coming back to life
by fourstardaydreem

Comment by dewdodesign:
nice silohette but a couple of things bug me about this shot, one is the cropping of the tree on the left and secondly the way it is leaning makes the photo seem unbalanced somewhat. Now i know you can't do much about a leaning tree, but perhaps it would have look better had the whole tree been in the frame!
On the plus side you've shown good technical ability to produce the silohette effect, the lighting is spot on. 5

coming back to life
by fourstardaydreem

Comment by drewhosick:
very very nice lighting

Hailfulls.
by fourstardaydreem

Comment by karmat:
CRITIQUE CLUB CRITIQUE
by karmat

Very interesting shot.

Compositionally, I think you have done well to get a symmetry shot that "looks" like symmetry but isn't exactly symmetrical. You have good details in the hands and hail balls, and the dof works well to isolate it from the background.

The black twig, or whatever, is extremely distracting. I know that it is "natural" but in a black and white shot like this, it presents itself as *the* black point and the eye is drawn to it. In advanced, you could have just cloned it out, but in basic, you would have had to remove it before you shot. Also, I don't know what process you used to convert to bw, but it lacks in tonal contrasts. Instead of being a black and white picture, it is more of a muted gray picture. If you simply convert to greyscale, sometimes it helps to adjust the contrast. If you want to try other methods of conversion, (if you don't know about them) check out the tutorials on dpc.

If I need to further explain myself or clarify what I've said, please feel free to contact me.

Best to you in future challenges.
Karma

Hailfulls.
by fourstardaydreem

Comment by LalliSig:
A bit flat contrast wise and dark as well for my taste.

mudboots and flowers.
by fourstardaydreem

Comment by kteach:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

While this shot does meet the challenge for rule of thirds, it isn't incredibly interesting to look at for me.

I like the contrast of the dried flowers and the mud, both in texture and color. The imprint of the shoe tread is a nice touch too.. gives the viewer something to look around at. The other part I like about this is how part of the water you can see through, but the other part is reflected.

I don't necessarily have any suggestions about post processing, besides possibly a slightly different crop to make the flowers more precisely on the rule of thirds area. They sort of trail off the side and get cut off. I think this shot suffers from a general lack of creativity/uniqueness. Most of us have seen this kind of scene at our feet, and while I like the idea of capturing the small bits of beauty you might find in your world, it just doesn't seem like something I want to have saved for eternity.

Hope this has been helpful!

Hailfulls.
by fourstardaydreem

Comment by femalevsnature:
Intersting.

mudboots and flowers.
by fourstardaydreem

Comment by LalliSig:
Sorry but this isn´t really an interesting photograph to me, just seems like a poorly thought out snapshot, was this really the most interesting angle to take a photograph of this subject, did you try any others?

mudboots and flowers.
by fourstardaydreem

Comment by cutout:
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mudboots and flowers.
by fourstardaydreem

Comment by BakerBug:
This photo doesn't do much to hold my interest. The subject is just not that interesting.

mudboots and flowers.
by fourstardaydreem

Comment by lawless:
Not sure what I am supposed to look at. Maybe a diferent vantage point.? Remember to try and guide the viewer around the photo.