Garden of the Godsby
smellyfish1002Comment by ericwoo: Hey there from the Critique Club
Camera Work/Technical: Excellent focus, bringing out tremendous texture in the scree and rocks. I respectfully disagree with the comments on too much noise. I don't see the noise, rather great texture captured in terrific detail.
Lighting: The lighting is a little harsh, but, oddly enough, I'd like to see this one with even deeper shadows and a hair more contrast in the rocks. I do find issue with the sky here. It is a bit overpowering for this particular capture. I think composing it out of the frame would have looked better to me, but I am not sure it would have pulled better votes from DPCland.
Composition/Content: The composition feels a little tight, but I do like the placement of the large stones in your frame. It gives the eye areas to almost bounce around, both to and from. While the border debate is sure to rage for years to come, I think adding a simple white border with a little black stroke would really relax the feeling of this image. Even still, you created a very nice flow with this one.
My Opinion: While a technically fine image, I think you missed the DPC voters with the WOW factor. I am sure that the scale of the stones are grand, even breath-taking, but that is missed by looking at 640px capture of what is there. As-is, I think 5.5 is a little low, but this is a pretty tough crowd.
Eric
Message edited by author 2006-12-30 00:57:33. 
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