city view of CHONGQING
by tigerluong

Comment by kiwinick:
great scene well done as well 7

MARLBOROUGH SOUNDS
by tigerluong

Comment by Tumbleweed:
Nice scene but the processing makes it look disjointed to me.

MARLBOROUGH SOUNDS
by tigerluong

Comment by kiwinick:
Been there my son lives in Blenheim

MARLBOROUGH SOUNDS
by tigerluong

Comment by twmax:
The colors are nice, but the tilted horizon and harshness detract from the photo, at least for me. This same scene taken in the start or end of the day would be more appealing, in my opinion.

MARLBOROUGH SOUNDS
by tigerluong

Comment by 3DsArcher:
One of my favorite places. A straight horizon would help & it looks like you have over sharpened it.

The Blocking
by tigerluong

Comment by snaffles:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

This image is a very good capture, even in less than perfect lighting conditions. Sometimes you just have to make do with what is available. Personally I find your shutter speed very slow for a basketball game - I would probably shoot at least 1/400 if not faster - but you give no details on camera or lens, so difficult to critique your choices. Did you shoot on *green camera* mode? If so then the camera made all the choices, not you, and you can tell.

The main reason you did poorly, as I see it, is because the image is OK...but you used so much blur in the post processing. If the image itself is not very good, then all the work you do in post only shows up all the more because it is so obvious, as it is here.

This is a very, very competitive site where capturing a good image is first and foremost in people's minds. If the pp work done only highlights the weaknesses in the photo, you will not get a good score.

My apologies if this sounds harsh, but that is how it is.

Feel free to PM me with any questions,

Susan

Temple arch
by tigerluong

Comment by snaffles:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

I see that I gave this a 6 during voting, because I could see some effort was made.

But this is a case of so close, yet so far. Very nice shot of the temple, crisp and sharp. But as already mentioned, the foliage especially in front and middle of the shot ruins the view. This looks to have been shot while you were sitting at a table. Something as simple as just standing up and getting a good, clear, uncluttered shot would have been much more effective.

I can tell from the very high shutter speed that you were probably shooting handheld. Nothing wrong with that, but the temple isn't going anywhere. You need to shoot that fast for, say, most children or animals in motion, but hardly for a building. A slower shutter, even more dof and even more importantly, a tripod would come in handy here.

Hope this has been of help, feel free to PM me.

Susan

Temple arch
by tigerluong

Comment by clickodak:
Oh Beautiful shooting of the temple I give 9

Temple arch
by tigerluong

Comment by Cyrilda:
I love everything except the brown twigs in front. Excellent shot otherwise.

Autumn garden
by tigerluong

Comment by sidpixel:
Hello from the Critique club

An interesting image that makes a contribution to the free challenge

It looks an interesting location with some variety of foliage. The time of day has made the light very difficult to work with it is very high contrast and in order to retain some detail in the shadows it looks as though you have probably had to use some plus exposure compensation? This has affected the highlights blowing them in important parts of the image particularly badly on the tree stump. I would suggest that a little less +EC would have been advisable to avoid the overexposure and the shadows have quite some leeway for darkening. You might try reducing the exposure in PS and compare the results I think you will probably favour the darker version?

Thanks for your entry Frank