ethno
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Comment by justine:
Not sure what the title is..or means. Still I do like this. The tones and focus are very very nice.

ethno
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Comment by bil99:
The shoes are the main subject in this photo. However challenge description states it should be the squares. I still doubt many will mark you down since it is very asthetically pleasing with a sharp focus and a nice sepia tone. 4 (under any other instance it would be higher)

ethno
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Comment by siberian_husky:
Your main subject isn't "square"

ethno
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Comment by Diana:
should have a squair subject, I do see a squair up in the right corner.

ethno
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Comment by JPR:
i like the feeling of this shot. it stands out in that it has feeling. nice work. nice color tone.

It's rondo!
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Comment by Wheeler1992:
the sign does not seem to be the main focus of the picture. I keep focusing on the fountain

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Comment by jgillard:
Nice round about scene. Very effective colours and flairs. jgillard9

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Comment by darrenmeisel:
I like the details, nice picture.

sunny day
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Comment by DougPaz:
Greetings from the Critique Club };-)

Initial thoughts
Very interesting shot, meets the challenge, great color and contrast

Composition/ Content

As mentioned in most of your comments, the colors is what really makes this shot. I like the way you kept your horizon away from the center. I like the way you placed the trees right of center as well.

Background
The absence of anything in your sky works well for you here. You certainly had a minimalist approach and the sky helps helps that direction.

Camera Work - Technical
The focus on the grass is excellent. I know that the trees are slightly out of focus but the DOF seems to be fairly deep. By making them clearer, you would have lost what I believe was your original intent with the grass and the foreground.

Digital Processing - Technical
One thing that may have helped the sharpness on the trees would be a little post processing. I have found that with a digital shot it is absolutley amazing what you can do after the shot. I noticed that you only used 41kb of the 150kb file size allowed in the rules. This should have really sharpened the shot if you used the full allotment. I was surprised that you didn't upgrade the saturation here. You did a great job for out of the camera. A little bit afterwards would have only improved it.

Fits The Challenge
Definitely fits the challenge well.

My Opinion On The Photo
I think that it meets the challenge well but can see why some folks would vote it lower. I was actually surprised that you got a top 50 shot as I didn't think the voters would recognize this shot for what it is. It could have been improved a little to finish even higher than it did. Good job, and keep up the good work.


I would be happy to talk further about this shot if you would like to contact me.
DougPaz

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Comment by paynekj:
I think I would have scored this higher if you had got closer to a sign, so that it took up more of the frame.