Barrel rollby
nikmaticComment by Konador: Hello from The Critique Club! :)
This is a very dramatic shot that definately uses a single light source, however the challenge did require an artifical one, which the sun unfortunately is not. I think that mainly explains your low score, however I will focus on the technical aspects in this critique.
Compositionally, I feel this is slightly awkward. I feel this way because the plane is
almost centered, but not quite. It's not centered enough to look like it is supposed to be, yet it is not far enough from the centre to be using the compositional rule of thirds. Either would be effective it its own way, but this "in between" feeling just feels a bit umbalanced. I think the very bright area on the right unbalances it further. I think moving the crop to the right so that both the plane and bright area were following the rule of thirds would greatly improve this photo.
I like the colour of the photo, the yellow definately giving it an added sense of drama, and making it more attractive in general. I'm not sure how much is natural or how much you altered it in the raw conversion, but its effective either way.
I think the final thing that lets this photo down a bit is the sharpening. You didn't mention it in your Photographer's comments, but I can see that you've done it because there is a white halo outlining the whole plane, which I feel is distracting. If you used Unsharp Mask, I think that you should have used a thinner radius. If you didn't use Unsharp Mask, I think you should have done :) I have a free video tutorial that covers Unsharp Mask in detail on my website at
//www.konador.com/pp should you want to avoid the helo outlining in the future.
Overall, this is a good dramatic photo, which was unfortunately let down by not following the challenge description. I hope you found this critique useful :)
-Ben
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