Silhouette
by Zoomdak

Comment by tristalisk:
Greetings From the Critique Club!!

Initial impact: ooh those are nice and different colors.

Does it meet the challege? Perfectly. No questions there. I feel that this was a good choice for the faceless challenge.

Focus: The Focus looks good However after looking closely at the shot, It looks as if you have croped to much or lost some detail while downsizing for the challenge. If you look closely at the shoulders and the top of the rocks it looks blocky.

Colors. While i'm sure the unatural looking colors might have hurt your score a little. I love them. They are not colors that cross my screen often. I personaly enjoy somthing different. It also looks to be slightly oversaturated in the brighter area of the sky causing more of a blocky look to your clouds. This to could also have happened while down sizing.

Contrast: I feel that you managed to nail the contrast dead on the sunset and the silhoutte mix perfectly.

Composition and layout: For the most part I feel that your composition works well. I tend to agree with mpalitang the pose the person is in does not seem to flow well with the rest of the shot. But To be honest I can't realy think of what pose would work better. Looking at the sunset seems to be the only one that makes since... ohh well my mind and eyes don't always agree.

Overall: This is a very nice shot. I would probably have scored it fairly high if I had voted in this challenge. I hope it didn't sound like I wash bashing you shot. But hey you placed 6th and that alone should tell you that this isn't a bad shot. I just felt with such a high score I had to realy look to find what might have caused this to miss it's ribbon. (and I realy had to look to find any flaws).

Keep up the wonderfull work and I hope to see more great shots like this one in challenges to come. Good luck

Tristalisk

Message edited by author 2005-02-16 07:29:04.

Aperture
by Zoomdak

Comment by e301:
I'll be surprised if this doesn't win, certainly of what i've seen so far. Very good work, although personally I struggle to see much more than sheer technical excellence in it. It doesn't move me.

Ocean Avenue
by Zoomdak

Comment by 4score:
Amazing shot. A 10 from me.

Aperture
by Zoomdak

Comment by 4score:
I like the way you've lined up the model (photographer) right in line with the sun reflection on the sand. Vey nice job!

Ocean Avenue
by Zoomdak

Comment by misterjosh:
Nice shot. I think cropping out the top half would make it far more dramatic, however.

Aperture
by Zoomdak

Comment by neenee1999:
Outstanding!

Ocean Avenue
by Zoomdak

Comment by charliebaker:
Beautiful colors in this seascape shot. The foreground seems too dark to appreciate the variation of texture between the dune grasses (barely visible in the lower left of the frame) and the sand. The horizon lines is placed just right, at that "rule of thirds" proportion. I love the soft lighting on the road sign, inviting us past the sign to the ocean.

Ocean Avenue
by Zoomdak

Comment by Sunniee:
My favorite so far... good luck! *10*

Aperture
by Zoomdak

Comment by snackwells:
With or without the photog in the foreground, this is simply magical. I would love to see the untouched original for this to see what kind of PP went into it. This should ribbon, and I would be surprised if it doesn't. 10

Ocean Avenue
by Zoomdak

Comment by lcarterdavis:
Beautiful! perfect light on the sign.