End of dock
by gisli

Comment by DrAchoo:
The snow adds to the desolation feel. The composition is nice and you did well keeping the dynamic range under control. 7

End of dock
by gisli

Comment by metoecus:
The water is correctly exposed, but all of the snow and the sky is washed out. In this instance I think that you may have been better off underexposing the water. It might have been worthwhile to try coming back at night and shooting this as a long exposure; I suspect that the reflections could have been quite interesting.

Noice town
by gisli

Comment by livitup:
Greetings from the Critique club!

My first impression when I saw this photo: It looks like a post card from the 1950's.

Relation to the challenge: The grain is obvious here and is essential in the "message" of the photo. 100% relevant to the challenge. The grain itself is very well done.

Composition: The photo is very well composed. I like the fence lines, they really draw you into the photo. I'm 50/50 on the foreground, it's stark and empty, which can be good and can be bad. It leaves you to contemplate the mountains here, which I think were the real point of this picture. Finially, I really like how the mountain trails off to the horizon on the right side.

Technique: I don't mind that the highlights in the mountain are blown out, or nearly so, but I do think there's a lack of contrast in them. Maybe if you had brought down the levels a little bit you'd get some definition back in them.

Post processing: No indication of what you did, but whatever it was it was done well. There's nothing too sharp, glowing, or anything else.

Overall Impression: It's well done, but it's not spectacular. It would have gotten a 6 or so from me during the challenge voting. Well done, but needs a little more work to really pull out the emotions. Finally, I agree with the commetner who mentioned the title. //www.dictionary.com is a great free, online dictionary. Anything obviously wrong with the title is going to loose a point in my voting.

I hope this critique was helpful and I would really appreciate a PM from you, letting me know if it was helpful. Also, if you have any suggestions on how to give a better critique I'd appreciate it! :)

Good luck in your future challenges!
---Andrew

Night
by gisli

Comment by lastef:
Congratulations on your ribbon Gísli, well deserved! Took me a while to realize that it is from Ólafsfjörður the cottages by the lake. You grasp the image fantastically! I am sure they will get more visitors for the cottages if they have your picture as an advertisement;-)

Night
by gisli

Comment by gisli:
Thanks for all the critiqe and nice comments :-) much appreciated!!

Night
by gisli

Comment by sfalice:
Greetings from the Critique Club

I'm delighted to have the chance to study this image in detail.

It's beautiful, of course, and you were properly rewarded by the voters for finding this scene and interpreting it so very well. The sense of isolation, and yet warmth, conveyed by this image is excellent.

I know you folks in Iceland experience a lot of dark time at this end of the calendar year; you've studied the darkness and learned well how to use it.

(When I visited your beautiful country, it was July and all was sunshine and light.)

Keep up the good work. I hope to see you on the Front Page again.

Night
by gisli

Comment by tuffy:
Congratulations on your red ribbon with this very warm inviting shot! Well done!

Night
by gisli

Comment by graphicfunk:
Nothing warmer in the archives of DPC. Congratulations on your RED.

Noice town
by gisli

Comment by Car54:
Good composition, but is it Noise Town or Nice Town? I think it needs more contrast to punch out the sky.

Night
by gisli

Comment by Brin:
This is an excellent reflection shot Gísli. Congratulations!