"A Pig Walks Into A Hair Salon"
by rodfulk

Comment by bvy:
Points for an original, if bizarre, offering.

Cardinal-BLURI.
by rodfulk

Comment by pixelpig:
The touches of cardinal-red in the tree make this very bright & jolly in spit of the blur.

Cardinal-BLURI.
by rodfulk

Comment by cgino:
He sure is bright! I agree with Judy, this is very reminiscent of a watercolor painting, pretty!

Iron Horse
by rodfulk

Comment by EstimatedEyes:
What a great old engine, and the color treatment worked well to hide the lights ... I kept looking and looking to see if I could find them and I couldn't! Great subject, though I think this would have worked a bit better if you would have either chosen to go in much closer to focus in on some of the detail and the shapes and forms of the engine rather than the whole thing, or stepped back a bit farther to show us the whole engine and some of its surroundings.

Cardinal-BLURI.
by rodfulk

Comment by Jutilda:
Makes me think of a water color!!

Iron Horse
by rodfulk

Comment by snaffles:
Greetings from the Criticque Club!

Initial impression: As mentioned in my earlier comment, I love these old trains and I like the sepia. I find this shot to be very atmospheric and evocative of the time that these trains ran the rails.

Technical: I like the composition here as it helps show off the immensity and solidity of the engine. Good dof and I am a fan of this kind of pov. Looks like it was shot on a slightly overcast day as there aren't any telltale areas of glare on the metal. Light in upper left borders on being flat, but isn't, so good that there is a softness there to contrast with the engine.

Artistic: Very good choice of pof, but the crop is a bit tight. I'd like to see more room in front of the train, so there is a sense of a place for it to go. Also, would like to see either the top of the cab, or all of the wheels, just to further enhance the scale.

The pp is quite pleasing, and very clever idea to use the sepia tint to help hide the Christmas lights! One trick I learned here on dpc is to do all your image adjustment work first, then resize, usm, and save for web.

All in all, still very much one of my favourite shots from that challenge, and I am glad I got the chance to criticque it.

Feel free to PM me any questions you may have.

Susan

TACKS TYHME
by rodfulk

Comment by bvlindalou:
I get the point! ha ha funny

Kendra-leaf
by rodfulk

Comment by jomari:
Very effective. I'll have to try something like that too.

Kendra-leaf
by rodfulk

Comment by digifotojo:
I had to squint to see her facial features.. but I really like what you did here. Keep experimenting, I think you're onto something!

Kendra-leaf
by rodfulk

Comment by Kelli:
She's been stamped! LOL! Lovely overlays, very arty!