Valley of Fire
by Dr.Confuser

Comment by hesitant:
Congrats on a pretty cool image and HM

Valley of Fire
by Dr.Confuser

Comment by sidpixel:
*Hello from Sid and the Critique Club*

Congratulations on your high score and placing with your entry assumed to meet the challenge.

What a star filled sky, I don't think I've ever seen so many stars! This is a very well executed image, the exposure is long enough to get a good image and not too long that the stars themselves are too elongated. The detail is very good throughout the image including the foreground which adds a perfect level of interest to the night scene. The composition is good with the Milky Way itself positioned nicely on the left third.

There is a nice rim of light above the right distant landscape with a few interesting clouds to boot. Perhaps the only thing I am not so keen on is the white appearance of the nearest bushes in relation to the rest of the scene. I assume this has been illuminated by yourself during the exposure? On closer inspection is it due to the cold? There does appear to be a lighter hue to the tops of all the bushes leading into the scene. Even so, I think it would benefit from a little toning down, apart from that an excellent job, well done.

Thanks for your great entry, Sid

Valley of Fire
by Dr.Confuser

Comment by jomari:
Congrats on the HM. It was one of my top 3.

Valley of Fire
by Dr.Confuser

Comment by jomari:
Fabulous photo! 10

Valley of Fire
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Comment by MaryO:
Love the sky and the purple landscape.

Resistance Was Futile
by Dr.Confuser

Comment by sidpixel:
*Hello from Sid and the Critique Club*

An interesting image that has made a significant contribution to the open challenge.

A fascinating but intimidating image that, as has been remarked, is well titled, you certainly feel relieved not to be the 'victim' here! Our viewpoint here enables us to see everything here easily, your exposure is good and there is good detail throughout. I like the generally high key atmosphere that in itself suggests a clinically sterile environment but at the same time it is dominated by the relatively smaller panel to the right with its own fascinating imagery. It all looks very 'state of the art'.

There's not really anything I can add, nicely done, thanks for your submission and apologies for the delayed critique, as they say, 'better late than never', or at least I hope it is, Sid

Valley of Fire
by Dr.Confuser

Comment by clickodak:
Wow wow Wow. 8

Valley of Fire
by Dr.Confuser

Comment by MeMex2:
fabulous !!!

Valley of Fire
by Dr.Confuser

Comment by MargaretNet:
Well processed

noun: \ˌkyu̇r-ē-ˈä-s(ə-)tē\ - City Built Inside a Pyramid
by Dr.Confuser

Comment by Dr.Confuser:

Originally posted by sidpixel: *Hello from Sid and the Critique Club* An interesting image that fails to meet the challenge I'm not sure that this fits the challenge it doesn't suggest curiosity to me but I am making a guess that you are inviting people to peep into another world here and by implication arouse or sate their curiosity in doing so. If that is a correct assumption I suppose it fits the challenge in an obscure sort of way. But to me the image doesn't invoke or instil a feeling of curiosity in itself. I suppose my negativity about the image fulfilling the challenge brief is because this feels very much like a model village, it just has a very unreal feel to it. The image is certainly unique in the respect I've never seen anything like it before but I just sort of feel – why? I'm intrigued by the strange ISO number? You have a good DOF throughout, the softness in the topmost arch is irrelevant and doesn't impact the rest of the image which is nice and sharp. Any distortion inevitable from such a wide angle lens is very pleasing and adds to the end result. I quite like the image itself but I probably would have scored it midway for the reasons already discussed above, thanks for your submission, Sid

I disagree it fails to meet the challenge. Curiosity is also a noun, signifying something unusual, curious. I do agree many will have missed the meaning since even native English speakers are grammatically challenged.

It is a REAL village, housed on the floor of the Luxor Hotel ... which my Photographer's Notes details. For the record, nothing in Las Vegas is real. Just saying. And further for the record, I look at most things in Vegas and ask ... why ... ?

ISO number ... it is strange. I just report what Bridge tells me.

In any event, I appreciate and value your critique. If nothing else, it helps me understand how others who are not so close to the image see it. Thanks for that.