And when I awoke, I was alone, this bird had flown
by owen

Comment by Structor:
Congratulations on your top 10 finish. Great shot!

And when I awoke, I was alone, this bird had flown
by owen

Comment by docvorhies:
Angle and field depth are perfect. Framing excellent. Great connection between the song and the pic. Fantastic shot.

Observation Deck
by owen

Comment by Louis:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

I very much enjoyed this photograph on first view. For me, the composition, interesting shapes, and rich colour in the sky have a high impact. The intersecting lines of the foreground and background structures offer a nice effect, as does the softer parabolic shapes that cut through the image diagonally. I think the "angle of attack" here was well thought out.

The compositional interest leads to closer inspection, and for me, the colours turn out to be a bit too saturated. This is especially apparent in the shadows beneath the circular structure, where added saturation has resulted in what appears to my eye as an unnatural green cast. The sky takes on a blueness that may be almost "too blue", if that were possible. I also see some of the saturated greens in the column.

There's a bit of softness around the far structure that may not be beneficial to an architectural photograph; it seems to me that close attention to depth of field is called for with such a subject. Finally, my personal taste is to avoid "corner cuts" as we see in the lower right, where the darker element cuts off a very triangular shape from the image. However, it is certainly true that this is part of an element that is an integral part of the overall composition, which I like very much, so it comes down to personal taste. I may have opted to clone out that portion of the image to make it less prominent.

Overall, this is a fine example of an archictural image well executed.

I hope this helps,
Louis

And when I awoke, I was alone, this bird had flown
by owen

Comment by Mambe:
Very impressive , it's like flying with the bird !
my vote 9

Couldn't catch a cold..
by owen

Comment by srdanz:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

First impression: beautiful landscape with just great DOF. Then I looked at the challenge - Failure, and I've concluded that you must have gotten at least a few views where voters thought that it is the title that makes it fit into a challenge. That's something to keep in mind if you want to satisfy those DPCers. In that case, you would have needed to show an empty net, bag, or a basket, and that would have been hard with such composition.

Second look: bottom is too dark. Not enough detail in it, and you could have cropped some of it, and still preserve the gradient from dark to light(er). Even the rule of 3rds would not have been affected if you had made this choice.

Look at the exif: Wow! 4s exposure and the sillhouette is tack-sharp! That's what I call a cooperating model!

Now I'm going to check out how did it do in the challenge:4th! Well, I was about to attempt to advise you on how to score higher... and I think I ran out of suggestions already!

Congratulations on your great placement and good luck in the future challenges.

And when I awoke, I was alone, this bird had flown
by owen

Comment by hotpasta:
great editing here...nice shot, good luck

And when I awoke, I was alone, this bird had flown
by owen

Comment by cyan:
Nice freeze, great DOF

Couldn't catch a cold..
by owen

Comment by graphicfunk:
lol. Outstanding visual. Congratulations on your 4th place finish.

Observation Deck
by owen

Comment by ubique:
Owen? Every time I see this thing it always reminds me of a great big .....
beer.

Observation Deck
by owen

Comment by littlegett:
Nice colours and saturation, but which one am I to focus on? The walkway with eves doesn't hold my attention enough, the tower/observatory is more interesting, but small distant and hidden.