From a distance anyway.
by jjbeguin

Comment by lisae:
I really like this! The moon just seems dwarfed by those clouds. The colours are strong and the composition is really tight. Nice work.

My office, my staff
by jjbeguin

Comment by UberFish:
Absolutly spot on, I can smell the musty smell, fell the warmth from the lamp, almost reach out and ring the bycicle bell. 10.

Empty pool autumn blues
by jjbeguin

Comment by jimmsp:
Critique Club Critique
(1) COMPOSITION (CONTENT) - At first appearance, seems very busy. My eye tends to wander around quite a bit. I seem to be looking for your subject. It�s not until later that I realize the whole canvas is your subject, at least to me. I don�t like the two horizontal lines across the picture, though they are mostly covered; a minor distraction.
(2) BACKGROUND � See comment above. I�m not sure what is the background is, and what the main subject is. It�s hard for me to call the leaves the background
(3) CAMERA WORK ,TECHNICAL � Very good for what you intended. Focus is dead on.
(4) DIGITAL PROCESSING ,TECHNICAL � At first glance, it appears you over saturated the blues. The material under the leaves is too blue for my tastes (I know the challenge is �blue�). But you probably needed to do that to get the blue in the leaves.
(5) MY OPINION ON THE PHOTO � Overall, pretty good, an �artsy� photo, tending to the abstract. I like it. I think it could have been a much better abstract if you had played with the focus some, shooting the leaves well out of focus. Then the over saturated blues would have worked better. It may not have scored better, as the majority of voters here don�t appreciate abstract photos, but I think you may have been happier with it.

Jim msp

From a distance anyway.
by jjbeguin

Comment by digitalangel:
Nature at it's finest

From a distance anyway.
by jjbeguin

Comment by DougPaz:
Beautiful shot, you did a great job of lighting the clouds. LOL I'm not sure if the moon adds something here or not. Good border for the shot as well. DPz

From a distance anyway.
by jjbeguin

Comment by HBunch:
Interesting colors. The orange clouds are strange to me, but I'm not familiar with filters and such. The little moon looks great. The border is good for the photo. I think the angle and framing/cropping are also good. Having the mood in the center does not bother me here because it is actually a bit more to the top of the photo, and it's ballenced by the clouds. Good luck in the challenge.

From a distance anyway.
by jjbeguin

Comment by alanfreed:
Nice positioning of the moon! Cool shot.

My office, my staff
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Comment by Anachronite:
black and white would be great here. nice composition

From a distance anyway.
by jjbeguin

Comment by smellyfish1002:
I love cloud shots (in fact, my entry is a cloud shot this challenge). I really like the composition here, and the moon in the center is a huge bonus, and actually 'makes' the shot! I see some red/purple/green/bluish artifacts in the midtones and in the blues of the sky. This is a tough situation to get rid of, especially with the 'no spot-editing' rule. The best I have been able to do is desaturate the reds, greens, and magentas, and to lower the saturation on the yellows (not all the way). I then run the despeckle filter, then an unsharp mask. I believe this is all legal, and it's the best combination I've come up with to clean up cloudscapes. Nice shot and good luck! smellyfish1002

From a distance anyway.
by jjbeguin

Comment by Froober:
Gorgeous clouds! Love the peak at the moon too. I'm a bit of a post-processing junky..but I'd love to see this run through a light cleanup with neat image...may give it more of a heavenly look. Great job :)