It's too noisey
by Paulk

Comment by briphoto:
Nice variation of our theme!

It's too noisey
by Paulk

Comment by justine:
Maybe a little, but the composition is interesting and I like the colors.

It's too noisey
by Paulk

Comment by Cub:
Great idea but it looks like a bit too much contrast or sharpening on editing. Cub

It's too noisey
by Paulk

Comment by ChrisW123:
Interesting. I like the bright/dark contrast.

It's too noisey
by Paulk

Comment by Azrifel:
But the composition is pretty good. I like the human element, it creates depth and scale.

It's too noisey
by Paulk

Comment by bobgaither:
I agree

It's too noisey
by Paulk

Comment by jgillard:
if it is too noisy, then use neat image to correct it. jgillard5

Santa & the sun spotted in Manchester
by Paulk

Comment by Natasha:
Composition-Content
I loved this picture, the title is great and is really tells the story. I think that cropping a bit off the right of the picture would have helped, would have placed the tower at a "rule of thirds" point. This would also have made Santa appear larger in the frame. I would also have like to have seen the bottom of the statue, so pulling back a little would have included this. At the moment, the tower and the Santa are vying for attention.

Background
The other main point of the story is the blue sky and this has been left nicely clean with no distractions behind the tower etc, so strengthens the overall impact.

Camera Work-Technical
There is some distortion at the ends of the frame where the building appears to curve up, has a slight fish eye effect. More cropping or moving back could have got rid of this. As a said before, I think a closer shot of th tower and Santa would have been good. I also like the idea of making a vertical shot and then these problems would have been helped. On the right frame of the building there is some glare from the sun, so maybe shooting at a different time of day would have got rid of these and also added a bit more colour to the Santa.

My Opinion
I loved this picture, made me laugh. I used to live in Middlesbrough, so I know how rare the sun can be up there! The picture fit the topic well and I can imagine this being used in a local paper. Great Picture! Hope that this helps!

Santa & the sun spotted in Manchester
by Paulk

Comment by Sonifo:
Now that is one big Santa. Very nice for the front page of a newspaper. Good job. Vote 7 Sonifo

Santa & the sun spotted in Manchester
by Paulk

Comment by bod:
Manchester? You soft southern b******! Greetings from oop North (Chorley!).
I think ignoring the tower and tilting the camera down to get the front of the building in frame may have been a better shot but Santa is throwing off my sense of scale so I may be wrong.