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07/02/2015 04:18:01 PM |
Greetings from the Critique Club
We have run out of fresh images to critique at the moment, so catching up on some older ones from the queue.
For the challenge topic the building hits the mark, no question there. I find the composition could be improved a bit. The dull colour of the Chicago River does not really add any value to the image. It's not very interesting and I would have cropped a bit tighter to place a bit more emphasis on the building yet still retaining Similarly with the trees, I would have cropped some of those out.
I'm not sure about the grain (and neither I think were most of the voters). I totally get why you added it, but it feels a bit too artificial. Main thing for me is the flatness - I think a contrast boost would have helped a bit, quite often after using HDR software images tend to look a bit "flat" and I think this is one of those cases.
Take this with a pinch of salt, just one person's point of view, but maybe explains the 5.2 score. |
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05/20/2015 01:31:10 PM |
| The grain is perfect. The smokestacks appear oddly flat, but it is probably a function of the processing and is really not a large fault. I like the leading line of the green trees to the subject. Well framed. Good composition. |
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05/19/2015 11:44:09 PM |
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05/17/2015 09:57:27 PM |
| nicely composed - effect left lots of noise behind but that was your call - gl. |
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05/16/2015 04:17:53 PM |
| Adroitly handled, this massive structure is tucked behind the wedge of greenery and beside a large river to diminish its tendency to loom rather than participate in the whole. Now we can admire its implacability only partially diminished by its unfortunate (well, not to the environment) decommission. The grainy sky seems to be one last sooty fling. The background to the left of the coal plant adds a delicate frill to the almost pointillist scene. Has a subtle beauty. |
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