frozen water, water frozen
by posthumous

Comment by jaysonmc:
Personally, I think the images is near perfect. It is actually intriguing, unique, and not your typical "I've seen that shot before". While a lot of times you'll see photos that are "artsy/unique" they often loose out in composition. This photo, though has them both. Compositional it is perfect, so much interest, great understanding of the shutter and depth. I don't get this one, should have scored in the sixes.

If I had to name one thing (hey I always put in my meager 1 cent), would be to crop off a smidgen of top just before the ice heads back to the left, this way you get a clean line to the top of the frame. Even then that is minor. Silly voters.

behind the red door
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Comment by Nuzzer:
Greetings from the Critique Club, this will be the second of your images I've got in the one week!

Composition: I like the composition as I'm a bit of a fan of some negative space. Having the door low and left leaves a lot of the wall for us to look at. The wall holds little interest so we are forced to concentrate on the door and the great path that leads up to it. The line in the path moving directly to the door in fantastic. I can see you had a little dilema here: level the snowline or line up the vertical lines in the wall? It's hard to say without seeing it but I'm inclined (no pun intended) to say the wall lines are the stronger element so they should be the lined up ones.

Technical: Here's where I see the problem. Some of the commenters have mentioned it but the image lacks sharpness. Is it a small crop? A resize issue? The processing? Whatever the case it makes it hard to look at and find the little interesting elements as they all seems to blur together in a way. I'm sure this is worth half a point in your score.

Feeling: I love the concept of the image. I like the mass of red and the contrast with the snow. A great image to play with: how about if you had tried changing the colour of the wall but leaving the door red?

PM me if you have any questions

behind the red door
by posthumous

Comment by bmartuch:
Hey Don, is that the door they went AWOL through?

behind the red door
by posthumous

Comment by BrianR:
You give great comments, and have a good eye on the art of photography, I am one of the 5's given for this image, my thoughts were the crop could have been tighter on the door, making the path off set, but that is only INHO.

Hangar, Gulls and Geese
by posthumous

Comment by madhavan:
not so close to the theme

behind the red door
by posthumous

Comment by Melethia:
Ground seems really soft, which is a very pleasing effect to my eye. You know, Red Door would be a cool name for a band... :-)

frozen water, water frozen
by posthumous

Comment by Hipychik:
Love this shot! Is this upside down, downside up? :)

Hangar, Gulls and Geese
by posthumous

Comment by Charlene:
I'm distracted by the blur of the trees. But I really like the contrasting colors.

Chess Table, White to Move
by posthumous

Comment by gemjlo:
The tilt is distracting for me.

behind the red door
by posthumous

Comment by silverfoxx:
very very cool!