Christmas Tree
by Gordon

Comment by nsoroma79:
I really like how this seems like it is "out of this world"! :)

Christmas Tree
by Gordon

Comment by Paige:
Great angle! Glad you described it in the title, not sure I would have gotten it otherwise.

Christmas Tree
by Gordon

Comment by GolferDDS:
Cool shot. Very interesting pattern.

Christmas Tree
by Gordon

Comment by Kadenadoc:
From this vantage point it looks like a spider web

Christmas Tree
by Gordon

Comment by MrAkamai:
This is amazing! The spiral pattern created by the lights is awesome. I can see this one getting a ribbon for sure! 10

Cibolo Vaquero
by Gordon

Comment by TerryGee:
Hey Gordon,
This is my first "critique club" image, so here goes:

The image has good use of duotone. Composition is also very good. I really like the shadows on the building.
While I know you intentionally added grain, I'm not sure it is effective here. I notice it mainly in the sky. Also, could be due to the stockings.
I see that you used stockings over the lens, just wish the effect was a little more noticable.
In this challenge I think voters needed an "in your face" soft focus....your's, though effective for the shot, was not noticable enough for them.
BTW, I am not thrilled to receive your's as my first, because I know you are already a great photographer, and what ever you did with this shot was your intention. I can't help or teach you anything you don't already know.
Keep it up :)
Terry

Cibolo Vaquero
by Gordon

Comment by Gordon:
Yup, it is the stockings in the sky, it is actually visible across the whole image in the larger resolution version. I don't actually think it is a true moire/ aliasing effect, as you are actually seeing the pattern in the stockings, not a low spatial frequency sampled version of it.

Cibolo Vaquero
by Gordon

Comment by ynotimage:
The vertical pattern in the sky is probably a "beat" or "moire" effect caused by interaction between (1)the pattern of the stocking stretched over the lens and (2)the digital image-taking. (think of the pattern when two window-screens are stacked together.) In computer graphics this effect is called "aliasing". Great shot!

cf: //www.scheib.net/school/238/imoire/

Cibolo Vaquero
by Gordon

Comment by tomlewis1980:
Nice landscape but it does not seem to be soft focus?

Cibolo Vaquero
by Gordon

Comment by muckpond:
i don't see the soft focus here? nice shot, though.