Austin Healey 3000 Mk IIIby
Dr.ConfuserComment: Greetings from the Critique Club
First off, I enjoy selective desaturation (although I've heard that many at DPC aren't huge fans). But I think a shot like this, where you've got a beauty of a singularly colored subject, can be strengthened with the one pop of color. But that's just me. I will admit the red on my screen is really bright,
Composition of your image, IMHO, is good. I like the near filled-frame with this hot car. There is what appears to be a parked car behind your subject, along with some sort of building with a white roof next to that car. That took away a bit from the clean lines of the car. (It took my eyes a minute or so to figure out that they were background items, they seemed part of the car at first to me.) I wonder if a slightly lower perspective might have eliminated those two objects from view. I suppose you had a bit of bad luck with the sky not being overly interesting, but with my eye drawn so strongly to the car, I'm not sure a wild sky was a critical issue. The trees don't add much to the image for me, but I'm not sure they're a problem either since they blend in fairly well and are easily identifiable as trees not the car.
Technically I think your image is very good. The red looks great and your subject, the whole subject, looks very sharp. I noticed a strong shadow beneath the car, but it really did not take away from my experience of your image. I do not see any harsh reflections on your car, so nice work there.
Overall I think you had a strong image. I did not vote in this challenge, so it's hard to say what I would have thought during the challenge, but I'm not sure I would have recognized this as a 'vintage' car. It looks so bright and shiny and new, and it just doesn't look like other classic cars I'm familiar with. But after googling, which I would have done during the challenge, I see indeed it is fairly old.
Thanks for the entry. I enjoyed spending time with your image.
Julee
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