colinsouthern

Hi Gabriel,

One of the "yardsticks" I like to use for evaluating images is what I call the "Calender Test". I ask myself "is this image good enough to appear on a professionally produced calender?". If the answer if yes, then I'll give it the high rating that it deserves. This image clearly passes that test.

The composition/balance is excellent, and the colour correction is spot-on.

You're got a small area of blown highlight top-left, but that's quite acceptable (essential even) if you want to have a dynamic looking image.

If I had to make some minor comments I might suggest that the image is a touch flat - the thick black border compensates for this, but in it's own right, the image lacks a bit of contrast/depth. One "quick and dirty" trick you might like to try is to set the burn tool in photoshop to shadows and around 3% - and give it a wipe or two over the entire sky. Compare the before and after versions - I wouldn't be at all surprised if you liked the one with the slightly more contrasty sky a bit more. (It's also a useful technique for increasing local contrast in many circumstances).

Cheers,

Colin