Floating Around
by Gordon

Comment by inspzil:
Greetings from the Critique Club
By InSpZiL

Composition - Yet another great picture Gordon. Framing is very good. I like the corner to corner approach. I think if the heads and paddles were at the same angle, you might've won this week. The contrast between background and subject is really good and the green of the water really makes the red on the boat stand out. The water in itself is neat the way it accepts the sun on the top left and makes the frame sort of a gradient. Doesn't look like anywhere I'd want to swim though due to the odd color.

Technical - Crisp and mostly clear, only a slight fuzz on the paddles probably due to them rowing which is sort of the whole point of why they're out there so its an acceptable fuzz in my book. The exposure is perfect. The only thing I wonder about is if you cropped this pic that close to the back on purpose or if it was just taken this way. I don't see it being a huge problem, but if the back had a little more room I think it would only help.

Overall - A great example of how to take something not so exciting and transforming into a nice image. Very good capture. I really like the contrasting colors and the corner to corner portrayal of the boat in the frame. Very good shot! - Keep up the good work Gordon.

-Bob

Arches
by Gordon

Comment by ChrisW123:
The subject is too blurry/hard to make out, and takes away from the picture. It's a good idea but the subject is not strong enough.

Arches
by Gordon

Comment by WILDBLUE:
Excellent shot. Very nice colors & cropping. Good leading lines photo. 10.

Arches
by Gordon

Comment by jmsetzler:
excellent shot.. i love the blue tone and the lines lead me right to your subject.. the lines seem to overpower the subject a little, but a great shot, none-the-less... - setzler

Arches
by Gordon

Comment by BigSmiles:
Very nice! Love the colours!

Arches
by Gordon

Comment by LindaLee:
A sure winner. The ONLY thing that throws me off is that it looks like a person down at the far end, and I wish that tiny distraction wasn't there. But that's just me! An amazing shot for sure.

Arches
by Gordon

Comment by kandyj:
Very nice shot, love the lighting and color. I would have liked to have seen more of a focal point (or a clearer one) at the end of the arches.

Floating Around
by Gordon

Comment by lisae:
Neat camera angle. I love the composition of this. Somehow the water seems like a very icky shade of green, and perhaps it's a little underexposed judging by the brightness of the colours despite low tonal depth. However, on the whole I like this photo.

Floating Around
by Gordon

Comment by autool:
Yours is a picture of great interest. I like the colors and perfect focus. The overhead composition really works here, excellent. 10

Floating Around
by Gordon

Comment by Anachronite:
interesting view. I like it at this angle