Tranquil Dawn
by justin_hewlett

Comment by Jammur:
Added to my favorites, not sure what else to say.

Storm Coming
by justin_hewlett

Comment by Jammur:
Nice, simple, clean.
Only thing I can think of with the title, would be to darken up the gray undersides of the clouds for a more ominious look.

Surreal Falls
by justin_hewlett

Comment by Jammur:
It might be as simple as slower shutter speed, under exposed.
A little more blur to the water, a little more detail in the shadows.
You don't want to blow the highlights so a grad filter might help.
This is really subjective stuff, its not bad as it is.

Storm Coming
by justin_hewlett

Comment by Prism:
Nice capture of the approaching clouds with just enough of the blue sky left to give the feel of movement. Very vibrant colours on the hills. The only thing I find distracting, and it might just be my monitor or from resizing (I'm not experienced enough to know), is the white line on the highway. It seems to have some diagonal lines showing rather than being a smooth line.

Fragile Glass/Light
by justin_hewlett

Comment by justin_hewlett:

Originally posted by Formerlee: ...The use of on camera flash has blown an area at the base of the glass...

Actually, flash was not used - only natural sunlight coming in from a window - and had this been an advanced editing challenge I would have taken care of that highlight. Trivial matters aside, thank you for taking the time to critique, I appreciate it very much.

Fragile Glass/Light
by justin_hewlett

Comment by SteveJ:
Greetings from the Critique Club

Having studied your entry for Delicate Challenge, I feel that a lighter weight glass would have conveyed the delicate impression more suitably. The chosen tumbler is a bit on the heavyweight side and this is accentuated by your choice of angle, looking onto the rim. Perhaps a different angle would have given the impression of a more delicate glass.
The use of on camera flash has blown an area at the base of the glass, but this is not too intrusive.

The conversion to B&W works well with the reflections of the light through the glass onto the wood. This had an added effect of highlighting the grain, although I don't know if this was intended or accidental, but it looks fine. Focus on the rim is sharp and you have a pretty good DOF.

I would like to have seen the droplets feature more prominently in this photo, but the composition is good with the main subject situated to the right of the photo. I think this scored about right in the challenge and had the glass been more 'delicate', it could have upped the score to 5+. Nevertheless, a good entry and although lower than your usual scores, not too bad considering the low voting in this challenge. Hope this is helpful and constructive for you.

Steve

night_glow.jpg
by justin_hewlett

Comment by arsenal:
really cool image, i find this kind of image really hard to capture. great work!

Fragile Glass/Light
by justin_hewlett

Comment by silvergleam:
Stunning.

Fragile Glass/Light
by justin_hewlett

Comment by aledfc:
I like how you made it black and white and how the light reflects off of the glass. good job!

Fragile Glass/Light
by justin_hewlett

Comment by Shan2112:
the glass itself does not seem very delicate to me, seems if I dropped it on the floor it would be just fine (thick glass) - perhaps a wine glass would have portrayed the delicate sense a bit better - I may be missing the meaning of this though - and I do really like the lighting and black & white :)