• twilight •
by Ja-9

Comment by Barroness:
Very nice and relatable

Take me to the Church ...
by Ja-9

Comment by Hipychik:
This is a really cool photo! Top 10!!! Way to hold the team up.

Take me to the Church ...
by Ja-9

Comment by colorcarnival:
Go Liebowitches! Congrats on 11th place!

Take me to the Church ...
by Ja-9

Comment by glad2badad:
Wow. Bet this place has some stories to tell! Nice processing with the B&W.

Take me to the Church ...
by Ja-9

Comment by tjbel05:
What a fantastic subject and place to go shoot.

The Sentinel
by Ja-9

Comment by Cory:
Love the bokeh

Standing Before the Storm
by Ja-9

Comment by crayon:
the sharpness of the tree coupled with the softness of the grass to the left kinda distracts a bit from an otherwise wonderful picture. lovely clouds!

• r h o d i e •
by Ja-9

Comment by salmiakki:
Greetings again

Use of a square crop should simplify composition creating a good visual flow. Sadly, this image falls short in this. You have cropped off the leaf on the left creating a very distracting element, whether you did this in camera when shooting or when post processing makes little or no difference, the end result is what matters. This image is not improved by being cropped square. It feels very much like it was something shoe horned in without any real thought about composition. You are not alone in this, most images fell short in this challenge (for me). Yes, they met the challenge in that the image was cropped to 1:1. Were all the subjects suited to square composition/framing, not so much.

I gave it a 5.


Message edited by author 2023-07-04 10:38:46.

~ down under ~
by Ja-9

Comment by salmiakki:
Greetings from the critique club
It's been a very long time since i have looked here to see if there were any open requests, so thought I may as well respond since there are a few in the queue.

I think perspective was a difficult challenge because it's not easy to find something new that hasn't been seen 100 times before. The subject you chose is a very commonly used subject and nothing new. From my personal point of view putting it in portrait orientation didn't really work too well and I think horizontally orientated images do better generally speaking. I was also not a fan of the processing. I think the HDR look is a bit overdone generally on DPC. Still, you managed to keep the score above 6 so it's probably only me that hates HDR.

The Sentinel
by Ja-9

Comment by MaryO:
Gorgeous light and bokeh, and, of course, the birds themselves.