woods on fire
by tojlewis

Comment by atupdate:
Hello from the Critique Club,

Congratulations on a very solid entry for the Lighting III challenge. The above average score shows that the voters believed this image met the challenge and that the lighting played a major role in the image. When I voted on this image, my first impression was that it looked over processed, as the trees on the right side have a lot of haloing around them and lack detail along the edges of the trunks. After reading your comments on the processing steps you used, I can see this was not the case. So why does it look over processed? Since I haven't taken any shoots similar to this one, I can only guess. My guess is that it is slightly overexposed for the trees on the right. It would have been interesting to bracket the exposure on this set up and see if a slightly underexposed image might have produced sharper edges on the trees and yet retain the wonderful coloring of this image. Sorry I can't be of more help.

Feel free to PM me if you have any questions regarding this critique.

Tim

Stay Out! (or Lock, Stock, and Bokeh)
by tojlewis

Comment by wayno:
good sense of perspective and communication of protection

Stay Out! (or Lock, Stock, and Bokeh)
by tojlewis

Comment by JeffGold:
interesting

Stay Out! (or Lock, Stock, and Bokeh)
by tojlewis

Comment by timfythetoo:
Nice image and fun title. This has a good rusty type feel and the background does add to the image. Nice work.

woods on fire
by tojlewis

Comment by cogerox:
Hey! Didn't I see this in the Morning Challenge?

woods on fire
by tojlewis

Comment by betelgeuse:
beautiful!!

woods on fire
by tojlewis

Comment by shay455:
very nice pic

ready for a ride
by tojlewis

Comment by neophyte:
Nice presentation and idea to appeal to a specified demographic. Highlights are a bit blown and the background is a bit cluttered and unfortunately the "Dirty" equipment is what jumps out at me first A tighter crop and clean sneakers would really improve this.

ready for a ride
by tojlewis

Comment by BeckyT:
The focus could be clearer. I like the beverage choice. I envision this bottle sitting on a bike seat with the landscape behind it.

ready for a ride
by tojlewis

Comment by mark214:
good and nice