Turtle Island
by tigerluong

Comment by sidpixel:
Hello from the Critique club

An appealing image that contributes to the free challenge

Overall, I like your image the composition works well with the distant island balanced against the foreground trees with an interesting mid-ground that gives a feeling of depth and height to the location. What lets the shot down badly is heavy-handed over-sharpening which is a shame because sharpening in this predominantly soft-focus shot was not even needed, it would have given a much more natural looking result without any sharpening. DonĂ¢€™t feel that you always have to sharpen and when you do use it try to use it subtly looking carefully at the end result for any tell-tale halos such as those you have around the tree branches.

Thanks for your entry Frank

Turtle Island
by tigerluong

Comment by WonderDude:
Good feeling of depth.

Turtle Island
by tigerluong

Comment by giantmike:
Some really heavy over sharpening gives those trees large halos.

Right Timing
by tigerluong

Comment by sidpixel:
Hello from the Critique club

An interesting image that contributes to the free challenge

Well done in capturing an instance in time where we have a common scene transformed by your timing and perspective. Though, in itself it is not intrinsically appealing especially as there is a softness throughout the image and there are problems with overblown highlights particularly on th e
top of your main subject, the plane in flight. The two figures with their high-vis vests draw your eyes towards them, in view of this it may have been better to convert to mono for this reason and also to subdue the predominant blues.

Thank you for your entry

Right Timing
by tigerluong

Comment by Abra:
Let me guess. Sydney Domestic Terminal gate 10?

Right Timing
by tigerluong

Comment by 3DsArcher:
Well done. Very nicely timed

Right Timing
by tigerluong

Comment by Lydia:
I really want something to be sharply in focus to score this high.

Sunshine hill
by tigerluong

Comment by sidpixel:
Hello from the Critique club

An appealing image that meets the challenge

The lighting in your landscape has emphasised the undulating nature of the ground producing some lovely shadows giving it all more of a 3D feel. However, I feel the colours have been saturated to the detriment of the overall end result. The strong blue cast especially of the sky and hills also affects the image quality. The white clouds on the right add an interesting counterpoint to the rest of the image

I'm sorry you didn't receive any comments during the challenge I hope this makes up for it, well done, thank you for your entry.

time for home
by tigerluong

Comment by snaffles:
Greetings from the Critique Club

Yes, this critique is only about 16 months late, but better late than never :-)

This pic has many elements that both help and detract from the subject. The colours and soft lighting are fantastic and the subject matter intriguing, and you have near-perfect reflections in the water. This should be close to the top of the pile as voters here tend to like the exotic species in their own habitat as opposed to an obvious zoo.

But, you've probably already seen the numerous comments saying that the car in the background, with those bright red taillights, is a HUGE distraction. It gives a sadly modern/urban feel to the shot and takes away from those lovely zebras. I did some informal hand-cropping and had you isolated that group of three zebras at the front, cropping out below those awful taillights so we see only the scenery, the zebras and their diminishing reflections, you could have had a top ten image.

I do hope you're still shooting, and hope that this critique may help lure you back to DPC.

Susan

city in dawn
by tigerluong

Comment by snaffles:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

Very interesting POV of a dawn shot, as the sodium lights of the city blend in with the orange hues of dawn. However I can't tell if this is meant to be a shot of the sunrise/dawn, or a cityscape - it seems an uneasy marriage of the two. The horizon splits the image exactly in half, which gives it a bit of a staid, ho-hum quality.

It isn't a bad image but as commenters have already noted, less sky and more building might help to awe us with the skyline. Exposure is adequate, good to see you used a tripod and went for several seconds. I do like the hues and sense of a great city stirring, but feel that the composition is what's killing you here.

Hope this helps

Susan