Unedited
by sevenine0

Comment by rananculus:
Greetings from the critique club!!

You give a guy a tough job when you ask for a critique of an abstract. I could tell you that there are blown out details, and you could respond that that was your intention. Lack of detail is sometimes the strength of an abstract.

Emotionally, this image doesn't speak to me. But I'm not a bigot when it comes to art. Your statement escapes me, but others have found your image compelling. Good for you! If this image only speaks to you, it is fine by me.

Technically, I have two comments. Crop Unedited a little tighter. The most distracting element is the hint of blue in the lower right corner. I also object to your filter application. It is way to strong for my eyes. It kind of makes me feel that this patchwork filter was applied only to hide the other deficiencies of the shot.

Fire Water
by sevenine0

Comment by sixmacs:
Neat idea, focus could have been sharper.

Fire Water
by sevenine0

Comment by MrAkamai:
Good application of negative space. The bird in the foreground is blurry. I assumed that was the main focus point and if so, it should be sharply focused.

Fire Water
by sevenine0

Comment by coolhar:
too dark, can't see enough of the subjects

"Happy Birthday Rust T. Nails"
by sevenine0

Comment by cghubbell:
Seems to be a bit out of focus, or perhaps overexposed near the flames. I'm sure in a dark background this would be difficult to get clean exposure on everywhere.

"Happy Birthday Rust T. Nails"
by sevenine0

Comment by NRRon:
The idea is really neat, but the picture suffers from uneven lightingfrom front to back.

Fire Water
by sevenine0

Comment by Tranquil:
i like the effort, but not the underexposed result.

Fire Water
by sevenine0

Comment by melismatica:
I gave this a four. The mood is nice but the shot is blurry (a tripod would have been useful). Your title says Fire Water yet there is no evidence of fire, probably because of the blur.

Fire Water
by sevenine0

Comment by drgsoell:
Interesting use of lighting. The lack of any clear focal point makes this less interesting. Good use of negative space.

Fire Water
by sevenine0

Comment by sfalice:
Where was this when the Abstract challenge was on! It is exceptional and I hope you do very, very well with it. 10