Blue Angels
by blanceric

Comment by alfresco:
*A Critique Club Comment*

Aloha Eric

Please keep in mind I'm not a trained professional ...

Composition
I like the formation, too bad the trailing jet isn't a tad higher but you have very little control over that. I agree with the others who've stated more pixels are needed on the right, I think less magnification and a near-pano crop may have been the ticket for this orientation of the jets.

Technical / Post Processing
My feeling is that you pushed the limits of your lens and did what you could PP to bring out the planes. I may be wrong, only you know, but that is the feeling I get looking at the photo. The overall color is off (as others have mentioned). Some selective color editing would really make this photo pop - give the sky a bluer blue, the yellows less orange. The halo is distracting, cloning that out would have helped.

Aesthetics
I do not find the photo aesthetically displeasing, however I find it lacks a pop.

Relevance to Challenge
I find the Blue Angels to be relevant to the challenge. They might have been a much better fit and more widely accepted in the recent "Pride" challenge.

Overall
Overall I think this is a nice photo that could have scored much higher had you employed a different crop and did some selective color editing.

I always enjoy seeing your photos and you have quite the excellent portfolio, I look forward to seeing your future work.

-jp

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Comment by 1olddawg:
Title certainly fits image. I personally like modernistic, but in this case there isn't one specific area to hold the viewers eye. Good work overall though

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Comment by philup:
Very nice...Great job..!!

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Comment by KiwiShotz:
Cool, pity you can't enter it in Reflections as welll

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Comment by Brin:
Great reflections, beautiful colours, wonderful abstract image. I like it, well done! 8

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Comment by cyan:
looks Van Goghish to me. 8

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Comment by cycomerlin14:
What? Haha...

Blue Angels
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Comment by kenskid:
very good. I wish there was more room on the "right" side of the picture. This crop makes me feel as if the jets don't have enough room and will crash into the side if the photo!

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Blue Angels
by blanceric

Comment by hanneke:
this one doesn't really say Celebration to me, but the photo is technically perfect.

Blue Angels
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Comment by Tammer:
Nice stop action shot. That's some vibrant orange! For me though, this photo doesn't give me a sense of celebration as much as other entries in the challenge. I do like the off centered composition though.