Old School
by goc

Comment by L1:
One of my favorites of the challenge. Great job at setting a mood with this image.

Old School
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Comment by PunkRock:
....is that a soccer ball?, but still a nice shot

Old School
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Comment by Trumpeteer4:
First 10 so far.

Foggy Fields
by goc

Comment by atupdate:
Hello from the Critique Club,

First, let me thank you for including so many details in your photographer's comments. Now for the critique. My first impression is that this definitely looks like morning fog and has an interesting subject. With nearly one third of your votes being a 5 and over half the votes in the 5 to 6 range, to me that indicates that the voters looked for literally 2-3 seconds and concluded, "this picture isn't bad, so I can't give 4 or less, but it doesn't have a lot of wow, so I can't give it a 7 or higher". For some reason, black and white images didn't score very well in this challenge. I also see by the comments left during voting that the large amount of negative space above the trees was a love it or hate type thing. It would have been safer to crop tighter on the trees, maybe in a landscape format, but the image might have lost some of its impact. Personally I like the portrait format and wouldn't change a thing. You have a very good image that anyone at DPC would be proud to have in their portfolio.

Feel free to PM me if you have any questions regarding this critique.

Tim

Old School
by goc

Comment by gjumi:
6

Old School
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Comment by smyk:
Interesting angle. Goodwork

Old School
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Comment by scalvert:
What a great gym! Wish I could see a bit more detail. Maybe if you shot in overcast conditions or late in the day (oooh... warm colors!) you'd have less contrast to deal with. Still, one of my top picks. 9

Old School
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Comment by fracman:
Beautiful! I love the lighting and the tonal range on this, and I'm so glad you didn't center the ball.

Old School
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Comment by justine:
I love the perspective.

Old School
by goc

Comment by mecfcosta:
I like the image, but something about that big ball really annoys me. It is like the photo is out of proportion, or something.
Nice lighting, though.