A Quiet Seaside Town
by Konador

Comment by barryg:
Great job on composition.

Love
by Konador

Comment by geewhy:
Since joining DPC in November (2003), I`ve been pleasantly surprised at the quality of the work that gets submitted.
However, this particular shot caught my eye almost immediately, and still remains my favourite piece of photography on view here.
From the idea to the execution..it is absolutely perfect.
I know it`s a bit late in the day...but congratulations on a superb job and one which I use as a benchmark for my work.
(Still a long way off, but I`m hopeful)
Gordon

Restrained Movement
by Konador

Comment by lockjawdavis:
Nice detail. Rich tones.

Restrained Movement
by Konador

Comment by bormic:
The sepia tones fits very well here, aging those rust pieces. A very good pic. -8

A Quiet Seaside Town
by Konador

Comment by train:
This looks English I like the Blackand white effect on this
Nice image

Restrained Movement
by Konador

Comment by Coley:
love the duotone . very strong shot ..my fav so far

Illuminations
by Konador

Comment by Neuferland:
Greetings from the Critique Club.

Oy, why me? LOL! I love this shot, I was trying to figure out during the challenge how you caught all those different colored fireworks!

Now that I see how it was done it makes much better sense.

Now to critique. It's perfect of course! ;) Okay, not really, there is one little thing that bothers me a bit, it's off balance or appears to be off balance. The cropping on the right has the lights running out of the shot while on the left there is black space, a slightly tighter crop on the left would balance this out for me. Also the white lights are a bit distracting but you couldn't very well ask them to turn them off, could you? I just took my ruler out and the center is just about in the center of the shot but because of that space on the left it still looks off to me.

The colors are fantastic and the dots along the lines are I'm assuming where the camera was making it's adjustments while zooming and really add to the shot. The border is perfect for this shot, the black edge holding it all in.

You really should do a "How did they do that" tutorial on this one, it's a great effect overall!

Hope this helps!

Good Luck In Future Challenges!

Deannda
DNeufer@stny.rr.com if you have any questions or want to discuss this further!

A Quiet Seaside Town
by Konador

Comment by jenesis:
Something about this photo I find striking. The composition is good, I like how you left much of the beach in the bottom of the picture. It's a little noisy, but I wouldnt' mark it down for that, one because it is a night shot and two, because I think it kind of adds the atmosphere of the picture. Nice Job!

Restrained Movement
by Konador

Comment by admart01:
Monochromatic "steel" color works well, nice dof, inventive pov.

Restrained Movement
by Konador

Comment by kiwiness:
This is absolutely fantastic. This is the kind of photogrpahy I like to look at, and especially in this form. The sepia toning is perfect. It would be a sin to give this less than a ten (10)