Trafficby
terik65Comment: Greetings from the Critique Club, Teri. Your photo was assigned to me, so here it goes:
Composition: I like the rotation. It makes the photo look chaotic and I guess that's what you wanted to show: the chaos of the traffic on holidays. I would have zoomed in (or cropped a bit more) to leave less space on the right side and also cut the car on the left a little. Now it looks like the car was made to fit into the fame. This somehow goes against the "chaos" look.
Lighting: The back lighting makes this photo interesting. But such lighting is also very difficult to handle. You can see that some parts of the photo are too bright while others are too dark. I loaded your photo to my image editor and I think a little less contrast would improve it. I also would like a black&white version much more. It then has a "documentary" look, like as if it was for a newspaper, which would fit here.
Focus: The focus is not good, although you used a fairly fast shutter speed. Was the photo taken while you drove or when the car stood still? It also looks oversharpened in postprocessing.
Digital processing: Your photo only has a file size of 48kB. Remember that you can use up to 150kB here on DPC. I think your photo could look much better when you would have used a higher JPEG quality when saving (maxing out the 150kB limit).
Art: I think your photo meets the challenge well. The slant shows creativity (and some kind of braveness, because these things normally don't do well here on DPC). I also think it's visible that you did it on purpose and not just accidentally. However, it's hard to make an ordinary subject look interesting. Maybe the above suggestions can help you.
Have fun,
Stephan
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