Watching the sun go down on the farm.by
vtruanComment by CLarson557: Greetings From the Critique Club:
Hi, Van
You recieved many comments during the voting phase of the challenge. You are very lucky. I won't be able to add much to what has already been said, but i will try.
Challenge: This definately is a nice picture depicting the country, therefore, meets the challenge dead on.
Composition: The composition couldn't be anymore perfect. The windmill in the foreground with the background of the brilliant colors of the sunset make for a very pretty picture. This is a great capture.
Technical: I think the technical aspect of this photo is its drawback. The picture seems a bit blurred or out of focus. It cries out for clarity. I was looking back at some of your other pictures that you have submitted in for challenges and I notice the same problem with some of them. Are you using a tripod. Especially when doing close-ups or shots that are done with limited light, keeping the camera steady is very important. No matter how steady we think we are, it's still hard not moving the camera a little when taking the shot. I hated slugging the tripod around and fought having to use it, but once I MADE myself to use it, I found that I was getting better shots.
You have a nice 3 meg pixal camera that should be able to give you clear shots. I was thinking that maybe another reason your shot turned out fuzzy was that you were using an advanced zoom function on your camera. I always have problems getting scenic pictures to turn out using my advance zoom. I found that I came out with better results if I used the highest resolution and took a picture without the zoom and then just cropped it.
One more thing, someone suggested in the comments that you might put your picture through Neat Image. Yes, you do have some grain in your photo and using Neat Image will help clear this up and give you a smoother picture, however, it will cause some loss of detail. So, if you decide to download it, I would use it wisely. I learned my lesson when using it in the challenges.
Connie
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