Boardwalk
by canon78

Comment by sittingonthegrass:
10 :) excellent.

Boardwalk
by canon78

Comment by boxImmortal:
I like the composition with all the nice curves.

Boardwalk
by canon78

Comment by tate:
nice minimal pattern here.

Boardwalk
by canon78

Comment by ohanapics:
I like the flow of the paths and how you've composed them in this shot. I think the photo is lacking something though which I really can't put my finger on, maybe a bit more contrast.

Boardwalk
by canon78

Comment by Blackbox:
Ok...I like this!

Boardwalk
by canon78

Comment by nordicgirl:
Nice abstract, interesting colors and shapes.

Boardwalk
by canon78

Comment by spillelixir:
really good composition.

Boardwalk
by canon78

Comment by ArpeggioAngel:
Unique shot and perspective. Like how the boardwalk curves the opposite way of the pavement.

A Wheel Runs Through It
by canon78

Comment by timfythetoo:
Greetings from the Critique Club -

And welcome to world of DPC. You have a good idea here as far as your composition. I believe if you had worked a bit with it in PS you could have had an image that stood out better. Playing with saturation on the different color channels could have brought out the colors in the sky to give you more contrast and pop on the coaster. Playing a bit more with levels or curves could have also brightened the picture up as well. With an amusment park shot my feeling is that the pic needs to be vibrant and alive where this seems a bit flat as is. Any of these steps would easily pass advanced editing rules (and even basic editing). To get the better scores your image needs to stand out - lighting and colors I think are what hurt this most as you fit the challenge easily with this entry. If you cropped this down I might reconsider as having more sky in the shot may also help the tight feel (almost cluttered) look that this has.

As for the shrinking down aspect - there is a great tutorial on how to SAve For Web that will give you the largest and highest quality picture possible to enter. You really want to maximize the dimensions and get your longest side to the 640 mark. A quick search in the forums or how to section will lead you in the right direction.

Overall not a bad first entry (My first three scores were in the mid 4s). Again - welcome to DPC. I look forward to seeing your future work. Have a blast!!!

Tim

A Wheel Runs Through It
by canon78

Comment by canon78:
Thanks for your comments. If I could change anything about this shot, it would be the sunlight. There was dense fog coming in and no direct sun, so it came out flat.
And in reply about no people on the coaster, it came by on an angle tipped away from me. You can see someone's arm sticking out of the last car.