Heavy Lifting
by aubilenon

Comment by purpleflutterby13:
Greetings from the Critique Club.

Cool picture with interesting colours.

I really like the way the orange and black frame the shot, I think it works really well. The black specks on the orange surface work really well too. I like the POV - while you can definitely tell the photo meets the challenge, at the same time it's not just an ordinary picture of a chain, which is good.

Things you could have improved:
I don't think the DOF works that well - I don't like the fact that the chain gets blurry near the top. Although looking at the settings you used, I can't actually explain why it is blurry... But then, I know very little about aperture, and almost nothing about macro lenses.
Also, as someone pointed out already, the shadow is a bit distracting.

Post-processing wise: the shot is very orange. I think that works well for the framing, but the chain itself seems a bit too warm. Since this is advanced editing, you could selectively desaturate the chain slightly, and that might improve the shot overall.

Anyway, well done on an interesting shot. Message me if you have any questions.

Jelena

Heavy Lifting
by aubilenon

Comment by Jason_Cross:
I like this shot, the tones are cool, but I think a little over orange. The shadow on the left detracts a bit as well. 7

Urban Overgrowth
by aubilenon

Comment by lovethelight:
Oh cool! i didn't see the grafiti at first, but i really like the capture. maybe a tighter crop would help make the paint more obvious