Never • Eat • Soggy • Waffles
by Ja-9

Comment by sidpixel:
Hello from the Critique club

An appealing image that meets the challenge well

Thanks for that Janine, I've not heard that one before – I know, I've led a very sheltered life! What lovely compasses. I generally like your composition though I might prefer to see a small amount of cropping of the bottom of the front compass in preference for more of the top of the image. Also, a smaller aperture to clearly define all of the front compass with the rest in soft focus would have made it even more appealing to me. I quite like the lighting but it is a little on the bright side in places, the colours are all well reproduced.

I'm sorry you didn't get any comments during the challenge, but yes, I did get and enjoy the title immediately, thank you for your entry.

w h i s p e r • s o f t l y
by Ja-9

Comment by sidpixel:
Hello from the Critique club

An interesting image that contributes well to the free challenge

What a lovely abstract. There are some lovely pastel shades running through the image with nothing dominating, it all contributes collectively to make for a very appealing and intriguing image. The only minor improvement would be the sharply defined centre portion might be better softened up a little so that it is not quite so clearly defined and more in keeping with the rest of the soft image.

A very respectable score, thank you for your entry Janine

w h i s p e r • s o f t l y
by Ja-9

Comment by bvy:
Sweeping pastels...

w h i s p e r • s o f t l y
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Comment by illini75:
Beautiful soft image

p u t r e f i e d
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Comment by Phocal:
Love the subject, perspective and everything about the processing except the texture you applied. To bad, this would have been one of my top photos.

w h i s p e r • s o f t l y
by Ja-9

Comment by Abra:
Soft and beautiful. I like how there is no definitive horizon but it is easily felt.

Fog is rain that whispers ~ Olivia Dresher
by Ja-9

Comment by sidpixel:
Hello from the Critique club

An interesting image that subtly meets the challenge.

Although this is a pleasing composition my first impression was that it did not meet the challenge but on further inspection I can see that there is a vague mistiness against the trees so it would appear to meet the challenge but not in an obvious way. The image reflects the dull sort of day that is often experienced where the uniform light lacks modelling and does not create a huge impact. I do like that you have used mono conversion with a good range of tones to bring out the detail in the clouds and emphasise the sombre mood. I tend to disagree with the comment about contrast I think you've got the balance about right you would start to lose important detail with any more contrast.

A respectable score and result, well done Janine

Fog is rain that whispers ~ Olivia Dresher
by Ja-9

Comment by tvsometime:
Good water-scape.

Fog is rain that whispers ~ Olivia Dresher
by Ja-9

Comment by PennyStreet:
Beautiful stillness. Bump

w h i s p e r • s o f t l y
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Comment by Phocal:
Beautiful abstract and gives the impression of a wonderful painting.