Meditating on platform 17
by olbol

Comment by graphicfunk:
Cool look with the hectic movement behind and the still meditative subject in front. Congratulations on your top 10 finish.

Cumulus
by olbol

Comment by atupdate:
Hello from the Critique Club,

You did a wonderful job of post processing for the cloud, as it really has tremendous detail. However, the overall look of the image is flat with little depth to it. Part of that is related to the sky and ground having nearly the same contrast. Masking for the ground and giving it a slightly different contrast than the sky would have helped with this issue. Another contributor is the cropping of the image. As presented, the cloud looks like it is coming straight down instead of towards the horizon. You might want to crop the top of the image through the thickest part of the cloud. To me this would provide a stronger perception that the cloud is floating over your head and not hanging in front of your face.

Feel free to PM me if you have any questions regarding this critique.

Tim

Cumulus
by olbol

Comment by heathen:
a cool cloud, but the shot as a whole isn't too compelling

Red cells
by olbol

Comment by ambaker:
Critique Club Review:

Meets challenge well.

Focus and depth of field are very good. Color, brightness, saturation, and hue are fine.

This makes foa nice pattern, and could be an entry for a no subject challenge as well. Which for me, is about the only negative here. The eye doesn't know where to look. The pattern is interesting, but the eye sort of wanders aimlessly about.

I think this image would be quite interesting canvas mounted at poster size or larger in a gallery.

Cumulus
by olbol

Comment by dallasdux:
The clouds are nice, but in this shot, i think the b/w actually took something away from the photo. I would have prefered some blue sky behind those puffy clouds.

Cumulus
by olbol

Comment by love:
this is ok.. not a wow image 6

Cumulus
by olbol

Comment by pineapple:
Often best in b/w as you have done.

Still not working...
by olbol

Comment by Structor:
Congrats on your high finish, well done!

Cumulus
by olbol

Comment by mist:
Not a bad cloud, wonder if it would look better in colour?

Still not working...
by olbol

Comment by graphicfunk:
Congratulations on your top 20 finish with this expert capture.