Council sells 1532 defence tower (local frontpage)
by Azrifel

Comment by Azrifel:
About the right and left side: This is the cleanest crop possible. More to the right is a sign for tourists and a modern kind of fish boot and parkinglots in front of the houses. More to the left is a pump for ships and there were some high cars spoiling the classic buildings.

The best time for shooting this is on a cold clear Sunday morning, from the ice in the harbour when it is there and stand back more. Because you are deeper in comparison to the walls, the angle of view takes out the cars and most modern stuff and shows the tower in its 'natural' surroundings with old houses in the background. Doesn't happen often.

So now it was centered. That's why I stood back and let the wooden landing stage lead the eye into the pic.

Message edited by author 2003-01-14 13:14:42.

Battle of the elements
by Azrifel

Comment by digitallywet:
shame the windmill arms weren't in X shape .. would have been more ponts then .. nothing you could do about that though .. unless they were moving .. 5

Battle of the elements
by Azrifel

Comment by carsten:
Great composition. Lovely colours and focus. A little disturbing with the grass in the lower right corner, but not very much. Great job. High score.

Battle of the elements
by Azrifel

Comment by inspzil:
I don't like the fence cutting thru the picture. the hue of the sky is very nice. If it were just a bit yellower, but not brighter, I think it would really warm the picture up even if there is snow all over. Really nice shot - Inspzil

Battle of the elements
by Azrifel

Comment by indigo997:
Beautiful horizon. Mill is a tad too close to the fram edge. 10

Battle of the elements
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Comment by justine:
This blows me away. Look at the light here..........the composition is fantastic as is the color and focus. Wonderful .....wonderful.

Alle Menschen frei und gleich (New Year wish)
by Azrifel

Comment by Yomi:
Hahahaha, I just got done reading your critique on my picture and came to this to critique some while I have time. This is random and I clicked on it and I got your shot.

~Critique Club Comment~

COMPOSITION- Composition is perfect on this. I like the use of thirds here and the cork is not centered. There is the same amount of space between the cork and the right of the shot and the bottle and the left of the shot. The subject is perfect for the theme of the challenge.

BACKGROUND- The aperature you used is perfect for the DOF in this shot. The choice to not go wide enough to totally blur out the writing on the bottle was good. The white was a good choice for a background. I thought of what it may look like in black but it would have been less of an impact on the black part of the bottle.

CAMERA WORK- Shutter speed and aperature are good. See comment above. I like that the bottle is still readable. The detail on the cork is very good.

DIGITAL PROCESSING- I don't see any hint of compression or artifacts. From the comments on my latest shot, you know the benifits of saving the largest file size you can for details.

MY OPINION- I had really liked this on during the voting of the challenge. It was in my top 3 or 4 in voting. I think technically it is almost perfect (the cork looks like it is tipping slightly) This is a great shot!

Battle of the elements
by Azrifel

Comment by aussie:
I love the windmill and the colourful setting behind it. Excellent landscape photo 9 :) GL

Battle of the elements
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Comment by mjcecil:
Very nice. Recommend: Drop the brightness, and up contrast... or adjust levels such that the sky is a bit darker.

Battle of the elements
by Azrifel

Comment by vtruan:
simply beautiful in all ways!