sun like ice on the river of road
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Comment by Quackers:
Not very clear, is it steam rising or out of focus.

Entre Nous
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Comment by purpleflutterby13:
Greetings from the Critique Club.

This is underappreciated, if you ask me :)
Fantastic photo, with a lovely archaic feel to it.

I love the textures, that's the first thing that jumps out at you when you look at the photo. The composition is unusual, and therefore interesting (imo). The black and white works well.

Objections:
I don't like the fact the top of the door is in shadow, and that the branches in shadow seem to blur into one another. I think some subtle dodging and burning could've done miracles to fix that (eg. the plant climbing up the wall on the lower right seems to get lost in the shadow. Even very slight dodging of highlights totally brings it out)

Once you've used Neat Image, unsharp mask (40%, 4.3px) gets rid of the blurriness. However, I'm not sure that applying the two makes much difference to the image - I really can't see much noise to start off with.

Anyway, hope this helps. PM me if you have any questions.

Jelena

Entre Nous
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Comment by bmartuch:
You go first! Nice shot. I love old buildings. I think this would be a really cool shot at night especially with those branches hanging over like that. Good job

Entre Nous
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Comment by Hipychik:
I love this shot! I dunno...I just have a thing about old doors!

Entre Nous
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Comment by bucket:
you probably beat me by voting so low on mine..:)
wish I had done the same to you....I just couldn't....

Entre Nous
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Comment by BrianR:
Congratulations on a strong finish,a 6 from me...

Message edited by author 2007-04-08 00:42:18.

RoboDog Requesting Out
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Comment by pla2:
good idea.

sun like ice on the river of road
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Comment by gattamarta:
I like very much the lower part of the picture as an abstract, but I'm not sure of the whole composition...

sun like ice on the river of road
by posthumous

Comment by mpeters:
Is Whiterook back?

Anyway, you have lots of bold lines in this pic and what looks like motion panning. Maybe you held the camera out of the window of a moving car.

Mind's Carousel
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Comment by jaysonmc:
The arm holding the camera always makes a good leading line. :)
A great picture though, I love the different light streaks in the photo. It really creates a sense of depth.

I can't believe how young you look, must be some time-reversing carousal.