The old cotton mill in Rossendale
by docjonny

Comment by sidpixel:
Hello from the critique club

An interesting image that meets the challenge

This looks an interesting location with the chimney forming a key part and influencing your choice of composition. I like the mono conversion though personally I think there is scope to make it a little darker throughout to give it a bit more body. The side lighting on the facing building enhances the textures of the brickwork nicely and the trees are quite vibrant too. A commendable job, well done Jonathon.

Sunday morning
by docjonny

Comment by Dennisheckman:
Nice city scape view.

The old cotton mill in Rossendale
by docjonny

Comment by nam:
Excellent textures and tones. Is that a smokestack? Tough to include in the composition, but you did a nice job of it.

Sunday morning
by docjonny

Comment by bmartuch:
Cool leading lines.

Sunday morning
by docjonny

Comment by GeorgesBogaert:
I keep looking at this picture and discover each moment something interesting in it. maybe a real B&W could be better. An 8 from me

Chilling
by docjonny

Comment by posthumous:
what's so great about his left foot? well composed.

Chilling
by docjonny

Comment by sidpixel:
Hello from the critique club

An appealing image that meets the challenge well.

Good candid capture of a moment of 'chilled' solitude, he appears oblivious of your presence or the camera, true street photography with the challenge brief of a hat filled splendidly. The composition is generally good though I would have preferred a slightly different angle avoiding cropping his feet and excluding the soft focus foreground as you have already commented on yourself. I like the mono presentation with good tones and detail throughout. A good entry Jonathon and well received with your voters too, well done.

Paddling the boards
by docjonny

Comment by sidpixel:
Hello from the critique club

An appealing image that meets the challenge

Your image has a nice balance to it with the distant land and your two figures balancing each other fairly well. Although generally overexposed I think the high key effect works well for the background but not the foreground. You could seriously improve the image by burning in the foreground and making it darker and whilst I normally dislike blown highlights I would leave the rest as is because it actually works well here. Thanks for an interesting entry Jonathon.

Paddling the boards
by docjonny

Comment by PennyStreet:
Lovely. I might have cropped some from the top to bring the boards closer to the thirds line, but maybe your crop is better. I enjoy the smoothness of the blue vs the earthy texture of the shore. 7

Chilling
by docjonny

Comment by npasel:
My top pic. Great hat.