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A shoe repair technician at work at the market in Shengcun village,

Yuanyang county.

Pointing the camera halfway out the open window of a Twin Star on a cold winter day

in northern Xinjiang while flying at 10,000 ft.

Went to a stroll in the city yesterday, hoping that they'd turn on the lights

at the Forbidden City would be on, but only the moonlight was on.

Very nice light and colors, and I think I like how you defy the "rules" of composition and put the horizon almost in the dead center. However, I think the picture suffers from an empty foreground, especially in the lower left, shady areas.

Very good use of the ultra wide angle of view, interesting composition, without a boring foreground (which is an all too common mistake to make with these lenses). I like the tonality too, with enough detail everywhere, while maintaining its "snappiness".

Very nice composition, and the strong contrast creates a powerful shot. I personally would like to see just a little more detail in the blacks of the coat and the bird's head.

Reminds me of my recent years in the northwestern border areas of China.

One of many pictures I took with the camera held outside the airplane. This

is over northwestern China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.

I agree completely with a previous critique. Very nice simplistic composition, strong combination of colors, but perhaps a slightly empty foreground. Having the person and the animals closer on the road would have helped.

Our Twin Star parked on the ramp in Bole, China, as we take a break

before departing on the next leg of a training flight with my student.

Wow! Three of the five highest in one picture. Love the layered effect. It is also impressive how clear they seem from some 150 km away!

Very nice tones and composition, but I am also not fond of the halo. I usually get this by overdoing the highlight adjustment in the shadow/highlight function of Photoshop.

I like the expression and lighting of this shot, as for composition, perhaps I would have placed the model slightly further right. It looks like the picture was cropped, not sure which side, but I would experiment with different crops to make it even better.

If you don't mind, I would like to make a negative comment about the quality of the picture. Not sure if it is jpeg artifacts or noise, but the image quality is not too appealing, and it is especially noticeable in the area of the model's legs. Maybe a higher quality jpeg compression could solve much of it.

I would not put it so harshly as Will, but I agree that this is not an example of a good HDR image. I was not even sure what all the spots were in the sky, but they are very distracting. The sky is blurred, looks like the clouds moved quite a bit between the exposures. Highlights are blown and shadows lack detail, which defeats the purpose of HDR. I am not saying I would have done better in the same situation, I'm just stating that the flaws are too obvious and distracting. The bottom half looks ok, except for the lack of dynamic range, but the sky just ruins it. I am wondering if it would have been better to just combine two exposures with masking or using a graduated ND filter for a single exposure.

Looks like he just missed his target. You did get yours though, very fine picture!

You could turn it upside down and wouldn't be able to tell.

Critiques welcome. I took this picture more than three years ago. This one

is my personal favorite from my short trip to Chicago.

Very well seen and executed. I'm thinking maybe I would like to see slightly more contrast in the trail, but then I wouldn't want to ruin how the ground blends into the sky without a visible horizon.

Just a street shot while I was strolling around. I liked the light on the big

mural.

Another night shot from Victoria Peak, taken a couple of minutes earlier

than the other one in this folder. Critiques welcome.