Shipwrecked
by pipersd

Comment by JuliBoc:
Nice composition, over-sharpened and over-saturated, IMHO.

Icy Banks
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Comment by artsavedthecity:
more black and white contrast.

Icy Banks
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Comment by rennie:
I love the graphic feel of this picture. Branch pattern is great, Looks a bit oversharpened but maybe it's because of B&W and strong contrast. No matter what I like it a lot.

One of the Brave
by pipersd

Comment by MattO:
Greetings from the Critique Club

FIrst off let me congratulate you for using one of my favorite subjects. Firefighters are hero's every day of the week wether people realize it or not. Ok off to the critique.

FIrst I like the composition although it leans a bit to the left. Watch your horizons while shooting or while post processing. Voters dont like to have to feel they have to tilt their head to view it straight. Next lets look at your focal point. The title leads me to a person but the focal point is on the car in the foreground. I'd have tried to manually pick a focal point and put it on the firefighter to give the blurred foreground and the background. Although the reflections in the car are nice it distracts from what should be the focal point. I like the fact that you went black and white with it. It has good sharpness, contrast, and subject. Had your focal point been on the correct feature in the frame I could easily see this as finishing at closer or above 6. Good job overall and good luck in future challenges.

MattO

IMG_1083-for-web-outtake.jpg
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Comment by glad2badad:
I like the use of leading lines in this one.

Shipwrecked
by pipersd

Comment by yanko:
Quirky image. That isn't Bear's skiff is it? :P

Icy Banks
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Comment by Rachel34:
gorgeous

Icy Banks
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Comment by Kimber90:
The contrast in this photo is excellent i love all of the different lined of the branches.

Shipwrecked
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Comment by jblaylockrayner:
Great lighting - I can see with the shipwreck title what you were getting at but I find the boat a little distracting as it's such a similar tone to the duck.

Icy Banks
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Comment by OrionThe Hunter:
Very Nice