Genesee Night View
by juliejold

Comment by juliejold:
Thank you for all of the comments!

Genesee Night View
by juliejold

Comment by salmiakki:
Greetings from the Critique Club

I was quite surprised when I go this image to critique that you had only scored a 5.2 in the recent B&W challenge. I cannot help feeling that was a little harsh, but the competition was quite stiff. I certainly remember it from voting, so that's good as it clearly made an impression.

I like the way you have depicted what can be a fairly common subject by making it appear to be slightly abstract. I think the very heavy blacks in your post processing have done this. I have to say, I rather like this as it is, but can imagine there are some voters who would have preferred to see a bit more detail in the shadow area and so this probably contributes to the score.

Overall I think this was rather well done and am surprised it didn't do better.

Genesee Night View
by juliejold

Comment by spiritualspatula:
Very nice scene. I'd like to see you emphasize the abstraction further, take it where it belongs, in the realm of who knows what, increasing the mystery by decreasing the clarity of the scene. Let us form it where we will in our minds, apply our own constructs to the form. Those spotlights and the ribs of the bridge beg for it.

Genesee Night View
by juliejold

Comment by Digit3:
Nice, I have a Daytime view here. I like the lights reflecting on the river and just touching the bridge supports enough to give them some definition yet keep them dark and mysterious. The underside of this bridge reminds me of a spine and ribs.

Genesee Night View
by juliejold

Comment by daisydavid:
I like it but I want to go in there and rearrange it all to mess it up ;) Maybe a bit more tonal range would have been good, but a night shot it is.

Genesee Night View
by juliejold

Comment by puzzle:
No

Max
by juliejold

Comment by juliejold:
Thanks everyone for your comments. He is a 4 month old ragdoll cat.

Max
by juliejold

Comment by sonniejake:
I was one of your higher voters (10) and I think you got robbed on this one. If not on the first page, then you should have at least been in a higher ranking.
Loved the pic!

Max
by juliejold

Comment by jomari:
Beautiful shot.

Max
by juliejold

Comment by MaryO:
Beautiful kitten! I just love the blue eyes :-)