Pier at Night
by ShannonLee

Comment by elite:
Nice rough textures, might a bit too noisy tough, the light from the bulbs is contrasted too much. But still achieved a good overall effect. keep up the good work !!

Lift Off
by ShannonLee

Comment by Stagolee:
Greetings from the critique club,

My first impression of this image is that you have achieved the objectives of the challenge by producing this high contrast image. On further inspection it appears that the contrast has been achieved post production which is fine to do but it looks like you have adjusted curves or levels a little too much which has pixelated the sky.

Composition wise the image is Ok with the seagull in a good position and caught well in stop action but the horizon looks slightly tilted and perhaps you have too much negative space with the sky, which adds little to the picture other then a nice blue color.

On a more positive note this is not an easy shot to achieve without completely blowing out the highlights in the waves, which are slightly blown out in places but you can still see plenty of detail in most of the waves.I'm not sure if you have over increased saturation but the foreground sand area looks a little unatural in color this can also lead to the pixelated sky which by the way could probably be corrected with neat-image if you are that way inclined.

Your final score of 4.675 is probably on par for this challenge and had I voted on this challenge it would have been a score of 5 or 6.

I hope I have helped you with this citique and feel free to e-mail me if you have any queries regarding my comments. I wish you all the best in future challenge and hope you enjoy the DPC community.

Soul Music
by ShannonLee

Comment by Tammer:
The skin tones seem to have a bit of an orange cast, but I like the composition and casual pose.

Soul Music
by ShannonLee

Comment by kevrobertson:
Love the pose.
This is an interesting picture
I have voted on this picture 3 times now, each time bumping up.
You are currently on a 9, this could change. I love the grain, i love the pose, the smile is Da Vinchi like. Just a stunning shot. There are a few technical things wrong, but the bear into nothing compared to the composition and stuff.
Well done.
And good luck. I would love to see this finish top 10, but i'm just not sure if the DPCers will spend enough time looking into the meaning and message here.

Kev

Pier at Night
by ShannonLee

Comment by racha:
Eery but somehow mystical. It reminds me of South Jersey down the shore. I can almost hear the carousel playing....

Pier at Night
by ShannonLee

Comment by sump:
Nice placement and lighting. It's really cool.

Pier at Night
by ShannonLee

Comment by Bus352:
Has a journalistic appeal I like--great coloring and even the noise works with this in my opinion. Good capture

Pier at Night
by ShannonLee

Comment by madison461:
Nice tones and concept.

Pier at Night
by ShannonLee

Comment by Eagle Eye:
The relationship of the railing and direction of the pier plank create an excellent unique combination of angles that display what a perspective photo should be. I also like the nightime setting.

Soul Music
by ShannonLee

Comment by loseme:
I love the way you shot this, the colors are really nice.