Post Challenge: Mixed feelings really, but no complaints. There were a few comments about the strong border, and hope that I receive further feedback on this. I originally had no border. However the image creates a very strong optical illusion and the image appears quite warped. Perhaps I should have left it like that and it may have appealed. I decided on a stronger border to try and counteract the effect.
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It moves when you scroll - cool! I think I see what you mean about it being ungrounded without the frame, though. DPC is kinda "eh" on borders - but if you like them with a shot, use them. Try without first (which you did) then go with your gut instinct. You picked a good subject to shoot for the challenge - great color, good exposure, pretty good composition for this subject, too. You may also want to try shooting this with a strong diagonal - in some ways that may counteract the optical illusion just a bit.
I found the border to be too bold, while the image itself is too small. try to make the most of the 640 px height you have. The black border alone would have given enough depth. If your image lost sharpness during resizing, you probably don't use the best resizing method; in photoshop it would be "bicubic sharper" when downsizing.
Tx eyewave, point taken re border, without the white border the warp effect is still quite strong thoug. Just did a test with the different resizing method and it makes a considerable difference, thanks for that
I found the border to be too bold, while the image itself is too small. try to make the most of the 640 px height you have. The black border alone would have given enough depth. If your image lost sharpness during resizing, you probably don't use the best resizing method; in photoshop it would be "bicubic sharper" when downsizing.
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