Flying dream
by hjolli

Comment by mycelium:
Interesting inverted image. Good capture of the birds. I wish they were on the left of the image, though. Being where they are and flying to the right, the whole left of the image winds up looking kind of dead.

Flying dream
by hjolli

Comment by Bud:
Interesting effect... seems like a reflection in water or is it the use of some type of post processing?

Flying dream
by hjolli

Comment by Gracechild7:
This is very interesting. I asume it was taken through glass, since I can see the tiles reflected, but... I can't figure out the rest. I do like it though

Connecting past and present
by hjolli

Comment by graphicfunk:
returning for comments;
A great juxtaposition to illustrate this point. Bumping up to 7.

Connecting past and present
by hjolli

Comment by Winterberg:
Nice photograph. Very clear reflection. Give it a 8.

Connecting past and present
by hjolli

Comment by woohoopepper:
Stunning!

Successful mission
by hjolli

Comment by Imagineer:
:: Hello from the Critique Club ::
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Your subject is certainly fitting for the theme and I do admire lifeboat crews greatly. AS journalism this is a nice shot.

Clubjuggle has succinctly mentioned some of the key points below, so I won't reiterate, but my other points are as follows:

> Selective colour or full colour? I can't actually see any selective colour but perhaps you refer to colour enhancement of the reds? In this instance, due to poor, flat light, I would have made the non red areas fully monochrome. This would have made your photo a little more special and less of a 'snapshot' in appearance.

> The dark areas appear to be pushed too far, so gentler treatment of tones would help make it easier on the eye.

The only other thing I would say is that the scene lacks action of any kind, which would have helped given the challenge theme, so catching the boat as it pulled in to shore could have been good.

I wish you well on future challenges.

All the best
Jon

Connecting past and present
by hjolli

Comment by uh61k:
Good idea and implementation

Connecting past and present
by hjolli

Comment by dartompkins:
Interesting use of reflection. 8.

Connecting past and present
by hjolli

Comment by Bolti:
Háttvirtur forseti
Þessi mynd er töff.