The White Van
by AP

Comment by bfox2:
Not a bad shot for the challenge, but I think that you could have cropped a little bit more off the right side to get rid of some of that white space.

The White Van
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Comment by Elaine:
The van should be in focus

The White Van
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Comment by oOWonderBreadOo:
isn't it cool how a photo that normally would be crap works really well for this challenge!?? I love it! 8
(uhh... I hope you I haven't offended you!)

The White Van
by AP

Comment by Bebe:
Wow! How long did you have to wait for a white van? I hope you got it the first time! Well done.

90th & 2nd
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Comment by aaronb532:
So, is he double parked down there? ;) Nice perspective on city life.

The White Van
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Comment by BeeGee:
HEY, that's my car! It was stolen three days ago!!

Just kidding, good shot though. Good use of motion blur, the white makes it the only car you can really make out, if the red didn't have its headlights on, the setting would be even more "dramatic". Really like the shot!

Give you an 8

The White Van
by AP

Comment by digitalknight:
for a conspiracy challenge this is cool - quite un-DPC-like, so additional points for that too - love the energy the motion gives, hope you do well...

The White Van
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Comment by Judi:
Oooh....lthis looks like you are being chased. Good work.

Underneath our Fountain
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Comment by Stagolee:
Hello from the critique club,

I think you have an excellent idea here but it needed just a couple of compositional changes and you would have gained a much higher score.

If you were able to produce this image in a more landscape format I think it would have had much more impact. I'm just presuming the background on the left side continued to be dark out of the frame then it would have been nice to see every little bit of spray and droplet against the dark background that would have added a little negative space and given you more contrast to the water which is your theme area of high contrast.

By adding more dark space to the left you could have then cropped up higher at the bottom to the point where it would appear the the cherubs were standing on a rock. This then would have given a more balanced view and helped in obtaining that rule of thirds.

Some earlier comment have mentioned that the cherubs were a little soft in focus but I find that appealing in the sense that they are seen through a veil of water mist and are a mystical figure.

You could have added to the high contrast simply by gaining more interest in the water spray as mentioned in the composition changes above but also i would have not used neat-image this has softened the water and I feel to gain even further contrast you could have done a couple of simple adjustments before converting to B/W, these being (PS:CS) image - adjustment - selective color - use white channel - reduce black color by 60- 70%. This method works very simply and you would have no need to use levels the way you have, similiar effects can be achieved in shadow/highlight.

Overall you had a good image that finished with a good score but it could have scored much higher. The changes mentioned would have let you achieve some of that illusive "wow factor". Good luck with your future challenge entries and I hope you enjoy the site.

90th & 2nd
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Comment by TheresaA:
Nice image with lots of good perspective. Good Job!