Shadow in the sky
by marvin

Comment by Anachronite:
not really a shadow.. this is a silhouette...

does not meet the challenge...

as for the photo I'm not fond of the blur effect here

Shadow in the sky
by marvin

Comment by albc28:
The photo is extremely blurry. Not only that, it's not a shadow...it's a bird flying with the lighting being too dark to pick up the color.

Shadow in the sky
by marvin

Comment by talmy:
But a silhouette isn't a shadow. The shadow would be visible on the ground (if the sun were shining).

Shadow in the sky
by marvin

Comment by Pooba:
Not a shadow.

Shadow in the sky
by marvin

Comment by Aghris:
To bad you didn't capture the bird with a shorter shutter speed. As it is now the bird is blurry. Would also be improved with the clouds being on focus.

Shadow in the sky
by marvin

Comment by Beetle:
No, actually - that is a silhouette.

House of faith
by marvin

Comment by HBunch:
*Critique Club*

First thing I notice is the strange angle of the building. Without you stating in your photographer's comments what your intentions were, I can only offer my personal opinion, and that would be to have straightened up the building. I also don't know what software you used for editing, but would suggest using a distortion correction tool of some sort. A quick google search will come up with lots of solutions.
It just looks odd leaning like that for no apparent reason. I realize that sometimes it's nice to have a dramatic angle on a photo, but when 1/2 is dramatic angle and the other 1/2 is normalish looking, it seems awkward.
Focus appears good, but it looks oddly sharpened. The vertical lines that are all close together are jagged and almost hurt the eyes.
It is an interesting building, and would love to see more detail in the building. Maybe closer up? Instead of the entire building get just a part of the building?
The color seems bland. I mean, the sky is bright, almost too bright, but there is just nothing that really stands out to me in this photo. It doesn't draw me in and hold my attention for long.
Were you figing with the lighting conditions? The almost too bright sky and the dullish colors make me think that it wasn't ideal shooting conditions. Not your fault, but maybe could have tried at a different time of day?
Overall, interesting building, but just not sucking me in.
~Heather~

House of faith
by marvin

Comment by kevrobertson:
Would be so much better in my opinion if the tower was straight
really nice exposure
good luck

kev

House of faith
by marvin

Comment by littlegett:
Nice image, almost works. But I would have adjusted to let the front be straighter, and the back canted. This gives the feel that its a leaning tower... it could be, but I have no clue. everything else seems fairly ok.

House of faith
by marvin

Comment by siggi:
Don't like the effect of the wide angle lens here. Might want to look into using software to fix it.