Entangled
by davidw

Comment by MaryO:
Like the composition and soft colors. The tangle of old vine adds really nice shapes and curves, and at the same time looks to have had a death grip on the metal support. Tenacious things, vines.

070108: Two Years + 17 Days Later
by davidw

Comment by jmsetzler:
Greetings from the Critique Club...

This image is rather difficult for me to critique. I don't really see anything I don't like about it. It's a decent landscape shot. It's one of those photos that might be difficult for a random viewer (such as myself) to connect with. A landscape like this one generally has some interest to the photographer who shot it... something that comes from within... Maybe this is your property or a place where you grew up or just something you see every day that feels special to you in some way or another. As an outsider, I can't really connect with much of this scene. It probably is an interesting improvement over the original as intended by the challenge though.

In my personal opinion, landscapes are some of the most difficult photographs to make successful in the public eye. You need a strong subject or anchor point in the scene that really draws an outsider into your frame of thought. In my opinion, the light is the strongest part of this theme. I'm not as much of a fan of the sky tones, whether they be natural or post processed.

070108: Two Years + 17 Days Later
by davidw

Comment by Ter:
very nice you certainly have improved

Week 28-Suburban Minnesota Thunderstorm
by davidw

Comment by Ter:
damn that looks mean
great capture david

Week 27-Ft Snelling National Cemetary
by davidw

Comment by Ter:
great work on the desat
has a great feel to the image

Week 26-Purple Finch
by davidw

Comment by Ter:
wow stunning image

Week 26-Purple Finch
by davidw

Comment by tanguera:
Wonderful capture. Looks like a dancer.

Week 27-Ft Snelling National Cemetary
by davidw

Comment by davidw:

Originally posted by tnun: Very effective desat - what posthumous was talking about in the lacks variety thread - that cinematographers limit/arrange their palettes very carefully to promote interpretation/feelings of a certain kind/perceptions. I would be interested in seeing the full colour, to see if it "confuses" me or fails to register; possibly the very strong geometric/perspective would carry this anyway, but maybe not.

Here's my entry in the order challenge, you can see what the original colors were like:

Week 27-Ft Snelling National Cemetary
by davidw

Comment by tnun:
Very effective desat - what posthumous was talking about in the lacks variety thread - that cinematographers limit/arrange their palettes very carefully to promote interpretation/feelings of a certain kind/perceptions. I would be interested in seeing the full colour, to see if it "confuses" me or fails to register; possibly the very strong geometric/perspective would carry this anyway, but maybe not.

070108: Two Years + 17 Days Later
by davidw

Comment by Nuzzer:

Originally posted by The_Tourist: Originally posted by Nuzzer: I was unable to locate a similar image with a title like this and the challenge description does say "The title should refer to the original" so I have to vote this a DNMC: 1 Wow. That's harsh. I'm not the sharpest tool in the shed, but I found the original "070108".

Yep, my DNMC voting was harsh in this one. I tried using that number as an image id and I tried searching on combinations of the words but didn't think the number would be the title. I would have voted a 6 if I had found, or was guided to, the original.