New Maple Sapling
by Tlemetry

Comment by Bernard_Marx:
Nice work - Those cols look outstanding together.

Cicada
by Tlemetry

Comment by raish:
Beautiful colours/tones... Like a painting - 10

Up the winding path
by Tlemetry

Comment by Charlene:
Great use of the road.

Up the winding path
by Tlemetry

Comment by HighNooner:
where is everybody?

Up the winding path
by Tlemetry

Comment by Grainey:
nice one - better if something drew to color or focus in center for me

Fresco Ferns
by Tlemetry

Comment by gerdagrice:
I like it! The effects emphasize the curved, framing ferns on either side and give interesting textures to the image.

Up the winding path
by Tlemetry

Comment by glad2badad:
Something about winding roads...I really like this. Nice job of using leading lines to tell a story and engage the viewer. Hopefully you're not taking too many hits from those who may feel this isn't a "pretty landscape". Good luck.

Crane Chain for longevity
by Tlemetry

Comment by karmat:
CRITIQUE CLUB CRITIQUE
by karmat

Neat idea for the challenge. Different without being totally way off. Kudos for that.

Compositionally, I like how the crane chain starts in the lower left and goes upwards through the right. That gives the picture a sense of dynamicism and movement. The middle one in is in focus, so it seems that it should be the one that is the "subject" and it is in the very middle of the frame, and while the diagonal is strong, it still feels "centered." While this is not always bad, I think in this shot, because there is nothing else to build context or to look at, it makes it fall just a bit short of completely compelling. If the focus could have been moved "down and to the left" a bit, so that the first bird was in focus, that may have made it feel a bit "stronger.' (Then, you could have had people complaining about the out of focus ones in the back, hahaha).

Technically, this is well done. The focus isn't spot on, and that is generally okay, except for the head of the first bird being out of focus, while the body is not. That becomes very distracting to me, as a viewer. The color was a good choice. The background is okay, it is generally non-distracting, which works in this shot, but the uneveness in the tones in the upper left corner and in the lower right gives it a feeling of vignette-wannabe, which may or may not be intentional. Lastly, around the tail of the middle bird, I can see some kind of funky white. What it *looks* like, though it may not necessarily be, is where you have selected the cranes and brightened them, but not the background. Of course, it may just be my monitor.

Overall, you have a technically, well-done shot that meets the challenge. I think, though, that it lacks that extra *oomph* to get it into the upper 5/lower 6 (or higher) range. I don't think its simplicity hurt it, per se, but I do think that to the average viewer, it was a "oh look, a purple paper crane chain, that's nice. next" kind of moment. Maybe a different, more dramatically lit background, or some kind of environmental context would have made the shot have a bit more impact.

If I need to further clarify or explain myself, please feel free to contact me.

karma

Up the winding path
by Tlemetry

Comment by UNTITLED:
Perfect leading line. Not only leads you nicely through the photo but gets the mind racing with possibilities of what's around the next bend. Very nice!

Up the winding path
by Tlemetry

Comment by Ivo:
Good use of leading lines.