Mt Hoodby
Reedman18Comment by sarampo: Hi Steve, greetings from the Critique club!
First gut feeling:
The image seems to have an obtrusive element, that somehow gets in the way.
The scene is great, the levels of contrast from the closest plane to the mountain are very appealing, and the definition is very good, the focus is spot on.
Unfortunately, the tree on the
leftright removes the notion that people associate with landscape to resemble a bit more like a window shot. The tree frames this shot, whereas one would like to have had a clear vision.
The border is a good idea, although if it was even the effect would be stronger.
For post processing, your tones are great, and you just need to remove the blue cast from the mountain. On way is to desaturate slightly the cyans and blues. You'll loose blue in the sky as well, but since it's advance editing you could mask it out.
Although it placed where it did, a 5,3 score is good, since this is not a comparative score, but an absolute.
Feel free to
contact me if you have any questions.
Cheers,
Joao
Message edited by author 2010-02-01 04:09:24. 
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