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madison461Comment by joezl: Greetings from the Critique Club
Well done on a splendid image.
This image has scored well reflecting its many merits. It is well composed with a nice balance of elements. The milk churn and trunk clearly stand out as the main subjects but the other, peripheral elements also contribute to the feeling of being abandoned, almost a junkyard feel. The partial de-saturation and grain all help the feeling of "old and abandoned".
Needless to say, the grain would not have pleased everybody and may have held it back in scoring. The link to the subject of the contest is there but is not obvious and again may have held it back a bit in voting.
To me the crop looks a bit tight. I would have liked a bit more space to the left of the churn and maybe a tiny bit more at the top. As it is it feels a bit hemmed in. You may have done this simply to crop out stuff you wanted to exclude but I don't think a little bit more clutter would have hurt this picture.
I would like to see a more saturated, sharper and less grainy version of this just to see what the comparison would have looked like. I actually like this execution but I suspect the more literal version may, alas, have scored a bit better on DPC.
Finally, the subject matter itself. While the subject creates interest in an intellectual, observational sort of way, it is not a subject that grabs much attention or generates a lot of emotion. This is a picture which makes you look at it and admire the composition and execution but does not make you draw breath or say WOW. The subject matter does not have that sort of strong appeal.
Great shot overall and well done on the good performance in the challenge.
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