7 - Centenarian II
by odriew

Comment by Senay:
This version is also great, more of a gloom and doom atmosphere.

Nostalgie
by odriew

Comment by Senay:
I was just looking through your portfolio after the critique I gave you. I really like this image, The hanging tree branches (I think that's what they are at least) make nice diagonal lines with that white line in the background. Also I scored this pretty high during voting :). Good stuff!

Centenarian
by odriew

Comment by Senay:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

Sorry about the wait for your critique, this is coming out of the backlog!

First off I just want to say that not everyone is a fan of sun flare, I've used it in an image and it didn't do too great. Personally I'm neutral, I'm not going to vote an image down just for having it. Usually it adds some nice colours and gives the picture a cool effect. Like what you did with it here. I gave this a 7 during voting, the only thing I would have liked to see added to this picture would be the tree in full if possible. The meeting of sky and earth through the tree is really nice though, good greens and blues. You finished in the top 50% at least!

If you have any questions click here to message me!

Senay

Eavesdropping
by odriew

Comment by Melethia:
LOL! Excellent catch!!

Eavesdropping
by odriew

Comment by Yo_Spiff:
Other than needing a little tilt correction, this is great!

Eavesdropping
by odriew

Comment by Ja-9:
that's funny, more like the gull is asking if their done with their food...hmmm I like how you made this B&W just a little ka-ka

8 - Stroll
by odriew

Comment by Germaine:
Beautiful composition. I love the skewed colors.

Eavesdropping
by odriew

Comment by posthumous:
This is goes into my fantasy Posthumous Art Gallery.

Eavesdropping
by odriew

Comment by bmartuch:
I like the bluetone on this. I works very well.

Eavesdropping
by odriew

Comment by Paul:
m going through the entries, stopping at those images I feel have had the benefit of an unconventional eye and dwelling a little longer to try to see and appreciate what you saw. This is one of those images.

Positives: What an interesting image! It actually took me a few seconds to see the bird, so compelling are the couple. I really like the coloration too - there seem to be two distinct sets of tomes to my eye, which I like.

Critical stuff: I think I'd have either corrected for the lens distortion or set the top of the ledge to bird sits on as my horizontal reference (though I can see the gap between the panes is vertical). The image perhaps lacks a tad of sharpness / depth of field but this doesn't hurt it too much.

Overall: A very nice image, full of interest. I'm glad you offered it up.