefit from a crop and some editting

All the leaves are brown
by JonathanJ

Comment by Hipychik:
Nice colors.