Standing Before the Storm
by Ja-9

Comment by crayon:
the sharpness of the tree coupled with the softness of the grass to the left kinda distracts a bit from an otherwise wonderful picture. lovely clouds!

• r h o d i e •
by Ja-9

Comment by salmiakki:
Greetings again

Use of a square crop should simplify composition creating a good visual flow. Sadly, this image falls short in this. You have cropped off the leaf on the left creating a very distracting element, whether you did this in camera when shooting or when post processing makes little or no difference, the end result is what matters. This image is not improved by being cropped square. It feels very much like it was something shoe horned in without any real thought about composition. You are not alone in this, most images fell short in this challenge (for me). Yes, they met the challenge in that the image was cropped to 1:1. Were all the subjects suited to square composition/framing, not so much.

I gave it a 5.


Message edited by author 2023-07-04 10:38:46.

~ down under ~
by Ja-9

Comment by salmiakki:
Greetings from the critique club
It's been a very long time since i have looked here to see if there were any open requests, so thought I may as well respond since there are a few in the queue.

I think perspective was a difficult challenge because it's not easy to find something new that hasn't been seen 100 times before. The subject you chose is a very commonly used subject and nothing new. From my personal point of view putting it in portrait orientation didn't really work too well and I think horizontally orientated images do better generally speaking. I was also not a fan of the processing. I think the HDR look is a bit overdone generally on DPC. Still, you managed to keep the score above 6 so it's probably only me that hates HDR.

The Sentinel
by Ja-9

Comment by MaryO:
Gorgeous light and bokeh, and, of course, the birds themselves.

The Sentinel
by Ja-9

Comment by tjbel05:
How beautiful

Country Living
by Ja-9

Comment by IreneM:
Looks nice and fresh.

t a f f y • p u l l
by Ja-9

Comment by colorcarnival:
This is super cool!

Yorkshire Colours
by Ja-9

Comment by spencelg:
Very nice!

~ down under ~
by Ja-9

Comment by tjbel05:
This is pretty cool

t a f f y • p u l l
by Ja-9

Comment by Neat:
Vibrant abstract.