Left Turn
by gliphix

Comment by Tej:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

My standard text :)
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I'm by no means expert in area of photography. My comments are purely based on my limited understanding of technology and art behind digital photography. Apart from doing detailed evaluation of your submission, my intent is to learn different styles of photography by critically evaluating selective submissions. I hope following comments of mine are helpful to you .

Composition :
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I feel the comments from other voters sum it all - a car steering, even if its an exotic car, does not really fit well into "fantasy" theme. It is too common a subject to be fantasized. Though the photo is aesthetically good, it someone does not give me "feel" of fantasy. I don't know if I'd have said the same for Ferrari steering :)

Also the photo looks a little busy as there are too many things to focus my eyes on.

Camera Work :
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Seems like photo is taken in spot metering mode. It has burnt out the sunlit areas. I don't know if its really bad because if areas were not burnt out there would be even more things to take my focus away from steering. So I'm neutral on this one.

Post-processing :
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I don't really see much of post processing on this one. Maybe use of levels (or any equivalent tool) could enhance the contrast. The image as such looks a little flat (less contrast) but this might be because of subtle difference of color between the subject and surroundings.

Summary :
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I feel this is average composition and it got the fair rating. I did not voted for this challenge but I'd have given 4-5 for this one considering there are "relatively" more appealing photos submitted for same challenge.

I looked at your portfolio and you have some great pictures in there. Looking forward to more submissions from you in future challenges. And you really have got some great piece of equipment :)

If you've got any questions about this critique, please feel free to contact me via email, PM or IM (1530GMT-2330GMT)

Have a great day!
-Tej

Blue Crush
by gliphix

Comment by SDTodd:
Wow! Great capture!

Blue Crush
by gliphix

Comment by BakerBug:
Great action shot!

Surf Hawai'i
by gliphix

Comment by Maverick:
Very nice capture. The scene looks relaxing and is pretty strong compositionally, though I might recommend cropping tighter on the sky (so that the horizon is not dead center). This would also add emphasis to the water, where there is more detail to accentuate.

Alien Abduction of Surfer
by gliphix

Comment by samanwar:
Well, the shot is nice but isn't outstanding, it can be improved with more color saturation, sharpness and maybe contrast. But the title is very funny and creative, so I'd give you a 10 just for that.

Alien Abduction of Surfer
by gliphix

Comment by tonyv:
Good marks for timing.

Blue Crush
by gliphix

Comment by Melethia:
Nice leading line, great color in the wave. Don't like the extra guy in the pic but what are you gonna do? It was very nice of the guy on the wave to have that green stripe, though. Nicely accents the picture.

Blue Crush
by gliphix

Comment by dv_rock:
Dam looks like fun

Surf Hawai'i
by gliphix

Comment by Alain:
This is a nice picture, but I'm just afraid that this will be voted down because of the size, you should use the 640 pixels that we are allowed to use in challenges.

Blue Crush
by gliphix

Comment by mimsydotes:
Great shot. Would have scored higher if the bare back was not in the shot. Nice though!