In Coming
by Ja-9

Comment by sidpixel:
Hello from the Critique Club

An appealing image that meets the challenge well

A great natural study that keeps you captivated looking at all the birds. The diagonal of the lines is strong and dynamic and binds the image well but the piece de resistance is the bird about to land, sheer magic. The placement is perfect near the hotspot, the action blur is perfect too. I also like the other 'anomalies' the birds on the top wire one facing and the other looking the wrong way. The bottom wire with just two birds right on the lower edge, the alternation of full and near empty lines, its all so very appealing.

The mono presentation works well. I don't think there's anything I would change about it its all working well for me, beautiful, well done Janine.

Thanks for your submission, Sid

In Coming
by Ja-9

Comment by jgirl57:
Birds making music.. Love it

Special Mention

Room With A View
by Ja-9

Comment by Tiny:
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Message edited by author 2015-10-22 09:44:08.

Room With A View
by Ja-9

Comment by Tiny:

Originally posted by MichaelC: I feel it is more about the outside rather than inside

Me too, it has nothing to do with inside.

Room With A View
by Ja-9

Comment by PennyStreet:
Congratulations.. wonderful view.. I can smell the mountain air and I'm envious!!

In Coming
by Ja-9

Comment by MichaelC:
Good capture, you can spend a lot of time looking at each bird

Room With A View
by Ja-9

Comment by grahamgator:
Congrats Janine; a great take on the challenge.

Room With A View
by Ja-9

Comment by Lydia:
Yay, Janine! I love this!

frak(t)SHər
by Ja-9

Comment by sidpixel:
*Hello from Sid and the Critique Club*

An appealing image that is assumed to meet the challenge

This lovely image is all about the lighting. I love the way the extreme low angle of the light highlights the edges of the ripples and creates these dark contrasting shadowed edges too, this together with generally low contrast image makes for an absorbing study. The intervening shapes all add to the end result too for an intriguing end result.

The diagonals of your composition complement the subject well.

The challenge brief sounds very open-ended so within the context of the challenge it works. Thanks for another interesting entry, Sid

Room With A View
by Ja-9

Comment by sidpixel:
*Hello from Sid and the Critique Club*

An appealing image that meets the challenge

The landscape view captured through the window is an excellent image in its own right but when seen as you have composed it from the inside here it raises it up another level. The interior itself whilst a little dark but authentic feels as though it has had a lot of processing, it seems to be lacking in the detailed roughness I would associate with the type of building it all looks much too smooth. I do like the gaps and the tatty structure in particular around the window.

The exposure is good with no blocked out shadows or highlights and your off-centre composition works so much better than a central one. Well done for finding and capturing this scene the way you have.

Congratulations on the HM your image works well in its alternative presentation of the landscape, well done, Sid