Christmas Memories.....
by Ja-9

Comment by Sonifo:
Aww..so warm feeling. Good job!

Christmas Memories.....
by Ja-9

Comment by Connor:
nice shot, love it

Christmas Memories.....
by Ja-9

Comment by bassbone:
i wish the focus on the subject were a bit sharper and the background a bit smoother

Christmas Memories.....
by Ja-9

Comment by pedrobop:
Well, i see a focused object a little dark and a non focused background. Maybe with more distance between the object and the christmas tree you would have a good Bokeh. Good luck!

Christmas Memories.....
by Ja-9

Comment by saj255:
I like the light and the sparkles ...

Christmas Memories.....
by Ja-9

Comment by Nforsberg:
is it just me, or is part of the glass globe out of focus?

Christmas Memories.....
by Ja-9

Comment by MaryO:
Good subject for this challenge, maybe needs a little more light or a levels adjustment to make it stand out more. The bokeh on those tree ornaments is some of the prettiest I've seen yet!

Morris Chapel
by Ja-9

Comment by bassbone:
first impressions are pretty colors and nice quaint church

i agree with FocusPoint on several points - the tip of the roof being cut off is a small issue that makes it feel unfinished in some way, the lack of consistency of the whites in the church give an almost dirty feel to the building, and the foreground brown strip adds little to nothing to the image

In addition, the doorway being so far to the right gives it a slightly unbalanced feel.

The main thing that bothers me is a lack of sharpness of focus for the Church - a bit of unsharp mask or smart sharpen makes a world of difference.

It is a decent image as can be seen from the histogram of voting - squarely sitting around 5 with no high votes (8-10) and little to no low votes (1-3), but overall the image has little "wow' factor to really draw the viewer in to stay and look.

Message edited by author 2008-12-09 11:40:09.

Morris Chapel
by Ja-9

Comment by FocusPoint:
Hello from Critique Club :)

Let me start saying, nice photo... Colors are giving the "wow" thing when I see it first time. Why this photo didn't do better? Let's analyze,

Paint on the building, some of the panels are whiter than others, the top roof is cut off a little. I think there is too much road on the bottom. Colors are good, could be bit sharper and cropped a bit more. Also if you did stepped to your right more, you could get rid of the wire pole top of the first roof.

You did capture the colors though, very bright and nice. If technically be better, you probably could get around 5.5 or 5.8 for this one :/

I checked your photos, for a first challenge, very nice. Mine was around 4 :/ also, I see you are trying to develop a better photographer's eye, just make sure the backgrounds will be jumk free... and keep them tight and clean :) of course I am talking about your photos LOL.

Good luck

Leo

Morris Chapel
by Ja-9

Comment by liberty:
Nice subject...where's that located? LOL! The white balance looks off,(maybe temp). I've entered this church before in a challenge ... I didn't vote, I would have known who's this was and would have had to skip it.

Message edited by author 2008-11-10 23:48:15.