Torn
by ganders

Comment by jpochard:
Hello from the critique club.

Lighting and clarity of this shot is fine, but for some reason I just don't find it very appealing.

I've even been holding up papers, trying to view various crops of the image, and just can't find one that I really like. I don't really dislike the photo, as much as it just doesn't hold my interest.

I think for the abstracts challenge the lines, colors, and/or shapes have to be appealing enough to draw interest and bring the eye to the design of the photo. To me the color here is uninteresting and the shapes and lines don't draw me in. Of course, what one sees in an abstract is very subjective, so you and others may very well like the photo a lot.

I hope you find this helpful.

Judy

Long Term Parking
by ganders

Comment by beclo:
Wow can't believe how badly this did. I see what you were trying to do and in my opinion you did it very well. Deserved to finish with 6. All those stupid comments about lack of focus. Some people...

Long Term Parking
by ganders

Comment by LaCreates:
Great DOF

Long Term Parking
by ganders

Comment by autool:
Composition: Subject Placement, Cropping, Background 5
Technical: Focus, Exposure, Lighting, Processing 9
Appeal: Is it Interesting, Motivating, Etc.? 4
How well does it meet the challenge: 10
Total Averaged Rating 7.00 Dick

Long Term Parking
by ganders

Comment by birgir:
I'm not sure about this DOF ... don't like it very much ... but good idea ...

Long Term Parking
by ganders

Comment by Pixelprose:
I might have reversed the focused objects

Long Term Parking
by ganders

Comment by orussell:
Composition: Subject Placement, Cropping, Background 7
Technical: Focus, Exposure, Lighting, Processing 7
Appeal: Is it Interesting, Motivating, Etc. 6
How well does it meet the challenge: 8
Total Averaged Rating(Rounded) 7

Long Term Parking
by ganders

Comment by Glen King:
good idead, but I think I would have made the further car in focus. That's what I look at when I see te title "Long Term Parking".

Long Term Parking
by ganders

Comment by indianzfan:
Focus - 1

Long Term Parking
by ganders

Comment by Donatien:
Not sure if ti's an attempt to be interesting with the out of focus car, and frankly I'm not sure if it perhaps even is, but it leaves me wondering and with a feeling that it should have been in focus. There's nothing in the front car(?) to see.

I get a lot of these pictures myself with the aid of "focus on nearest object" autofocus and I rarely keep them. However the colors are nice and the composition is working even it is odd, so I'll leave you with an average score.