Wear of the Sea
by seebrown

Comment by sidpixel:
Greetings from the Critique club

An appealing image that is deemed to meet the challenge

Congratulations on your ribbon and welcome back! What a great result to come back with, a lovely boat surrounded by rough seas. If I am to be honest with my critique as I always try to be I have to say that I am quite surprised at the high placing. In terms of the challenge I find the boat's pristine condition fails to convey a feeling of wear and tear at all. The masking for the selective desat, which I fail to see the need for, seems very casually done with clear discrepancies in the seas around the boat. The crescent shape intrigued me, at first I thought it was attached to the rigging, until I found the surfer at the other end of it. I feel the object emerging from the water on the right would be better removed it is quite distracting.

On a more positive note I do like the breaking surf around the boat. I hope I don't come over too negative but I am trying to be honest and constructive, although it does have its merits the image just doesn't work for me in the context of the challenge.

Welcome back and continued success with your future entries, Sid

Wear of the Sea
by seebrown

Comment by posthumous:
impressive stormy sea picture

Wear of the Sea
by seebrown

Comment by GeorgesBogaert:
Nice image. Did you try to process it as a painting? It would be a very high scoring image with a different processing. I give you an 8.

Burst of Yellow
by seebrown

Comment by galatia_n:
Simple and nice...well done!

Burst of Yellow
by seebrown

Comment by mariuca:
The contrast between textures is tremendous; just like eating a tart apple. Great image. Top 10

Burst of Yellow
by seebrown

Comment by KarenNfld:
I like the bold design of this.

Burst of Yellow
by seebrown

Comment by hernan43:
I'd love to see a more contrasty look on this.

Burst of Yellow
by seebrown

Comment by MargaretNet:
I like the humor of this one :)

Lost in a Sea of Blue
by seebrown

Comment by dustingooding:
Meets Challenge: 3 of 3.
Technical: 2 of 3. A few small things changed would have made this a better photo. Crop out the little piece of land on the left horizon, and crop up the bottom so the boat is in the middle of the shot. Also, the stray pixels are pretty distracting on an otherwise solid color of water and sky.
Emotion: 2 of 3. I've always liked lone boats on the water, especially sail boats. This is a very calming shot.
Awe: 0 of 1.

Lost in a Sea of Blue
by seebrown

Comment by fitz3000:
nice looking photo, love the blue