Quito downtown reflection
by quinde

Comment by tnun:
a little melt never hurt a cityscape.

Quito downtown reflection
by quinde

Comment by posthumous:
stunning

I'm hanging this in my fantasy gallery

Quito downtown reflection
by quinde

Comment by mariuca:
This image, reminding of the technique of the fauvists but in B&W, is worth the second look

Quito downtown reflection
by quinde

Comment by booboo_goon:
Composition: 5 - Technical: 4 - Creativity: 7 - Appeal: 4 - Challenge: 5 - Overall Calculated Average Score: 5
I find it a bit too dark, but like where you were going with this...

Buddhist monks at top of Gayasan (가야산)
by quinde

Comment by romil:
It's a great photo but the halo's are distracting.

Buddhist monks at top of Gayasan (가야산)
by quinde

Comment by sfalice:
Delightful image of this Korean park. The monks appear to be enjoying themselves on this mountain.
One thought, that flying bird seems to have been strongly outlined - perhaps in processing? IMO it would have also looked good fading into the sky more naturally.

Buddhist monks at top of Gayasan (가야산)
by quinde

Comment by kiwinick:
wow what a great group well done

Buddhist monks at top of Gayasan (가야산)
by quinde

Comment by giantmike:
The halo around the bird is super distracting.

Buddhist monks at top of Gayasan (가야산)
by quinde

Comment by mariuca:
You struggled with the processing or the exposure or the zoom but the image interests me a lot and the capture is amazing! Great hues also. Hope it comes with a story

Ayang Bridge 아양 교
by quinde

Comment by snaffles:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

First off, a very well-seen capture in that you knew exactly where to look for the setting sun to help illuminate your subject. Problem is, the bridge is supposed to be the subject, not the setting sun. And as the bridge is virtually invisible, there is nothing for people to see the ugly/beauty within. Composition obeys the rules of thirds but the lack of light obscures any details.

I am somewhat bewildered by your settings. A very high shutter speed couple with a very low ISO are more suitable for shooting a fast-moving subject, like a bird in flight, in bright daylight. For a sunset shot of a bridge that has no lights at all on it, you want a tripod, a relatively high ISO (start around 500 and go up from there), and a very slow shutter speed...as in slow enough to require the use of a tripod, in order to bring out the detail in this bridge. Even if you had to shoot a little bit fast so as to not get bleached out by the sunset, you would have only had to wait a few minutes for the light to soften.

Hope this critique helps, feel free to pm me with any questions.

Susan