SQUARE from Squares
by av8orboy

Comment by KimInNB:
Hope you change the keys back before you upset someone!! Neat take on this idea!!

My left foot
by av8orboy

Comment by tomzinho:
nice

Low Flight at Night
by av8orboy

Comment by johnny_justjohnny:
nice job, should offer a nice print to the airport.

Low Flight at Night
by av8orboy

Comment by Konador:
I think the sign should be more in focus, and less movement blur on the plane, but its a nice idea. Maybe shooting in a higher ISO will help this.

Low Flight at Night
by av8orboy

Comment by Wheeler1992:
great, great great photo

Low Flight at Night
by av8orboy

Comment by kate12303:
Might have been better is the sign was lit up a bit more. It's hard to read because it's so dark.

Low Flight at Night
by av8orboy

Comment by kiwiness:
The idea is good. The composition is also good. I find the sign is a little too dark and out of focus. Maybe you should have illuminated the sign with a light or torch. That way you would still get that wonderful sun setting sky out the back there. There is also too much motion blur on that plane coming in. I am not sure if you wanted to create that effect on purpose, but I would have used a faster shutter speed and taken the photo a little earlier while it was still lighter.

Psychedelic Valley
by av8orboy

Comment by Azrifel:
~~~~Critique Club Comment~~~~

Composition (content)
Cool subject.
Composition is basically ok. The main subject, the mushrooms in the middle, are centered. I think that putting them more to the left or right in the frame would make it even more appealing to the eye. Given that there is that strange fungi covered piece of straw (?) at the right, that would be a postioning more to the left. Another option is to change the angle of shooting and bring it more to the right. I don't say cropping, because I like the wide 'landscape' view over the background.
The balance between the foreground with all the mushrooms and the background (wet blue/grey) is very nice and I like the curvy horizon.

The way all the items in this photo work together is really nice, it looks just like a real landscape. The white fungi does a good job playing snow. :)

The way you cropped this for the centered mushroom is good. The subject doesn't need a lot of space under and above it.

Background
Nice background. Looks like alufoil covered insulation material to me. The color creates a good balance with the color and tones of the foreground. The water droplets are a nice touch.
The use of the wide aperture to get this narrow DOF works out great, the blur makes the mushrooms in the background look really far away. Their relative size in macro mode also creates a lot of depth.

Camera Work (Technical)
See background.
Focus, sharpness, exposure, color etc are all excellent. The lighting is also very good.

Digital Processing (technical)
Needs no work.

My opinion
Very cool, well executed, could perhaps be better with off-center subject positioning. Check the composition tutorial for example.

Low Flight at Night
by av8orboy

Comment by BeeGee:
nice shot. with a slow-sync flash, this might really have popped - I'm assuming that the sign is reflective. don't know if you tried it and if so, how it came out, but it sure would be interesting to try.

Low Flight at Night
by av8orboy

Comment by RiderGal:
Wow... excellent catch here! I would have liked a little more lighting on thee sign, but it's understandable why you couldn't get that. The horizon also isn't quite level, but that is a minor problem. Even though there are a couple of problems here, I give you a -9- great job! Good luck.