Simply evening
by oksamit

Comment by lizardbeth:
My eye doesn't seem to go anywhere but the cluster of lights on the left. Perhaps if you cropped it a bit more.

Simply evening
by oksamit

Comment by wewillexplore:
Not much after dark here. Why is this more interesting at night?

Cellphones anyone?
by oksamit

Comment by Harz_Joerg:
Hi,

I used the wrong comment box to place my CC-comment, but to get another image to comment on I have to fill out this comment box too.

Jörg

Cellphones anyone?
by oksamit

Comment by Harz_Joerg:
Greetings from the Critique Club

Initial thoughts/My opinion
That's tacky! Composition is a little flat with too much to see that is not necessary.

Content/Composition
I think that the content itself is well chosen: Santa with plenty of cellphones is tacky, already on the edge of tasteless. And I think the voters saw this too.
All the stuff on the desk and in the back do of course disturb a lot. Assuming that it wasn't your store where you took the picture and you were not allowed to rearrange things, the only thing that might have helped would have been a different angle of view. Probably more from below would have been better. But kneeing down in a store is not what everybody likes to do.
Composition with light was probably also not possible to get the back darker, am I right.
So I thing you did it as good as possible.

Camera work -technically
Focus is just right and using 2.2 as aperture was a wise choice to get the back as blurry as possible. Exposure is fine, maybe a little bright. A very gentle fill flash might have been interesting, but I do not believe that in this way you would have gotten the Santa well exposed in front of a darker background.

Digital Processing - Technical
Santa appears a little soft and cropping could have been improved: either a way stronger crop to focus more on his face and the phones, or a bit wider at the top and bottom to see the whole figure. A nice frame might have been great too.

Fits the challenge
Yes, for sure

Good luck for your further submissions

Simply evening
by oksamit

Comment by dsidwell:
Very interesting shot. The bright lights at left upstage the other objects in the frame just a little. This is a marvelous time of day to shoot, when the lighting is very engaging.

Simply evening
by oksamit

Comment by drgsoell:
A little overexposed. The roofline at the bottom is distracting.

Simply evening
by oksamit

Comment by justine:
Stunning light and colors.

Simply evening
by oksamit

Comment by Musicman:
After dark?

After snowstorm
by oksamit

Comment by Olyuzi:
A little on the dark side, and your horizon appears tilted slightly left. Is this Brooklyn/Queens, NY?

Seagle
by oksamit

Comment by marbo:
seagle?