Welcome back to West Beverly/ Sunnydale/ All American/ Torrance.... wait, what high school???
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Comment by kandykarml:
what a beautiful building. nice angle. I like it. it's a 6

Welcome back to West Beverly/ Sunnydale/ All American/ Torrance.... wait, what high school???
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Comment by Damzel:
I like the reflections, but it seems a lil skewed? ( not sure on right word for it)

On the front lines...
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Comment by island_girl1:
which wildfire is this?

Happy/ Sad
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Comment by JulietNN:
Hi from the Critique Club,

You asked for your shot to have an in depth comment from a member of the Critique Club.

Well you certainly go the drama bit. Remember to read the description and look at the treads in the community to get an idea as to what the challenge is. For this particular challenge it was more about the lighting to make a dramatic shot, versus a drama shot.

I am curious as to why you had this shot up to 2 minutes of exposure time. You lighting is fairly flat on the red and disappears in the black somewhat. The choice of materials could be different as the red one is really showing up the lines in the fabric and is a little distracting.

Your sharpness is very good on this and I like the lighting on the rings.

On the front lines...
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Comment by pedrobop:
You caught a strong moment there, the mix of yellow/orange/red is beautiful, i just think the shot is oof and DNMC, as i don't see the lines very cleary here.
Sorry if i was rude, good luck to you.

Happy/ Sad
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Comment by ThatChickOverThere:
nice take on the drama mask concept I may have chosen a different texture on the fabric because it takes away from the smooth silver rings.

The Iron Giant
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Comment by JulietNN:
Hi from the C Club,

I was one of your high scorer's on this shot, here are the reasons why.

I liked the overall shot, The different aspects of it came together for me, the blur of the train, the straightness of the poles and of course the great sculpture of the hand. It sort of meshed together.

Now in saying all of that, I would have liked to have seen some more motion blur on the train, a little more sharpness around the whole image or even just on the hand and the rest of it blurry. If you are going to go with such a high contrast to this shot, maybe turning it into a black and white would have worked better. Also, the main focal point is the hand, so that needs to be straightened out, that would give the rest of the shot a very interesting and different angle.

When you are in the midday sun, try lowering your exposures in camera, you will find that that will go a long way, you can also do this in Photoshop, try out the brightness and contrast as well. USM would have helped this shot a lot as well.

It was a good try on this and would love to see you reshoot it!

The Iron Giant
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Comment by Five_Seat:
I would have like to see a bit more blur on the train...

spider moon ripples
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Comment by Prism:
This is a cool shot. One thing you might try to get more detail on the spider would be to shine a small flashlight onto it.

The Iron Giant
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Comment by BeefnCheez:
Way overexposed sky and unfocused. 4