view from kitchen window
by camelotnorth

Comment by camelotnorth:
Thankyou for your very useful comments..I can see that my desat. bled to too many parts. Will have to work on that technique before trying again.

stormy desolation
by camelotnorth

Comment by fleenk:
your horizon is slanting to the left

view from kitchen window
by camelotnorth

Comment by wewillexplore:
Interesting use of desat, but I don't think it works here. There are too many artifacts of the desat along the wall and plant and sky - it looks like a hurried editing job instead of a smart color choice. This image has retained some of the overall redness, lessensing the effect of your edits. As far as the composition - it's very busy on the windowsill and the flowered thing and red birdfeeder(?) detract from the view...I'm not sure what I'm supposed to be admiring.

"Citizen Kane" (at movie's end)
by camelotnorth

Comment by mcrochip:
FIRST IMPRESSION: Very emotive shot - the rose really captures my eye, and makes me want to examine the rest of the photograph closer.

CHALLENGE: I'll have to take your word for it, as I've never seen Citizen Kane. However, given what you said the shot is mimicing, I'd say it's met.

COMPOSITION: If you hadn't mentioned the color adjustment, I don't know if I would have noticed - the color of the rose bears a striking contrast to the monochromatic colors of the remainder. Having read your comment, I see that is what you were going for. I like the framing as well.

TECHNICAL: The upper portion of the photograph is a hair darker than I'd like to see it. I like the black itself, but the portion of the hardware in the shot up in that area gets lost due to the very close color.

CONCLUSION: Meets the challenge well, and holds my interest as a viewer. The composition and technical aspects of this shot make it quite intriguing - if this movie were colorized, I wonder if they'd do the same thing with the color of the rose.

Thanks for sharing and good luck in future challenges!

view from kitchen window
by camelotnorth

Comment by kyrielle:
Desaturated except for one color? Just guessing. Ghost-like and vividly pretty at once, with just the reds standing out.

view from kitchen window
by camelotnorth

Comment by clues56:
What a nce kitchen window to have! I think the picture would be improved if there were more even lighting. I am not much on flash, but I think a diffused flash would help you on this one. (Maybe move the things on the window sill, leaving the brushes and the red object.)

stormy desolation
by camelotnorth

Comment by justesme:
Firstly, I would have liked to see a straighter image. Secondly, more of the house in shambles! And maybe in black and white. I do not feel the backdrop of the sea and wonky horizon to be interesting enough [compared to house] to include in the image. Well done, Good try =)

stormy desolation
by camelotnorth

Comment by Chicagrafo:
You missed the horizon, I think proper rotation would give you +1 in the final avg.

stormy desolation
by camelotnorth

Comment by ursula:
Very nice! One suggestion would be to straighten the horizon line, it might improve the picture some :) I love the textures/colours of the wood and the old house (barn?), and the clouds. ~8

view from kitchen window
by camelotnorth

Comment by ChrisW123:
Maybe a little less red saturation... that would have left less of the red "specks" on the window frame, etc., and still would have made the point. Really great shot I love it! 7.