Wind Power
by psart

Comment by JustinM:
Interesting. I like the lighting.

Wind Power
by psart

Comment by riversong:
So surreal and other worldly!! These things are so huge. The colors of the sky and windmills work well together.. along with your excellent composition and detail makes this very nice indeed!! My first 10!

Santa's Helper (The North Pole)
by psart

Comment by alexzen:
Greetings from the Critique Club :)

Certainly a cute picture. First impressions are technical. There is a lot of noise in this photo, particularly in the shadows. Perhaps you could have used a tripod, brought down the ISO, and used a wider aperture. You might find that your camera does not do well with higher ISOs, particulary in low light situations. Arifical light or a tripod could help you stay at ISO 100.

Focus:

The christmas tree is almost out of focus, but it could be better it if were more out of focus. F4 may have allowed you to get better bokeh, with less grain, and bring the focus back to the main subject.

Composition

My eye finds the red hat to be the main subject, but I think you wanted the dog's face to be the main subject. In this case, you could desaaturate the red (which is dominating the image) and do some post processing (dodge and burn, curves, levels) to bring the dog's face more to the forefront.

Noise

I think the noise is the biggest factor disracting from this photo. Knowing our camera's limits is important.

I hope this is helpful.

Please feel free to contact me via the PM system

Ken
alexzen

Golden Sunset
by psart

Comment by jimntonic:
It is hard to take a sunset that hasn't been seen before, but this is quite nice.

Golden Sunset
by psart

Comment by Dr.Confuser:
Beautiful sunset, very nice definition of the dramatic clouds. The photo is only about 65K. Perhaps if it were saved nearer the 150K limit, it would be even better.

Santa's Helper
by psart

Comment by Heart433:
Needs more green to properly compliment the green

Golden Sunset
by psart

Comment by jdannels:
beautiful colors. With the silhouette of the foreground, I wish there was something of interest popping up.

Golden Sunset
by psart

Comment by bdinnetz:
Good detail in the clouds.

Golden Sunset
by psart

Comment by Melethia:
Beautiful sky. I marvel sometimes at just how amazing the colors are as the sun sets. The shot does a good job of showing off some of those colors. The foreground/horizon doesn't add a whole lot of "oomph" but does ground the shot well.

Santa's Helper
by psart

Comment by mchalmers:
Very cute! I would suggest using a program like Noise Ninja or Neat Image to clean up that ISO noise in the background though!