Snowscape
by Manic

Comment by sulamk:
Greetings from the Critique Club
Composition & Subject: A Snowscape
I was led into this scene by the line of trees on the right, but I felt that the path was also dragging me off to the left! Perhaps a different angle would have helped! Sharpness:
This scene has the right amount of sharpness needed to convey the impression of the softly falling snow.
Contrast & Color: Good
Overall a lovely shot!
Suggestions for improvement:
Exposure:I would have tried bracketing this shot as I think the snow needed to be over exposed by a stop to make it sparkle!

Milestone
by Manic

Comment by Cub:
Good shot. DOF could have been a little better.. Cub

Milestone
by Manic

Comment by Malokata:
I wonder if this might have worked better with a different angle - say, closer to the ground looking up, or from the side. Nice find, though.

The Watcher
by Manic

Comment by lionelm:
INITIAL RESPONSE : Paris !Nice gargoyle detached from background, horizon line feel a little too close to the middle for my tastes.

COMPOSITION; I like the balance between the 2 main 'subject' the gargoyle and the Eiffel tower. They kind of response to each other.

Very good Depth of field. it separate the gargoyle from the background but still giving nice details ( the building, the cars) without them 'invading' the subject.

The horizon line is a little too much in the middle, when I remove a little bit of sky at the top , I think it's better.

Day was not sunny I wonder how it would have looked a sunny/bright day. But that's one of the 'real Paris'.

BACKGROUND : see above. nice tones of brown/beige. Enough out of focus/enough in focus .. very good.

DIGITAL : No sign of any digital processing => perfect!

MY OPINION:
Being french and lived in paris for 15 years .. the gargoyles are something 'special' on Notre Dame, something unusual on an unusual building. Meet the challenge perfectly!

I like A LOT the way the gargoyle is detached from the back ground and the balance with the eiffel tower.
Very well done ! And very good correlation to the challenge theme !

For the CC club
Lonel

Snowscape
by Manic

Comment by Konador:
Really nice. Good detail in the trees, and the different shades of white and grey make this very interesting. Composition is good too. 8

Snowscape
by Manic

Comment by daydream25:
NICE JOB!

Snowscape
by Manic

Comment by inspzil:
very scenic. Nice shot! - Inspzil

Snowscape
by Manic

Comment by Gracious:
Very nice composition and lighting. The only oddity is that I can't figure out what the object is sticking out of the ground near the lower left. Love everything else about this.

Snowscape
by Manic

Comment by Jacko:
Nice Symetry on the right. I find the "thing" in the bottom right corner distracting. Doesn't seem to fit in the picture. Still a wonderfull winter shot. Jacko.

Tripod Junkie
by Manic

Comment by Manic:
Only 3 comments :o(