*Hello from Sid and the Critique Club*
A poorly executed shot that does not meet the challenge
This is a difficult shot to get right and way beyond the dynamic range of any camera so, as such, you have to decide which is the most important element in the image and base your exposure around that. I assume your intention was to show the flames in a blurred way? The main element of the shot, the flame is way overexposed with no detail at all, so on that level it has completely failed. The same problem exists throughout all the highlights. Your choice of small aperture has produced a lot of background detail some of it very distracting as in the crane/mast to the left.
A better approach would have been to use a ND filter with a larger aperture and based your exposure on the flames. This would have made everything else darker but diverted our attention to the main subject, the flames. I do like the foreground detail and the lighting from the flame but this being static it is not the main point for the challenge, unfortunately your exposure appears to be geared for it at the expense of the important details essential to the challenge.
Its a shame you didn't get any comments I hope this critique helps. Good luck with your future entries, Sid |
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