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
Oo.. this is interesting.. what are those? Ahhh. Lights.. cool. A little dark though.
Composition / Content
While the composition is really good, I think that the lead lights might be just a *tad* too large, and over-power the scene, and the perspective that you had in mind. Not knowing the area or the scene, however, it's difficult to know how this could have been corrected, but my sense is that the real perspective in this shot loses ground to the group of lights in the fore. Besides that, they are very cool light groupings, and I do like the perspective that is there. It gets a little busy down in the bottom left corner, and voters tend to pick up on that kind of thing too.
Background
A nice drop off, leading us to that orange/golden section at the end of the line of lights. Slightly busy in areas. This image would have been a great choice for an advanced editing challenge, where you could have burned or cloned out some of the busier elements.
Camera Work / Technical
A nice exposure for a "night" or low light with lights shot, although the overall feel of the photo is on the dark side. I think it is also a little yellow for some people's tastes, but I like the color choice myself. Might be a touch soft, but without any real focal points other than light and reflections, it's hard to really tell. The feel is good though.
Digital Processing
No information given, so I cannot comment on this area[/b]
Fits the Challenge
It fits the challenge, but as I said, with the large and prominent foreground subject, the "perspective" aspect is lessened. I think voters may have picked up on this, leading to a few lower votes.
My Opinion of the Photo
It's different, and I like that, but I do believe you lost ground in the score due to the things I mentioned. The perspective being lost in the large foreground lights, the background being very busy and complex, the overall darkish feel. Still, it has energy and a little bit of personality, and the score is probably a bit on the low side of where it should be in my books. A nice entry, and good luck in future challenges. |
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