All the lonely people, where do they all belong...
by lament

Comment by lament:
Thank you for the critique, Makka. The problem is, everything you (and Crisik) have pointed out as shortcomings is there on purpose. The car park is flat looking on purpose. The puddle is there on purpose. The diagonal white lines are there on purpose. The noise is there on purpose. I believe all of that adds to the mood. I have put a lot of work into this image to have it exactly match my vision.

But of course, I can't expect the voters' tastes to match mine.

For fun, here's the original (resized): //z3.ca/~lament/lonely_orig.jpg

Message edited by author 2006-06-09 02:06:31.

Diagonal Waves
by lament

Comment by Makka:
This photo has so much potential. A bit of levels adjustment would of helped to pop it out. Well done!

All the lonely people, where do they all belong...
by lament

Comment by Makka:
* Greetings from the Critique Club *

This photo definately matches your title! The main thing that strikes me in this photo is that puddle of water in the foreground. I think it takes away from the person walking in the distance. It's hard to tell without seeing the original photo but maybe a different crop may of helped save this one. It's worth trying a few variations for yourself and see what hits you the best.

You've used a nice DOF here to get a good focus over the whole image. You could of used some slight dodge and burn to add a bit of character to the car park perhaps just to give the photo a bit of pop as it's a little flat looking.

All up, there are a few things you could of done with this to help with the voters because of the advanced editing rules. Still, a 5.35 is nothing to be sneezed at and sits well above your average. Keep at it Nikita and best of luck in future challenges.

Neil

Windows
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Comment by arati_halbe:
okay, at least something different from leaves and worms!

Windows
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Comment by TheMegalomaniac:
Very clever. Nicely done

All the lonely people, where do they all belong...
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Comment by Crisik:
Well, i wouldnt say all of the better scoring photos were worse than this one.

I gave 6 myself since I like the concept and composition, on the other hand it seems noisy (even at ISO 50 which is suprising) and those white lines are quite distracting - were there only concrete w/ the puddle and neat image, I guess it would score higher.

Windows
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Comment by lifternessjt:
Radioactive sky!

Windows
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Comment by FocusPoint:
Cool shot, and nice work ;)

Windows
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Comment by scarbrd:
nice deep contrast.

Windows
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Comment by sherpet:
This hav an eerie feel to it...I like that...