The Best Habit....
by osram

Comment by briphoto:
What is this? I'd like to know a little more to vote with more understanding.

The Best Habit....
by osram

Comment by melismatica:
This is the second time I've loked at this photo and I still don't get it. Is te guy in the corner taking a picture of the person in the distance? What is that thing at the top? Is that a person, a statue, a fence post...?
At any rate, only in very specific circumstances am I considering a hobby a habit for this challenge. Photography can be a passion, a need, an urge but that does not define it as a habit.

Aesthetically, I like the sky in this shot but I don't care for the arrangement of the sillouhetted figures. I have a feeling I will be in the minority with this opinion.

The Best Habit....
by osram

Comment by spencew:
A very pleasing photo, though I haven't grasped the meaning (don't recognize the long, diagonal object).

The Best Habit....
by osram

Comment by Tallbloke:
great photo of the angel of the north. Stunning sky and great use of DOF. Well done.

The Best Habit....
by osram

Comment by nicoledb:
Beautiful picture, but I don't get the habit? 7

Show Off!
by osram

Comment by train:
very beautiful I have been trying to take a photo of one of these and they always run off so nice timing on your part The detail in the feathers very good

Show Off!
by osram

Comment by gerdagrice:
Nice!

Shapely Sage
by osram

Comment by admart01:
Paul,

Greetings from the Critique Club (and welcome to competition -- your first photo for Something New II)

I like your composition - the placement of the main subject (building) at an angle gives the shot an abstract quality (that several other comments seemed to like as well). I agree that the sky seems to detract. I think that it's a fine sky but doesn't "go" with the muted tones and geometric shapes so my eye fights back and forth from building to sky. A flatter sky (adjusted in post processing) may have provided a more neutral backdrop.

The lines that cross at the diagonals are distracting as they distrupt the curves and patterns you created in the rest of the shot. These curves and patterns are well done and the way the light changes the colors on them give the shot extra interest.

We all look forward to more of your work.

Please pm me if you have any questions on my comments

Regards,
Theresa

The Best Habit....
by osram

Comment by photom:
Wonderful sunset and silhouettes. It's almosy 3-dimentional with the close figure and the far one. Very nice seeing.

The Best Habit....
by osram

Comment by bitfarmer:
... I know better ones ;)