Conflicting Patterns : Nature and Culture
by Willtorecord

Comment by fotomann_forever:
***Greetings from Critique Club***

When looking at your photo, I'm puzzled. Composition is good, it fits the challenge and is mostly well exposed and your focus is dead on. You obviously knew what you were doing when taking the shot.

What puzzles me is the pixelation. Did you have troubles with resizing the image? If so, PM me and I'll point you to some tutorials.

One other thing that could have given your photo a little pop. Fill-flash in the foreground could have made the detail in the iron work and wall stand out more IMO.

Work on your resizing techniques and I believe you are on the right path to suceess here.

Leroy

Conflicting Patterns : Nature and Culture
by Willtorecord

Comment by obsidian:
This is another simple but effective composition - almost gothic with the strong metal scroll dominating the softer shapes of nature.

Conflicting Patterns : Nature and Culture
by Willtorecord

Comment by marcellieb:
I like it - Maybe you should've tried taking it at such an angle to cut away the backgound and leave only he sky as background. Would've improved your contrast.

Conflicting Patterns : Nature and Culture
by Willtorecord

Comment by shudderbug:
Nice iron piece but there appears to be a severe case of the jaggies on the edges.

Conflicting Patterns : Nature and Culture
by Willtorecord

Comment by gazdi:
Should be more crisp but still a good idea.

Conflicting Patterns : Nature and Culture
by Willtorecord

Comment by AndrewTO:
Good try, I am finding though that the picture really lacks any focal point of interest, looks a bit like a quick vacation snapshot (5)

Conflicting Patterns : Nature and Culture
by Willtorecord

Comment by Mstarkey:
Closer on just the iron and I think this could be a high scorer

Odd Car Out !
by Willtorecord

Comment by srdanz:
2CV ! I used to have this car... the loveliest one to find. But...
Its placement in the photo does not make it odd. Therefore, if you planned that the Citroen by itself is the odd one, you could have filled the frame with it for better effect. This way it looks too cluttered.

Odd Car Out !
by Willtorecord

Comment by dsa157:
nice saturated colors. it really makes the car pop.

Odd Car Out !
by Willtorecord

Comment by rachelellen:
I like your idea, but a few nitpicks: 1) there's a sign growing out of the top of the car. 2) the front of the vehicle looks a little pixelated and 3)my eye is drawn to the graffiti, so that's a bit of a distraction. Still. I LOVE the coors in this shot, and like I said, you had a good idea.