Cloisters.
by catpixel

Comment by Swashbuckler:
Tough shot (shooting from darkness out to a heavily light area). Far background doesn't come through very well, but the subject (I assume) is the lights and archways. Focus is, well hard to say where. Color - minimal, due to lighting conditions. Overall, I doesn't "grab" me. 6 Swash

Cloisters.
by catpixel

Comment by lisae:
This is cool. The focus is very soft, but I love the composition and the stark contrasts. This photo puts me in an interesting space. I'm not sure where it is, but there's a sense of vastness and airiness to it.

Cloisters.
by catpixel

Comment by jmsetzler:
The perspective in this shot is strong, but the overall image is a little soft.. think a little extra sharpness would be a nice improvement :) - setzler

Cloisters.
by catpixel

Comment by kandyj:
This whole image seems a bit out of focus, maybe purposefully.

Cloisters.
by catpixel

Comment by KarenB:
this must have been a tough exposure, since you are in a dark area and shooting into light. hmmm. I unfortunately don't have a suggestion on what to do about it. the idea is neat. I would have liked to see more detail in the fountain at the end, and the image itself is tilted.

Cloisters.
by catpixel

Comment by Gracious:
Is this the one in Inwood, in Manhatten?
Nice shaped arches. lighting is tough to work with, you managed it fairly well..

Cloisters.
by catpixel

Comment by Jacko:
Very interesting lines and curves. One small recommendation: make the horizon flatter (tilt to the left). Jacko.

Door reflecting windows and doors.
by catpixel

Comment by ambaker:
Critique Club Review

I am not sure what size the original image was, but along the roof line and at the bottom of the window you can see the bane of resizing photos, the dreaded jaggies. Lines at just the right diagonal angle cause this effect as the software tries to "average" pixels together.

Your choice of location and lighting works well. The drawbacks are the Street Lamps sprouting out of the side view mirror, and the fan shaped structure competing for attention to the right of the mirror.

I suspect that your camera's autofocus was fooled by the reflection in the window of the car. Objects that are reflected off a surface, keep their original distance. So if the building is 20 feet from the car, and you are 5 feet from the car, the reflection is not really 5 feet away, but 25 feet away. Time to use the manual focus, as the door handle looks soft here. Also a manual exposure with a small aperature (large f stop number) will give you better depth of field to help get it all in focus.

I like the lighting and the setting. The color of the car works well with the grey of the buildings. Also the distorted reflection of the vertical bars in the window, work well as a counterpoint to the vertical lines of the building across the street.

The Empire State Building, (shrunken)
by catpixel

Comment by Becky:
I like the way the lines move your eyes through out the photo.

Reflecting Squares.
by catpixel

Comment by magnetic9999:
Critique Club

Looks a bit jpeg'd or over compressed like you a) didnt shoot at your camera's highest quality, b) not highest res, c) over compressed after saving.

I like the effect of the building repeated in the building. I tried some similar effects myself for the other challenge but did not submit them.

Still not sure if I like the tilt but if you do, go for it !