The Fog Rolls in at Dusk
by sjgleah

Comment by decoteau:
The layered sky is really great

The Fog Rolls in at Dusk
by sjgleah

Comment by aurora:
very atmospheric, nice

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by sjgleah

Comment by tjuneau13:
Pretty good details here - you can see the patterns on the bark within the leaves. The colors are a bit drab though. I am not sure if some adjustments would have helped or hurt. I like the composition. The subject matter is ok - made me smile, but doesn't hold my interest very long. = 6

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Comment by karmat:
Good use of humor. Is that like a sign for general information or something? Good contrast of colors (foliage vs. blue/white sign)

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Comment by Swashbuckler:
Exactly! well taken photo, but it just doesn't "grab" me (interest wise). It might have looked a little better w/o the sign post. Colorful leaves! 7 Swash

Old, Yet Reliable
by sjgleah

Comment by inspzil:
Critique Club #165 - Old Yet reliable

Composition - A belt and some nice "broke-in" blue jeans. I'm not sure what the title is referring to exactly here, but I'm going to think that it's the jeans. I don't see anything here that is bothering me, but also nothing that is intriguing. I don't know how to say this any different, but as much as it pains me to say this, this photo is just not terribly interesting to me. The lighting could be a little more dramatic for effect. As it is the lighting is pretty flat.

Background - The only background is this little bit of table underneath the jeans. This is pretty neutral and is not terribly distracting or anything. The only idea to change this at all is to put a bright colored flannel shirt or something western underneath it to provide a little more color to the picture but nothing neon fluorescent as to distract from it.

Camera Work - Focus, DOF, lighting all seem to be pretty good. I don't know of any other way to frame this differently. This looks pretty good to me.

Post-processing - I might have boosted the saturation a little to make it stand out a bit more, or even darkened it a little to make it a bit more dramatic, but really doesn't NEED anything done to it.

Overall - For reference purposes, I finished 157th probably for the same reason I've listed here- My subject wasn't terribly interesting. The alternative I've thought of to make this a more effective picture would dramatically change the composition of the picture. Most of them have to do with perspective changes. I apologize for not being more helpful here. - Maybe I can be more helpful in the future - Inspzil

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Comment by lisae:
Hmmm.... this seems flat and static. I'm trying to work out why.... the backlighting on the sign doesn't help, making it dim in relation to the background. The leaves are lit too harshly, and seem washed out and unappealing. The composition doesn't hit any of the right elements... it uses the rule of thirds but that isn't always enough :). The post seems to drag my eyes out of the photo. I just don't respond well to this image.

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Comment by mjcecil:
Nifty idea. The sign is unfortunately not well lit. There are some video-type artifacts on the sign edges.

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Comment by jmsetzler:
Technically and compositionally, there is nothing wrong with this photo. IMO, the background makes for a busy shot and your subject sign doesn't really create a sense of high interest for me. - Setzler

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by sjgleah

Comment by crabappl3:
Did you think about using your flash on the ? sign? It may have added the punch for this shot and added a WOW factor. The crop could also be tightened so as to hide the wood holding the sign. I like the colors of the foliage behind the sign. Sharpness is OK, may want to look into unmask sharpen.