Vertigoby
WalkaboutwolfComment by Artyste: Hello, and greetings from the Critique Club. The critique you are about to recieve is tailored for DPC challenges alone, and is not intended to be seen as an artistic critique per se.
Initial Thoughts
Woo.. dizzy.. nice choice of title.
Composition / Content
Definitely not a classic composition, but it's effective. Perhaps too effective. Although you achieve what your title suggests you wanted to achieve, it's not always a good plan to enter images that will have a negative impact on the voting public, and giving voters a touch of vertigo isn't exactly positive. heh. The coloring is probably where a lot more lower scores came from. It's a little dull in this respect, and the window reflections *are* a little distracting, although in a basic challenge, there's not much you can do about it. Only things I could suggest are to wait for more dynamic sunlight (sunset, sunrise, weird cloud or smog effects), or find a more colorful building. Anything that increases the richness of color will help to increase a score on DPC.
Background
No traditional background, per se, but I do like the difference of shadow on the building faces.
Camera Work / Technical
Pretty good work here.. exposure is nice, focus is good, but it looks like the DOF starts dropping off on the bright side of the building, and is thus softer than the rest. If people really noticed this, it probably led to a few lower scores.
Digital Processing
Good work with the contrast/brightness adjustments, it doesn't look over done, and the sharpening is good as well.
Fits the Challenge
As I said, it does fit the challenge, but perhaps a little too well, giving a dizzying first look. Once used to the photo, however, that intial vertigo passes.. but I suspect you caught a lot of people with it and contributed to a few lower votes.. however, it probably also led to a few higher votes from those of us that tend to like weird effects.
My Opinion of the Photo
Nice perspective shot, but just lacking in that dynamic "wow" factor that is so important in a DPC entry if you're looking for a higher score. Keep shooting, and good luck in future challenges.
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