The Grand Finale
by Cyndane

Comment by Ken:
Nice selection of explosions and good color. Looks like it was handheld or tripod bumped.

The Grand Finale
by Cyndane

Comment by Gallatin:
Beautiful

The Grand Finale
by Cyndane

Comment by DefyTime:
Nice

Sunset over Shenandoah
by Cyndane

Comment by yakatme:
I like the layers of mountain ridges in this pic.

A New Shine
by Cyndane

Comment by DefyTime:
:: Critique Club ::

Like I said before nice shot. There are a few ways I can see how you could have made it work better. First off the placement of the canonâ€Â¦don’t know if you have any control over that or not, this is just what I see. It seems to be odd that it is facing the opposite direction than the people in the background. What I gather is this is a re-enactment of the civil war or something along those lines. I would also assume that it looks like they are lined up, for battle is what I’m thinking. Why would the canon not be facing toward your enemy, or why would you have your back to your enemy. But in reality they are probably all just standing around doing nothing but watching something else that is taking place during the show. So for that reason I find the people in the background distracting, from what I see as just a shot of a cannon, which I also have to say is a technically good shot of the canon. As far as if this shot is technically good I would say it isâ€Â¦just has a few hang ups in the composition. That is one of the most important parts to a photo especially one put into a photo contest. If this were taken at a different angle to remove the people or, if you are capable of doing so, move the canon to make it look like it is a part of the battle. I also think by it self it would look great in B&Wâ€Â¦but color works as well with the bright greens in the background. To sum up good shot as far as exposure and contrast, but you have to look and see what else is in the shot and if it adds or takes away from your main subjectâ€Â¦which is pretty cool in this case.

A New Shine
by Cyndane

Comment by scruff:
great colour and shine - too bad about the backside...

A New Shine
by Cyndane

Comment by GuGi:
IMO a very strange crop here, would have loved to see more of what is in the foreground and less of that butt there. If it was your intention to be funny and in that case I would have chosen a different angle, made it clearer that this was a humorous shot.

A New Shine
by Cyndane

Comment by photobytes:
Like the cannon the people in the back are a little distracting, they are to well focused.

A New Shine
by Cyndane

Comment by DefyTime:
Nice shot

A New Shine
by Cyndane

Comment by angela_packard:
very interesting picture! I don't really have any constructive critisim for you because I think you have just enough people in there to get the point...just enough of all of your subjects to understand and have a powerful impact! 8