The Squirrel Highway
by Ruchart

Comment by Gracious:
good one!

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Comment by jmsetzler:
Greetings from the Critique Club :)

I like the composition of this shot. The sign makes a good strong statement in this image. The color is a bit flat overall, but I can see in your description that you have desaturated everything except the two channels. This is probably a good option for making your sign stand out in the image, but I think the sign already stands out since it fills most of the frame.

Did you try this in black and white? I think your sign offers enough contrast to do a very nice b/w here as well.

The sharpness seems a little weak overall. Maybe a pass with the sharpen filter would fix that up some. When I shoot an image at an angle like this, I usually try to use a little deeper depth of field also. In this instance, I probalby would have composed the shot the same way you did, but I would have backed up and used maximum zoom to help blur out the background some more. Your depth of field here is pretty strong for an F2.8 shot.

Keep up the good work :)

John Setzler

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Comment by mcrael:
Don\'t go there!! :-) Good perspective.

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Comment by johnny_justjohnny:
you've gotta make sure and touch base with the other guy from hell. and have you seen the movie "from hell," or read the comic? not bad.

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Comment by Gracious:
Whew! Quite true...thanks for the reminder....hehehehe.

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Comment by aurora:
nice shot of the sign and good title

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Comment by irae:
Great angle. Could be more dramatic with a levels tweak of the dark end. Nice work.

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Comment by Swashbuckler:
I like this angle, I might have even liked it better were it a stronger angle, but maybe less personally insulting were it pointed away from you. Very good focus. Framing works well. Background is nice. 8 Swash

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Comment by jodiecoston:
Where in the world does someone find a sign that says "Hell"??? :) I like the desaturated background, emphasizing the sign.

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Comment by GeneralE:
This town gets around...