Speed
by swm4lfe_2001

Comment by Commando303:
Beautiful colors. I absolutely love the sky. Also, superb composition.

Speed
by swm4lfe_2001

Comment by edmeng:
i like colors, great contrast

Speed
by swm4lfe_2001

Comment by CalliopeKel:
Love the angle. 10.

Speed
by swm4lfe_2001

Comment by glad2badad:
Nice use of diagonal lines in your composition. Sky looks good for color. The image is crisp, well focused, and exposed. Good work.

Speed
by swm4lfe_2001

Comment by NovaTiger:
Cool color contrast.

Boring Branch, Beautiful Background
by swm4lfe_2001

Comment by karmat:
CRITIQUE CLUB CRITIQUE
by karmat

Technique
You have used the dramatic lighting to your advantage in this shot by capturing the "rays" and using a form of backlighting to silhoette the branches. That sets up a nice contrast, and makes the sky look even brighter. Looking at your settings, I wonder if you could have used a lower aperture value and faster shutter speed. I think that might have made the branches appear more in focus simply because the slight blur they have looks as if the wind was blowing or something.
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Compositionally, I think there might be a bit too much "dark" on the left of the shot. I think cropping a bit on the right and left, would make the composition seem more balanced, and complete.

You don't mention any post-processing, but it looks to me like you upped the contrast a bit, and it may have affected the clouds a bit too much -- there are spots on them that are a bit overblown, it seems.

My first impression is that this shot is a bit out of focus. Unfortunately, when viewing hundreds of shots, the first impression is usually what gets to determine the vote. The composition seems a bit accidental, and the clouds are a bit blown out in areas. Had a voted in this challenge, I probably would have given you a 4 (for the aforementioned reasons), and maybe a 5 because you did an excellent job of capturing the "rays" which is not always easy.

Best to you in future challenges.

karmat

Boring Branch, Beautiful Background
by swm4lfe_2001

Comment by liah:
too dark

Boring Branch, Beautiful Background
by swm4lfe_2001

Comment by tolovemoon:
Nice clouds and lighting. I like the colors.

Boring Branch, Beautiful Background
by swm4lfe_2001

Comment by larsc:
ummm... the background seems more the focus here than the branches...

Boring Branch, Beautiful Background
by swm4lfe_2001

Comment by bowronfam3:
Too bad the challenge wasn't for beautiful sky scenes.