A Quiet Seaside Townby
KonadorComment by Harz_Joerg: Greetings from the Critique Club
Hi Ben;
Now it's up to me to give you a critique!
Hmmm..., let's see what we have here....
Initial thoughts/My opinion
Wonderful scenery living from the high contrast between the deep black and the bright lights. The leading line coming from the quay could have be pronounced more.
Content/Composition
The image gives a feeling of being at a nice small town at a calm, still cold night. One likes to look at the scenery but also likes to go inside the friendly houses along the seaside. This is probably due to the choice of B&W with a relatively high contrast: it looks as if there are just three values of brightness: pure black, the medium grey of the sea and houses and then pure white of the lights. I like that.
The viewers eyes always follow the leading line of the quay and I would have preferred it if it would stretch more diagonal along the image, i.e. if your position would be more to the right. This would have probably also lead to a less large dark area at the lower left and at the right side. These areas are a little large IMO.
A tighter crop would have result almost in the same effect.
Camera work -technically
Looks very good to me: focus seems right, although I don't want to call the image crisp.
Exposure time seems to be relatively short, judged from the not completely smooth sea surface. That was a good choice: made the water more interesting.
Exposure is well set for the achieved effect. Does the graininess come from selecting a high ISO-value?
Digital Processing - Technical
Looks a little over sharpened, might this be another reason for the graininess? I do like the frame.
Fits the challenge
Of course it does: very after dark!
Good luck for your upcoming submissions
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