wooden trestle
by roba

Comment by jjstager2:
Great light. Nice colors. I wish there was a little more focus on the tracks in the foreground. You get a definite sense of the train coming at you in this picture. Nice shot.

wooden trestle
by roba

Comment by cogerox:
Those waivy rails sure make me nervous. Contrast is a little too strong overall. And, did you sharpened just a little too much to make up for the rails being oof?

wooden trestle
by roba

Comment by dx_power:
mint

wooden trestle
by roba

Comment by fisheye:
Nice shot. I like that it's not so over-saturated as many of the others seem to be.

wooden trestle
by roba

Comment by Balko:
Meets Challenge - 2
Creativity - 1
Technical Stuff - 2
Overall Appeal - 1
Biased Wow - 0
Total = 6

wooden trestle
by roba

Comment by glad2badad:
Nice POV. The image looks a little hazy (dust from somewhere else perhaps?). The train engine almost appears like a toy from this angle. Overall I like it. Good luck.

wooden trestle
by roba

Comment by madcrabber:
How do you get to this tressle to get this shot? I've taken images of this train at its base in Renton, but to see it in motion is way better.

wooden trestle
by roba

Comment by BrianR:
a very crooked rail line.

wooden trestle
by roba

Comment by hotpasta:
great telephoto depth of field...nice

purple haze
by roba

Comment by atupdate:
Hello from the Critique Club,

Congratulations on a very solid score on this image. Your idea for this challenge was very creative. There are a couple of small technical issues that prevented this from making it into the top twenty. First, the composition looks a little unbalanced, as the negative space above the flower is taller than the stem of the flower. I think the square crop might not have been the best choice for this image. Second, your lighting is very effective except for the flashlight you used on the flower. This produced a couple of hot spots that almost look like pollen or something lying on the flower. If you could have found a way to bounce this light or diffuse it somehow, it really would have given you a bit more flexibility in post processing to bring more pop to the purple in the flower.

I really would like to encourage you to revisit this image now that you aren't handcuffed by the basic editing rules. By changing the crop and tweaking the flower, you will have something worthy of hanging on your wall. Nicely done.

Feel free to PM me if you have any questions regarding this critique.

Tim