Moonlit Pathway
by morg002

Comment by atupdate:
Hello from the Critique Club:

Looking at the shutter speed used for this shot, it clearly was a long exposure and meets the challenge. You did a nice job with your composition, as the pathway provides a strong leading line to the most appealing part of the image, the sky. However, the blue looking sky with clouds doesn’t help communicate the moonlit mood of your title. The post processing of this image is pretty good. This image is unique, as it has three distinct features you could have played with, the sky, the path, and the ground. It would be interesting to play with the post processing of ground to see how it changes the look either darker or lighter. Darkening it would have made the pathway more dominate and provide another feature to look at. Lightening it would have almost made the image look like it was taken at sunset instead of with moonlight. As is, there is some detail in the grass but not enough to hold the viewer’s attention. With 41% of your votes being a 5, that indicates that the voters looked for literally 2-3 seconds and concluded “this picture isn’t bad but it doesn’t have a lot of wow”. Without some object or feature to capture their interest, they just clicked the 5 and moved on.

Tim

Moonlit Pathway
by morg002

Comment by noraneko:
All on scale of 0-2

Focus: 1
Lighting: 1
Composition: 1
Creativity: 1
Wow Factor: 1

Total: 5

Fading Daylight
by morg002

Comment by rosiehall:
great shot well done

GotNuthin
by morg002

Comment by srbrubaker:
Hi Ryan,
Greetings from the Critic's Club.

Initial Imression: I was struck by the reflection of clouds in the rails. The lighting is fantastic, and the composition is clever. I admit that for a brief moment the asymmetrical placement of the rails felt a little off to me, but I do believe that the photo is much stronger for it.

Composition & Lighting. The photo creates a strong sense of big, open space. The rails point to a strong point in the photo. I found myself wishing that the trees were gone. The curious thing about them is that they seem to interrupt the wide openness of the photo which is its strong point. I realize you had little choice in their placement...

Technique and Processing. The photo is crisp and clear throughout. A short focal length accentuated the sense of space and enabled all of the shot to be clear, a good choice. I am inclined to believe that black and white or sepia might have been a better choice than color, because the color of the trees would no longer attract the eye as strongly. Advanced editing might have allowed some dodging and burning of the clouds to accentuate their existing strengths. And I would love to see more contrast, texture, and sharpness in the gravel near the bottom of the photo.

Overall: This is a very solid shot. and it was given a good treatment. Some further editing might draw a little more from the image.

I hope you find my opinions helpful. I look forward to seeing more of your work here.
Good Luck,

Steve

Fading Daylight
by morg002

Comment by Simpa:
love the leading road... very inviting... great

Fading Daylight
by morg002

Comment by Zygote:
This has a good feel....nicely realised....7

Fading Daylight
by morg002

Comment by JeffryZ:
Very cool shot!

Fading Daylight
by morg002

Comment by ivale28:
Meets Challenge:2
Technical:1
Lighting:2
Content:1
Opinion:1

Fading Daylight
by morg002

Comment by Agaricus:
Very nice. The leading lines in this really push your eye further into the picture and the color in the distance is a nice finish. Well done and good luck in the challenge (9)

Fading Daylight
by morg002

Comment by mpreslar:
Beautiful! I only wish there was a bit more of interest in the top part of the sky. It would benifit from the horizon line moving up to the top 1/3 of the image. Still-8