This was the closest I've ever cut a deadline; taken 25 minutes before rollover 15 minutes from home. I thought it was basic editing for some reason and edited accordingly.
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Place: 60 out of 161 Avg (all users): 6.0387 Avg (commenters): 7.2857 Avg (participants): 5.9545 Avg (non-participants): 6.1011 Views since voting: 1215 Views during voting: 216 Votes: 155 Comments: 10 Favorites: 0
Camera Work/Technical: I like your focus, including a great depth of field that goes beyond the clouds and nicely exposes the stars in focus. I also like the time of exposure here, catching the ever so slight drifting of the clouds.
Lighting: You did a very nice job in an often difficult, low light condition. You were able to keep the stars and the cloud highlights from losing detail, while also capturing a long enough exposure to paint a very nice red coloring on the cliff.
Composition/Content: This is the one area that I do believe that the original was better. This one is interesting from a minimalist viewpoint, but I find myself feeling like the cliff was accidentally chopped off. I'd really like to see more of it, as the color complements the sky very nicely.
My Opinion: The two shots are vastly different in content and execution. I, against the opinion of the voters, do not see this one as far superior to the original. Rather, I believe that this one scored pretty close to its deserved potential, whereas the initial entry was actually much better than the voters gave it credit.
Wow! This is spectacular! The subject is clearly that aMAZING sky with all the stars sprinkled throughout. . .but the cliff and the barren tree are the perfect thing to add bold interest. This is great, and one of my favorites so far!!
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