Dancing Beams of Light
by Soul

Comment by RulerZigzag:
Found this in the Critique Club section:

I personally like the cropping, it would make a nice poster. The composition is decent and I think the score is a bit low for this, but probably scored under average because of the negative black space underneath on the bottom of the frame. I love your inclusion of the foliage on the right but the mountains feel hidden to me, and I want to see more of them when looking at this.

The colors are awesome. I also love the lighting through the dramatic clouds. The photo isn't bad, just flawed and DPC voters are picky as you probably know.

Stylin' Volvo
by Soul

Comment by Yo_Spiff:
The composition doesn't seem to work for me, I'm afriad. Leads my eye into that blank sky.

Dancing Beams of Light
by Soul

Comment by NikonJeb:
Nice conveyance of serene magnitude. Nice!....6

Stylin' Volvo
by Soul

Comment by Ja-9:
I have been back to this several time...I like it...but I wish there was a bit more definition between the car and the sky, otherwise a well done shot

Stylin' Volvo
by Soul

Comment by Maver:
needs a little more separation between the sky and the car..

Square Dancer
by Soul

Comment by spiritualspatula:
Hello there,
Greetings from the Critique Club. This is an interesting photo of a sculpture that you’ve got here, one I’ve not seen (I’m from Fort Collins) as well. Photographically, I think things are a bit cluttered. The lines of the building battle for attention a bit with the sculpture here. You’ve got a bit of noise going on here as well from the ISO 800, so I would recommend lowering that in the future unless it’s a necessity for shutter speed. To me, however, the first thing I would change is the way the one of the other dancer’s feet and hand entered the photo on the bottom right. This, combined with the leg of the subject, are in a bit of a fight for attention with the subject. Perhaps you might have photographed this from more of an oblique angle, which would make them work together more instead of against each other. You did a good job of including all the parts of the spectrum from white to black, but I think a bit more contrast and some lightening on the sculpture’s face would’ve helped things out a bit by showing more detail. The uniformity of the sky might’ve detracted from some user’s votes as well, since most people expect a lot of contrast in a duotone entry. It’s interesting how the clouds appear in the glass though- when I first saw this, I thought it was a wire grid of some sort behind the sculpture, only to notice shortly thereafter the warped building reflection.
-Derek

Dancing Beams of Light
by Soul

Comment by cynthiann:
Subject is very nice... the contract is a bit much for me, but very pretty colors.

Dancing Beams of Light
by Soul

Comment by fuzzyt:
Wow, impressive colors. Reminds me of Pikes Peak in Colorado. Very peaceful.

Dancing Beams of Light
by Soul

Comment by power47:
if this was a little sharper it would be awesome, still nice though

Dancing Beams of Light
by Soul

Comment by senor_kasper:
stormy rather than silent and peaceful. Nice colors.