Powerlines: Electric & Esoteric
by 777STAN

Comment by wolf:
Interesting angle

Children-of-the-World Choir: "Gettin' Real!"
by 777STAN

Comment by Bear_Music:
Lovely shot. Border bugs the heck out of me. Why did you do it that way?

!Feliz NaviDOTS!
by 777STAN

Comment by George:
Great idea, but they're a bit widely/unevenly spaced for polka dots. Also, there's some motion blur on the bottom.

Strong for Its Age
by 777STAN

Comment by mefnj:
needs better focus

Children-of-the-World Choir: "Gettin' Real!"
by 777STAN

Comment by MarioPierre:
So hard to capture everyone in a group and I think the only face you didn't get is the one at the very top right. Not bad at all.

Strong for Its Age
by 777STAN

Comment by Ja-9:
oh, I can feel the texture of this...well done

!Feliz NaviDOTS!
by 777STAN

Comment by Blackbox:
Not true 'Polka Dots' really and the focus seems a little strange to me. But your title is great!

Windshield Watercolor Photo-Painting
by 777STAN

Comment by ericwoo:
Hey there from the Critique Club

Originally posted by 777STAN: It was a five-second impulse. Grab camera! Without visually composing shot point toward windshield! Click! Put down camera!

My thoughts on the image: Unfortunately, I immediately feel that this is a post-processed snapshot rather than an image that you tool time to compose and enhance with post-processing. Now I do like the watercolor feel that you processed, but over all the image has several flaws that are difficult for the standard voter to overcome.

My ideas for improvement: Clean your sensor. Even without cleaning the sensor, make sure that you remove sensor dust from any challenge entry. Every time. Take time and compose the image. This looks like a typical Georgia fall to me; a scene that I am very fond of. I love the wet asphalt, the golden grass, and the beautiful leading lines you captured. I'd just like to see it with the sky a little less exposed and some time in post-processing to enhance the captured image rather than creating a new image through processing.

Where I would have/did score this entry: I did not vote in this particular challenge, but I surely would have been one of your 3s or 4s. While this is indeed a landscape, I just lose appreciation and interest with images that are over-processed. I do like the foundation of your capture, but I'd like to see it processed more for the image that it was.

Thank you for the opportunity to provide a critique on your entry,
Eric

Strong for Its Age
by 777STAN

Comment by jomari:
Beautiful texture detail.

Children-of-the-World Choir: "Gettin' Real!"
by 777STAN

Comment by Dr.Confuser:
Love the faces, their expressions, the costumes and their colors. It looks like they are having fun. Border is a little gimmicky ... makes me wonder what was there you're trying to hide. Not a huge factor, more of a nit.