tunnel.jpg
by rlewis

Comment by FireBird:
Harsh? Where's your subject? That's about as harsh as I could get with this one.

What does the view out the other side of the tunnel look like? You took this at 6:30 PM if your camera clock is correct. What would either direction look like at other times, or maybe after the leaves turned and you use a polarizer? How would it look if the camera was lying on the ground? And.... as the other comments indicated, you need a focal point to really do well on DPC. Incorporate their suggestions without using an editing program. Rather than cropping, frame the image right in the camera. I see a lot of potential at this location. Make it your own. Do something with it you've never seen, or better yet, I've never seen. :)

tunnel.jpg
by rlewis

Comment by boyd2000:
The first thing I thought also was to crop it tighter all around, just leaving a trace of black on top and a wee bit more on the sides. What would really make it stand out for me is seeing something coming up the road. Ideally something old, like an Amish man driving his horse drawn cart. Or DrAchoo's man with hat clicking his heels. Of course, those are hard to come by most places. I think a little sharpening would help also. The leaves sort of blend into each other.

Edit to correct incorrect attribution

Message edited by author 2008-10-27 18:52:44.

Cloudland Canyon Falls
by rlewis

Comment by jettyimages:
This is a very beautiful shot, worthy of printing and of the highest standard. You have a great eye!

tunnel.jpg
by rlewis

Comment by violinist123:
- the image has nothing to say. There's no story that I'm picking up by looking at it, no strong sense of any particular mood, no point being conveyed to me by the photographer via the photograph.

- The composition makes the tree in the center of the image the focal point. The tree is hard to make out and is not in sharp focus.

- There are spots of overexposed (or nearly overexposed) sky showing through the trees.

- Apart from the stark difference between tunnel shadow and the rest of the scene, overall contrast in the image is somewhat lacking. Perhaps a function of shooting directly into the bright light coming through the trees, or maybe it was a less than ideal time of day to be shooting at.

- I think there's too much negative space. Maybe crop it tighter, or try and recover some more detail inside the tunnel via processing.

All of that said, your instinct to pull it was correct. It's not a strong image and the fact that you could sense that is great and most important to you as a photographer.

tunnel.jpg
by rlewis

Comment by ErikV:
I agree with drydoc, interesting perspective shot with potential, but you want harsh, so here are the negatives:
a) The inside tunnel walls, other than the small areas of red/gray at the bottom, don't add much, especially at the top. Using flash to light up the inside walls a bit more, or taking multiple photos with different exposures for HDR so that the inside tunnel walls are depicted better, would have helped with this issue. (The stone walls beyond the tunnel are ok.)
b) The scenery at the end of the road is not dramatic enough. At the very least the slightly reddish tree could have been made much more red/orange, and perhaps some color shifting of the green trees to yellow would give it an autumn look. But even that does not get away from the fact that these are just some trees and not some grand vista (eg your Glacier National Park mountain or some beautiful valley).
c) The sky is too white and possibly too bright.

tunnel.jpg
by rlewis

Comment by drydoc:
Not sure I can be harsh. . . This is an interesting shot. My only comment (and personal preference) would be to crop the sides tighter. It adds to the sense of coming out of confining tunnel into the open. You still get a lot of the darkness on top.

Music for Money
by rlewis

Comment by Anachronite:
would love to see this guy in the park. a street piano would be awesome

Music for Money
by rlewis

Comment by debitipton:
Pearl Street Mall :-) From the looks of his glass he's having a fairly decent day.

Pennsylvania Leatherwing on a Hairy Golden Aster
by rlewis

Comment by K3Master:
Jimmy tried his hardest to be like the Walking Sticks he so admired, but try as he might, he just couldn't always fully blend in.

Bad Eyes + Bad Teeth = VERY Bad Attitude
by rlewis

Comment by LadyK:
lol