the calling
by roba

Comment by Sunshyne:
great shot

wooden trestle
by roba

Comment by Dr.Confuser:
Greetings from the Critique Club: I have been assigned your photo to critique and here are my thoughts:

Personal Reaction: When I first opened the photo, I said, �Hey, that�s the dinner train!� And sure enough it was. It goes by my house further up towards Woodinville. You have captured the weight of the locomotive and its power very well. The squiggly track adds realism; I can feel the train wobbling over them.

Composition: Good composition. Well planned rule of thirds placement for the locomotive. Good leading lines. The bush on the lower right balances the photo well.

Technicals: The focus is a little soft. I can find nothing in really in perfect focus. Color is perfect. I like the border, and I almost never like borders. But damn the high humidity of the northwest. It has robbed your blacks of real black. If I were editing it, I would use curves to darken the forest to the right just a little.

Conclusions: Good photo. Good subject. Well captured and presented. Why didn�t it score higher � not sure precisely but there were quite a few very good photos in this challenge. Maybe it was just lots of competition.

As always, it is my personal opinion. Feel free to disagree, or to PM me if you�d like further dialog.

the calling
by roba

Comment by glad2badad:
Brrr. That water just LOOKS cold! Good capture of this moody setting (sky primarily). The subject makes you think for a minute, which is good. Wind is certainly evident in the water and the cape blowing around. Overall, nicely done. Good luck.

the calling
by roba

Comment by meow:
Very nice,I like the way the water is rough and the dark sky but I wish the person would have moved to the left some so you could see more of the right side, it tends to blend into the hillside to much.

the calling
by roba

Comment by klstover:
Wow, okay, after voting's over you're going to have to PM me either: 1) What type of material is it that is deeper black than anything else I've ever seen, or 2) How'd you got it to look so natural in post processing.

the calling
by roba

Comment by Rino63:
mmmm... a good work and an effective image of wind. the model, all in black, can be a problem for the details on some monitor. I should have chosen a very dark set for this image for obtain a very dramatic image.

the calling
by roba

Comment by h2:
nice idea, but surroundings lack of mystery

the calling
by roba

Comment by Ivo:
A really cool concept though the horizion is tilted slightly left. Tough to capture detail when your subject is wearing black but you have done so admirably. The weed in front of the subject is distracting and brings attention to the DOF issue. I like this shot and gave it a 6 anyhow. Good luck!

the calling
by roba

Comment by Jutilda:
I bet I know who this is. Cool idea. I might play with contrast just a smidge. I like the composition and setting.

wooden trestle
by roba

Comment by dmadden:
10 :)