Mold and Corrosion to Flowing Silk
by empiresbm

Comment by PaulE:
Greetings from the Critique Club.

Hi Joel,

Welcome to DPC. Congratulations on your third challenge entry and new personal best.

You have very clearly satisfied the challenge with wonderfully smooth flowing water. I personally think your idea of retaining the corroded stone was effective in off-setting the smoothness of the water, but do agree with comments that imagewould be better if the leaves on the left were excluded. Other than that the composition is not overwhelmignly engaging, I think due to a lack of clear focal point - without the title and challeneg I wouldn't conclude that you were trying to tell me anything about smoothness.

This is a technically sound shot. With ISO at 100, your aperture at F/22, and using an ND filter I see that you have already doen loads to try drag out the shutter.

It is my hope that these insights are helpful and constructive. Please feel free to PM me if you have any questions regarding this critique. And please remember to mark it "Helpful" if you found it so. Good luck with future challenges.

Cheers
Paul

3.14 O.C.D.
by empiresbm

Comment by Holliester:
You know how i feel about this photo. I like the cherry, the blurred pi and the shadowing and contrast..it's deep.

Mold and Corrosion to Flowing Silk
by empiresbm

Comment by Rino63:
the leafs on the lower side are a bit distracing.

Mold and Corrosion to Flowing Silk
by empiresbm

Comment by hajeka:
The water part is beautiful, but I think the rest is disturbing, given this challenge.

Mold and Corrosion to Flowing Silk
by empiresbm

Comment by steez6:
nice image the scean looks very peaceful

Mold and Corrosion to Flowing Silk
by empiresbm

Comment by S_Lanterman:
this is quite nice, although I think an even slower shutter speed would have made the water even 'silkier'.

Golden Session
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Comment by MadMan2k:
Nice trails (understatement of course), so much potential there. Having the focus on the rider is pretty much a neccesity though, and the composition could be better.

Golden Session
by empiresbm

Comment by Alicia:
I can see where you wanted to go with this, but the subject is not clear enough and the photo looks a little out of focus to me.

Golden Session
by empiresbm

Comment by Younger:
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Golden Session
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Comment by bassbone:
i would have liked a little more light on the subject