In the still of the night
by indridistefans

Comment by scotthadl:
Just an OK sceen this needs a stronger composition some kind of foreground subject. Also the horizon is dead center in the frame for this image more water less sky would help.

In the still of the night
by indridistefans

Comment by shalrath:
Kind of bleak... I like it

In the still of the night
by indridistefans

Comment by Ben:
Not a bad shot, the mutual colours throughout seem to blend into one though.
Making it a bit bland.

In the still of the night
by indridistefans

Comment by sacredspirit:
You got some lens fuzzies, Im sure you noticed that. GL.

In the still of the night
by indridistefans

Comment by LalliSig:
This is a nice shot, love that smooth reflection. However, it´s very flat contrast wise and if you boosted up the contrast in the raw conversion or used the curves tool to make it more "s-shaped" this photo would "pop" so much more. Composition is very nice but two things that could improve it slightly, I would have included slightly more of the water and less of the sky, like a 2-3 degree tilt downwards and the same to the right as the boat that is cutt off at the right side somehow bothers me, I would have liked to see all of that in the shot. Anyway, nice work, keep it up :)

In the still of the night
by indridistefans

Comment by NstiG8tr:
Meets Challenge:2
Aesthetics:1
Technical:1
Wow:0
Originality:1
Total Score:5

Sundial under Aurorea Borealis
by indridistefans

Comment by Tej:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

Aesthetic: Aurorea has been such a cliche on this site that you really need to make it different from other similar shots to score high.

Technical: The sundial (which is foreground here) seems to be burnt out due to long exposure. Background Aurorea is well captured.

Challenge: Well yes- this certainly is painting with light. So it does fit the challenge.

Conclusion: Overall an average composition. As one of the comments says - the beautiful background is not complimented by equally beautiful forground. Considering this is just second submission from you, you have faired well. Looking forward to more submissions from you.

I'm by no means expert in area of photography. My comments are purely based on my limited understanding of technology and art behind digital photography. Apart from doing detailed evaluation of your submission, my intent is to learn different styles of photography by critically evaluating selective submissions. If you've got any questions about this critique, please feel free to contact me via email or PM.

Wish you a great day!
-Tej

Sundial under Aurorea Borealis
by indridistefans

Comment by silveiregreen:
Gorgeous!!!

Sundial under Aurorea Borealis
by indridistefans

Comment by yourbuddyjhawk:
this is very similar to another image

Sundial under Aurorea Borealis
by indridistefans

Comment by lindes:
I'm jealous of your surroundings, but I wish you'd done something a little different with the composition -- having the sundial so close to the center just doesn't work well for me.