Shades of the Empire State
by Nikolai1024

Comment by elemess:
love the lines here. The muted sky is nice, too -- helps set off the black lines of the bridge cables and building silhouettes. I hate to say it, but the Chrysler Building sort of takes away from the overall effect by sticking out like that.

Shades of the Empire State
by Nikolai1024

Comment by Melethia:
I like the choice of vantage point here, with the lines of the bridge.

Shades of the Empire State
by Nikolai1024

Comment by hotpasta:
I love NYC! love this, well done. The lighting is superb!

Touching the Clouds
by Nikolai1024

Comment by kari1:
::: Critique Club :::

Hi, my name is Kari and from the critique club.
Interesting to do a critique on your image but it is difficult if you don't give us any information in your photographers comments. When we do a critique, we go past just the photographic result, that's what voters comments do. The critique looks at what you were trying to achieve, how you wanted it to look and what issues you had in getting the image captured and ready for voting.

First Impression - the most important one:
Lovely, nice framing of the people against the window ... lovely colours.

Composition:
I think this really works for this shot ... with the people on one side and the tower in the other frame it gives it a real balance.

Subject:
Meets the challenge with added flair.

Technical (Colour and light):
I like this .. it is a little 'dull' in some ways e.g. not bright colours but oh so appropriate for the shot.

To grow its vote?:
Top 25 .. is great ... and this is a good solid shot .. I am not sure how to get it a higher score .. but take a look at the top ten .. what do you think is missing?

Summary:
Great shoot .. you are doing really good stuff .. keep it up.

If you've got any questions about this critique, please feel free to contact me via the PM system.

Cheers

Kari

Purple Dream
by Nikolai1024

Comment by Elaine:
I like the abstract look of the background and the veins in the leaves. The curl of the center leaf and the brightness under the right leaf are distracting to me. 9

Touching the Clouds
by Nikolai1024

Comment by Jutilda:
I would have liked to see this do better. I see symbolism in it. Nicely done. Top 25 isn't too bad a finish. Congrats.

Touching the Clouds
by Nikolai1024

Comment by chalice:
Should have gone even higher. I scored this the highest of all.

Touching the Clouds
by Nikolai1024

Comment by Rooster:
excellent! 10!

Touching the Clouds
by Nikolai1024

Comment by posthumous:
this captures manhattan very well. good job.

Purple Dream
by Nikolai1024

Comment by remarsh:
Great details and texture.