In Low Earth Orbit
by magnus

Comment by e301:
Just doesn't quite seem completely sharp - presumably that macro DOF thing: the top of the flower is OK, but lower down the petals has started to go out of the field, which doesn't dissociate the flower from the background in the way your title implies you wanted. It also seems more pink than green, but that's only a minor point after all these colour challenges.

Divinity
by magnus

Comment by GeneralE:
Not to take anything away from this image, but I don't think the "skewing" you mention in your notes is allowed by normal DPC editing rules.

Divinity
by magnus

Comment by myqyl:
~ Critique Club Comment ~

Composition : I don't know if anyone mentioned this, but GREAT job with the framing :) It may or may not have been nice to move a tad to the right so the left side of the Chapel was in frame, but I certainly don't think the shot was hurt by the position you took. The steeple climbing into the frame was a master stroke. Very well done composition!

Exposure / Lighting : I like the exposure very much. The frame has enough detail to peak interest, but fades nicely to a pure black of a "border". Kind of a "Where does the picture end and the frame begin" kind of thing. The Chapel, grass and sky are all nicely exposed as well. Did you have to wait long for those clouds? They really made the shot for me.

Focus : Your choice of aperture gave you nice focus on the dark details of your frame as well as keeping the building well focused. Great job.

Post Processing : The bottom border you added looks so much a part of your natural frame that it gave the illusion of "border or framing?" that many commented on. Well done.

Challenge / Wow : No problem imagining this sitting in the Harvard bookstore. You may even want to print up a few as postcards and see if any local tourist vendors want to sell it.

Purple Pillars (stained glass detail)
by magnus

Comment by magnus:
Thanks for all the comments! About the crop and framing: the black border is actually a strip of lead that's part of the stained glass itself. My original photo shows more of the window on all sides, but this natural frame caught my attention as a good crop. Cudos to the original glass artist!

Purple Pillars (stained glass detail)
by magnus

Comment by jmsetzler:
= 6

Purple Pillars (stained glass detail)
by magnus

Comment by kiwiness:
I know this is a photo of a stained glass window but it looks just like a painting. The detail is very good, and I like your idea of displaying on a section instead of the whole window.

Purple Pillars (stained glass detail)
by magnus

Comment by Lustre:
I really like this photo - it's lovely. I like the composition and it definitely appears worthy of printing.

Purple Pillars (stained glass detail)
by magnus

Comment by KimInNB:
I really like your composition here - you have taken an "ordinary" stained glass window and created something of your own - purple pillars!!! Beautiful.

Divinity
by magnus

Comment by GeneralE:
Great job framing your subject -- I like doing that too.

Divinity
by magnus

Comment by Gallatin:
Very nice