Looking down on San Antonio
by xertion

Comment by Allen:
nice use of color and nice angle

The pattern is in the texture
by xertion

Comment by LindaLee:
I like the composition and the texture, but not crazy about the color.

Stream filter
by xertion

Comment by briphoto:
Greetings from the C.C.!
First, I really like what you are trying with this photo, I like your willingness to try something different. I do have to agree with those that say the plant is distracting, but that is not necessarily a bad thing. The photo contains a bridge, but does not necessarily have to be only about a bridge. The plant does make the photo more colorfull and interesting.
Good color and lighting in the photo. I might have been better if the bridge were just a little lower in the shot. Some said the bridge was out of focus, I don't see that, the bridge is just farther away than the plant, so it seems out of focus. Overall, nice photo. You probably didn't have the nice bridges to work with like some do (The ones who medaled this competition.). So, you had to improvise with what you had. Keep up the good work!

Looking down on San Antonio
by xertion

Comment by DougPaz:
I've been in that tower, although I don't remember the name. One of the better city vistas this week.

Looking down on San Antonio
by xertion

Comment by Budweezer:
Nice wide angle. Beautiful sky!

Looking down on San Antonio
by xertion

Comment by 'Pong:
About cityscape, I think there has to be either something, like city landmark, as subject of the image, or nothing dominent as texture and pattern. I find neither of them here. Hope my theory is helpful.

Preheat to 450°, bake 10-15 mins = instant artwork
by xertion

Comment by Silver Fox:
Ha, ha. Good idea, great thinking!
composition is very good.
Color is great with the bottles and the brushes.
Lighting is brilliant.
What an idea.

Preheat to 450°, bake 10-15 mins = instant artwork
by xertion

Comment by clues56:
A light shining into the oven would have been a good highlight.

Preheat to 450°, bake 10-15 mins = instant artwork
by xertion

Comment by OneSweetSin:
I love it! Great! So orginal!

Cloudlife
by xertion

Comment by Kavey:
Critique Club


Initial thoughts
Lovely symmetry and quality of light

Composition/ Content
A beautiful and simple composition. I love the way it has symmetry from left to right but not from top to bottom.
The curving roof lines are beautiful and I particularly like the way the central “beam” cuts the image in half top to bottom.
The grey lines at the left and right lead the eye directly to the window itself.
The blues and clouds of the window are the focus of the image and all the lines serve to emphasise this.

Camera Work - Technical
Exposure is wonderful – I love the way you’ve got the blues and whites of the sky just right and yet also achieved that ethereal light through the ceiling itself.

Digital Processing - Technical
Can’t see any problems – all looks great to me.

Any negatives?
Not that you could have done a thing about this but I find the dark shadows beneath the grey coving on the left a bit distracting. Because the dark line they create is so much wider than the lines of interest my focus tends to be pulled to the left a little. In an ideal world there would be a second grey sheet covering this as there is on the right. As I said, I am mentioning this only to be complete in my own assessment – I appreciate fully that a) you couldn’t change this and b) the image is still absolutely wonderful and successful regardless.

Fits The Challenge
Very much so.

My Opinion On The Photo
I really like this. I enjoy looking at it. The curves, the blue sky and the ghostly quality of the light coming through the ceiling make it a very appealing image.

Message edited by author 2003-03-16 08:53:14.