chicane unlimited
by ashishparmar

Comment by ASHISH:
quite a bit of a burn......good shot for the challenge !

chicane unlimited
by ashishparmar

Comment by ScubaSteve13:
nice photo shop image because i know no road is that color

chicane unlimited
by ashishparmar

Comment by corinne:
not loving the blue pavement. if it was water, it would be a different story. However, you did submit a photo that falls within the parameters of this challenge.

praise the lord ........!
by ashishparmar

Comment by ericwoo:
Hey there from the Critique Club

Camera Work/Technical: Strong focus and great colors. I like the quick shutter speed that you used to capture the stopped motion of the milk. I think that your depth of field needed to change. Either a more shallow or deeper depth of field would have helped this one out. As it is, it just looks like some of your elements are out of focus.

Lighting: You did a nice job achieving an evenly lit area to display your subject(s). There are no blown highlights, nor are there any areas where detail was lost in the shadows.

Composition/Content: I think that you hurt this one by cropping off the hand that is pouring the liquid. It looks more accidental than intentional.

My Opinion: While this one meets the challenge, I don't think that is was readily understandable without your explanation.

Thank you for the opportunity to provide a critique on your entry,
Eric

chicane unlimited
by ashishparmar

Comment by LanceW:
I am not a fan of the processing here, but it does meet the challenge (5)

chicane unlimited
by ashishparmar

Comment by eamurdock:
Nice form and composition, but the PP doesn't work for me.

chicane unlimited
by ashishparmar

Comment by Citadel:
ouch...this is way overprocessed.

praise the lord ........!
by ashishparmar

Comment by Perfect-Calamity:
Nice. Could use a little less busy things in it.

symmetry impromptu !
by ashishparmar

Comment by taterbug:
Greetings from the Critique Club :-)

So this is your entry in Symmetry II. I think it works good for the challenge. I see symmetry in the shot. There are some things I really like here, but also some weak points, IMO. Let me start off with what I like.

The shape of the arch is great, it grabs my initial attention nicely, and hightens my desire to explore the image further. It serves as a nice framing element, and emphasizes the symmetry of the photo. You've lined up, and centered everything in the frame well. A great use of leading lines, and vanishing point to draw the viewer in, and take my eye into the shot, and to the structure at the end of the ponds.

A couple of your commenters have touched upon the negative space, the crop of the photo. I tend to agree here. All that space at the top doesn't seem to really be adding a lot to the image. In fact, to me, it almost gives an 'artificial' feel to the scene. I believe if the top were cropped down to just above the top of the arch, and I would even go so far as to suggest taking a touch off of each side, it could strengthen the composition significantly. You don't mention if you do any post processing to your photo. I think this is a case where a little bit of tweaking could be beneficial. One thing, I feel the photo could do with a little bit of sharpening, either usm, or smart sharpen are popular, or whatever your particular software has. Also, I don't really think there is a color cast, but...there is so much green in the shot, and with the lighting, it seems to be giving everything a bit of a green 'feel'. Even within basic editing rules, one can do a lot with color management on a shot. Again depending on specific software, but adjustments in either levels, curves, selective color, even hue/sat can be done. If this is something unfamiliar to you, there are lots of tutorials on the site, or ask in a forum. It really is very beneficial to learn at least basics when making great photos.

So, a good entry for the challenge. Nice subject, and interesting. 5.8 is not a bad score. I like your story of how you got the shot. :-) A very good eye here. I think post processing could be a key to taking a stride forward.

If you have any questions, or comments or anything, please feel free to contact me.

happy shooting,
taterbug :-)

praise the lord ........!
by ashishparmar

Comment by chan:
a lower angle (e.g. ground level view) may have made this shot more interesting