James River Postcard
by SJCarter

Comment by L1:
Greetings from the Critique Club! :)

I'm so tickled that I got your image to critique...it's always nice to do one for someone I know and someone that can really appreciate the effort involved.

This is a really beautiful scene...gorgeous view, great vantage point, and lovely colors. I personally like the painterly quality of it all, but some do not like that...particularly in challenges. Compositionally, I think that a more head-on viewpoint rather than this one at more of an angle would help voters feel more balanced as they view the image, but of course, that may have been completely out of your control. It does appear to be angled up ever so slightly on the left end as well. I almost think a lower viewpoint would help as well, so that we can see the tops of the trees (or at least more of whatever's back there) in the back of the scene under the bridge.

The sky is rather noisy, which is common in the blue channel. I'm viewing this on a LCD screen, so it's going to show up as more noisy with that, so take that with a grain of salt. The reflection shows a lot of noise as well, so maybe some selective noise reduction in the blue channel, just on the sky and the water, might help a bit.

Challenge-wise, this is probably stretching for an architecture challenge...the bridge, of course, is a beautiful example of architecture and design, but voters really don't like to have to think much about the topic and need to have that whole "in your face" thing when viewing an image for all of three seconds during voting. Still, I am kind of surprised that this only received a 5.03 during voting...but I am a sucker for scenes such as this one.

Your work is always intriguing and inspiring...keep it up! :)

Take care,
Laurie
Critique Club :)

Agriglyphs
by SJCarter

Comment by Ben:
Really nice shot, could be a postcard.

American Wildlife Mock-Up
by SJCarter

Comment by SandyP:
How AWESOME is THAT!!!!!

Hey. . ..there's my "S" photo. I am so honored to have a photo in that incredible collage!!!

You and Judy need to go in business together and produce more of these. . .for sale :)

That cute little Bambi too. . . just makes my heart melt!

Great job Jimmy & Judy!

Agriglyphs
by SJCarter

Comment by jerowe:
this is absolutely gorgeous. great job! so far in my top 10. 8

Agriglyphs
by SJCarter

Comment by vtruan:
the colors appear to be a bit to reddish to me. Not natural.

Stay
by SJCarter

Comment by Skip:
excellent idea. image would have been strong had the dog been in a sit, facing away from the camera, and if you hadn't shot it from an standing eye-level perspective.

Stay
by SJCarter

Comment by goc:
good processing, but where is the rest of the buddy ? :-)

Lonesome Pine
by SJCarter

Comment by Makka:
The tones you have used through this are a treat. The tree has so much character in it and it's great to see you use an excellent subject. And as mentioned, the grain effect works very well. Great stuff!

The Clown Within
by SJCarter

Comment by Makka:
Absolutely fantastic collage. This is realy good. Strong vibrant colours throughout. But yes, you do make a scarey clown! Well done!

Agriglyphs
by SJCarter

Comment by justin_hewlett:
Great colors, foreground detail, and sky! I love the play of light on shadow on the land. This is a beautiful landscape image that would look great hanging up on the wall. Going in my favs.