Shadow Valley.
by slytennis

Comment by RulerZigzag:
Over exposed. 5

Tiger Lily.
by slytennis

Comment by LN13:
A decent enough photo, but in a free study, you need to really have it POP! This is just a straight down, centered shot. Try other angles, other compositions, off center perhaps.

Tiger Lily.
by slytennis

Comment by boyd2000:
Pretty flower and good angle, but it doesn't seem as sharp or saturated as it could be.

Tiger Lily.
by slytennis

Comment by glad2badad:
Very cooperative subject aren't they? :) Couple of things holding this back (beside subject matter); composition is too centered, nothing unique about the arrangement (looks like a snapshot), could use a little more contrast, and the bg is very busy (read distracting). All JMO of course. :P Good luck in the challenge.

Rhythm of the Waves.
by slytennis

Comment by LalliSig:
Greetings from the critique club :)

Well I didn´t vote in this challenge but sorry, if I did I probably would have given you a 4. Most of that is due to the composition and depth of field and the fact that I don´t really see how it ties in with the challenge by just looking at the photo, I needed to see the title to see where you were going with this and I don´t think you should need to do that, use the title to explain how a photo fits the challenge.

The reason why I say so is because of your choice of composition and placement of depth of field, my eye is drawn nowhere near the moving water but instead at that mountain in the backround and the clouds, wich are pretty nice. I almost want to say I feel like the out of focus water is just in the way of what could have been a lovely photo of that mountain, I tried putting my hand over the bottom 1/3 or up to the point the water starts to be in focus and well I thought the shot improved a whole lot when doing that. Also that black object in the lower right corner is something that is really distracting me, I would have moved to the left and taken another photo without it or if that was not an option, taken it out while doing the post processing.

If you really wanted to show a photo that emphasized the movement of water as rythm, I would have just concentrated on that, taking a more closeup of a wave and let the backround just be what it may, here I feel like the backround is the main focus of the picture.

One other thing, the haze in the backround, it´s not really crystal clear and I think you just simply took this during the wrong time of day, try when going out to take landscape photos to stay close to either sunset or sunrise, you will get much softer lighting and usually less haze, your photos will have much more creamy lighting and be more pleasant to look at.

I think it´s good that you are experimenting by going down low close to the surface of the water and playing around with depth of field, definately keep up the experimenting, that´s the best way to learn.

Kind regards from Iceland, Lárus.

At A Glance.
by slytennis

Comment by codfish:
The lighting falls a little flat. I would love to see the same shot on a clear day with a bright blue sky and shadows falling from the fence.

At A Glance.
by slytennis

Comment by Louison:
A little bland, in my humble opinion. Maybe more contrast or a little saturation boost would have helped?

Rhythm of the Waves.
by slytennis

Comment by slickchik:
Scary pov for your camera! I wish it were not so hazy and there was more detail in the background.

At A Glance.
by slytennis

Comment by photobuddy:
does it qualify for a still life

Rhythm of the Waves.
by slytennis

Comment by Dantzr:
Nice shot! Would have liked to have seen more depth of color in the background, but the angle of the shot... and the shark in the bottom right :) ...is nice!