Waiting for the spring
by Rino63

Comment by snaffles:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

Initial impression: Used well, fisheye and wide-angle lenses really enhance a photo with just enough distortion; too much and the effects are cartoonish. Congrats on erring on the side of caution. I gave you a 6 in voting.

Technical: You shot with a nice ISO of 100 and a good aperture for depth, so wondering why such a fast shutter speed? Even handheld you could have pulled this off at 1/80, possibly less. Ah well. Leading lines are great, the ambient light helps to wash out the naturally dull tones of the wall/sea/sky and draw the eye to the boat. Love the pov, would like to see any outtakes, especially if you shot more from the right and possibly further down.

Artistic: Only reason I can see for a sub-6 score here is probably because the boat only appears to be out of commission, as opposed to actually being unseaworthy. Otherwise, a slightly tighter crop on the left, and I think you would have scored a bit higher. I like the couple in the background, they add an element of story - have they just arrived by the boat? Are they about to escape with it?

Overall: A very pleasing shot, if you are able to return and shoot this boat again, please do so. Keep shooting!

Feel free to pm me with any questions,

Susan

The guardian
by Rino63

Comment by abbeyroes:
kind of... I had to look pretty hard for the face.

The guardian
by Rino63

Comment by Ja-9:
don't usually like the fisheye...but it really works here...well done

The guardian
by Rino63

Comment by Ter:
i like the pov on this

A delicate sunset in winter
by Rino63

Comment by duartix:
Great toning. I'm curious about the PP. You managed to capture both higlights and shadows just perfectly. I would just saturate it a little bit more.
8*

The guardian
by Rino63

Comment by JuliBoc:
I had to hunt for the face, since the whole photo is shaped like a smile. I really like the image and once I found the face, I think it's marvelous.

A delicate sunset in winter
by Rino63

Comment by Luci11e:
I don't know what that is on the right hand side of the pic but I think it takes away from the overall feel of this image. I think cropping that out would have helped.

My world
by Rino63

Comment by Tabby:
I must steal this lens.

My world
by Rino63

Comment by hahn23:
cdrice Very nice fish eye effect. 8

The guardian
by Rino63

Comment by Luci11e:
Great! the title matches the feel of the photo so well too