Hello, and greetings from the Critique Club. The critique you are about to recieve is tailored for DPC challenges alone, and is not intended to be seen as an artistic critique per se.
Initial Thoughts
I like that you're looking for different ways to approach "perspective", but just too much missing (and too much *not* missing), to be a real contender.
Composition / Content
There's no real composition here. To the viewer, it's as if someone just aimed a camera and fired of a shot without any real thought or care for what they were shooting. A bird's eye view perspective, but without any real focal point (as a lot of the commenters touched on). This is, indeed, one of the most difficult types of shots to do in any way other than a "documenting" type of way. What you want is some kind of point of interest, and then let the neighborhood flow from that, but finding that point of interest can be a real chore.
Background
No true background per se.. but the fade off into the smokey/misty hillside doesn't add much to the photo.
Camera Work / Technical
You didn't give any information for this section, but your exposure looks ok. Focus is a little soft.
Digital Processing
Again, no information so I can't comment on this area.
Fits the Challenge
Technically, it fits the challenge, but that's all it really does. There is no basis for it to go any further, and the points against it probably made most voters start you off with a 5, and then go down from there.
My Opinion of the Photo
For my part, I find it to be a messy, uninteresting photo that has a place as a personal document (for instance: We climbed this mountain today and saw this), but really just falls flat as a DPC entry. Dull colors, clutter, no focal interest, no leading lines, just nothing to really grab me (or a voter). As much as we sometimes wish it (and I know I've been there).. simply meeting a challenge is *not* enough.. and without that little extra effort, languishing in lower scores will usually be your fate. Good luck in future challenges. I do know for a fact that you have some talent there. |
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