frost flowers
by kenbo

Comment by PTLParsons:
The colorization ruinned this one.

frost flowers
by kenbo

Comment by alanfreed:
An interesting tint and composition. In all honesty it seems like it's missing some "punch" to me, though...

pinwheel requiem
by kenbo

Comment by andrewm:
The Critique Club

Hi Kenbo—I have been assigned your photo for my crit again this week! First let me say what I like about the photo. The contrast in the colours between the pinwheels and the grey gravel or shale surface is good—they are a wonderful bright colour really contrasting with the neutral gravel. I don’t know what shrine this is or the customs but it seems to be a fascinating ritual. Your focus is not good—I am not sure what you were trying to focus on but most of the photo is out of focus and the processing seems to have exaggerated the gravel chips. However there is a nice blur on the pinwheel which could be even more blurred with movement

I think your cropping could have been better—perhaps the top is distracting. The composition of the photo is problematic—this is one of your random views and as such, normal rules of composition do not apply. Having said that I did mention last time that few people appreciate such photos and dismiss them as snapshots—but this could be a relevant artistic statement and as you can see uberfish has taken this seriously. Having said that , you should not expect high scores with this type of photo. On a personal note I would be very interested in the ceremony taking place here—I think that you should try to explain what is happening in this sort of photo—and also please put the exif information of aperture ISO and shutter speed—this helps in a crit such as this.
Best of luck


Andrew

frost flowers
by kenbo

Comment by joanns:
I have never seen anything like this! absolutely amazing!

frost flowers
by kenbo

Comment by gminish:
Very pretty closeup! Very good composition and handled the lighting perfectly. Nice shot!

frost flowers
by kenbo

Comment by Swashbuckler:
Really neat picture, maybe a tad grainy, but intensely cool anyway. 9 Swash

frost flowers
by kenbo

Comment by Gracious:
Nice, dreamy quality. The blue looks a little unreal, like it was manipulated by the hand of man, but the subject compensates. I like it.

frost flowers
by kenbo

Comment by HBunch:
This seems a tad bit grainy to me. Might just be my eyes though. Otherwise, I really think this is neat. I like the way it looks like glass. The angle and framing/cropping are good, and the focus seems very nice as well. The color is very nice. Great lighting as well. Definately looks untouched by man. Good luck in the challenge.

frost flowers
by kenbo

Comment by hockalees:
Great composition, like the blue cast to the photo, there seems to be a distractingly high level of noise in the photo. I would be interested in what Neat Image or like progs could do to remove it.

frost flowers
by kenbo

Comment by justine:
Good work, good eye, great colors. WOW. Not crazy for the focus here, but sure a nice shot.