Savoie in the Fall
by cmorton

Comment by Minstrel:
thank you for sharing this beautiful corner of your world

Savoie in the Fall
by cmorton

Comment by arngrimur:
I like the smooth flowing composition. The colors are appealing and the clouds add a bit of drama.

Savoie in the Fall
by cmorton

Comment by M.O.C.:
pretty 9

Savoie in the Fall
by cmorton

Comment by dwterry:
Lovely. Looks like a painting!

Savoie in the Fall
by cmorton

Comment by madison461:
Very nice! Love everything about this!

Savoie in the Fall
by cmorton

Comment by vtruan:
beautiful shot

Savoie in the Fall
by cmorton

Comment by Caltrop:
Stunning

Linking Contrast
by cmorton

Comment by amber:
Hi from the Critique Club!

I totally understand what drew you to this. There are lovely rich textures in there, with the metal links contrasting with the texture of the wood.

The eye is led into the image by that round bolt(?) on the left and up to the top middle of the picture. It then follows the links down and out of the image at bottom left. The eye naturally, though, by-passes the area in the middle.

The focus seems a little soft on the links at top right - a smaller aperture would have overcome that.

The contrast here, although fine for a normal study, is not quite high enough for this challenge. Perhaps the lighting that day was a little flat? I would be very tempted to go back a re-shoot with different lighting conditions. Or perhaps try some post processing techniques - Channel mixer, dodging and burning, gradients..etc to try and draw out its full potential?

Linking Contrast
by cmorton

Comment by loseme:
Great contrast, nice image.

Linking Contrast
by cmorton

Comment by SJCarter:
Really nice composition - I like the lines. Good contrast, but I think the prevalence of midrange tones cause it to lose some contrast. I'd be curious to see what it looked like in color. Don't get me wrong, there's plenty of good contrast here too, it's just that I think it might have even more in dark, rich, deep color tones. Still, solid entry.