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Interesting use of lights, anyway.

I kind of like being made to wonder just what I'm seeing and where it was shot from!

White point? Nice composition, with the mountain echoing the trees (right side slope).

needs to be better leveled. Nice range of brick tones, at least 4 that I notice.

You're right, it *did* turn out. Any hope of editing the window reflections in the sky?

Unsharp, no snap or saturation, too small to see clearly.

Very fine. I wish the sky had been better for you. I really like the brand-new snow dusting the cliff face.

Nice color startle.

Pity about the road. Very nice set of blossoming trees, and a good stream for them to lean over.

Remarkable

Fun. Why limit yourself to one unusual technique per photo, after all?

Ooooooh. Sorry, can't be much more coherent.

Very very fine.

Are the green dots "errors", or showing something specific?

Striking color effects!

That's cool. I do get a decent motion effect from the view through the windshield, and I like the focus inside the car. Tell me it's a photoshop effect, or at least that you weren't the driver too :-) (I'm looking at the critique list, not your portfolio, so I don't see anything but the caption and the picture.)

The asymmetries aren't working for me, and the background greens are too muted for how little space they're given.

I like the array of curves in both directions. I'm not so sure I like the depth of field (letting the rear two heads go just slightly out of focus). I'm sure the tip of the leftmost flower is too close to the edge of the frame.

 

And it's far too dark.

Have you run through the Adobe Gamma monitor setup procedure? That will do a decent job on brightness, and it comes with photoshop. (The next step up from there is a colorimeter-based package like ColorVision's "Spyder" with PhotoCal or OptiCal software.)

 

Also, what color space did you work in? Sensible choices are things like Adobe RGB 1998, and Bruce RGB. Then, if you're saving the photo for web display, you really need to do a profile-to-profile conversion to sRGB (which is too small for serious photo use, but is a good approximation to an "average" monitor); this should give you the best chance you have to get decent viewing on the various uncalibrated monitors out there.

 

Finally, the photo looks a hair dark to me, but well within the range that's a matter of individual preference, not the sort where I'd say "it's too dark".

This is a very nice photo of the type, I think. I like the off-center placement, and I like seeing the light from the sparklers shade of across the sand. The two things I'd think about are the shape of the primary sparkler region (the burned-out area where the actual burning head was during the exposure, and the spark that goes out of frame to the right.

I like his adjusting the hat; looks like he already knows how to do it right. But why crop off his legs and leave headroom at the top?

I'm particularly pleased at the way the left panel shows the names clearly (well, not obscured by reflection) and the other panels show the reflections very nicely. The umbrellas in the reflection are a big part of what make this image for me.

I wish the kites showed even better. Even so it's a striking composition.

Very very fine view of a totally weird and fascinating airplane (which is probably a waste of money, but that's a political rather than photo topic so never mind).

Lips sharp and eyes uncertain; interesting choice. Too dark.