tmjacobs

Nice wintry atmosphere. Could perhaps have been better compositionally with the group of trees not so central.

Nice photo.

Since the large version (BTW: way too large for photo.net - read the faq) has so much detail and sharpness, I would make a tighter crop. I've attached an adjustment to show what I mean, hope you don't mind.

The same applies to some of the other photos in this folder where the bird is too small compared to the size of the photo.

 

As for the size: the large version is way too large -even for a 21 inch monitor- this means viewers will automatically watch the small version. This is an automatically resized version where you'll lose some of the sharpness & detail of the original, if you resize yourself you can keep total control of the amount of unsharpening after the resizing.

Comments welcome (well....not too harsh). I also invite you to take a

look at the other photos in this folder of a cold trip in central

Spain. Please do view the 'larger' versions.

beautiful landscape & sky. Great travel folder overall.

There's something odd with a number of your photos: colors seem a bit unnatural giving them a painting-like impression (I read some similar remarks). Either it's your choice of buildings or the way you retouch them.

It's not necessarily an unpleasant thing, it's just...well...odd.

In this photo for instance the only part that looks really like a photo -to me at least- is the sky and the two spires, but the lower part looks very surrealistic, a bit like it's a scale model.

 

Lovely village & beautiful sky. Nice touch to have somebody watching along with the viewer.

Very original view of such an often-photographed subject!

Wow! Not only you got him in focus, but you also have him in what I think is the best possible view; a few moments before he starts to fly away from you.

Great! Beautiful colors/textures/composition.

impressive sky, but somehow the colors seem a bit unnatural, also there's a bit of noise, especially in the sky. Attached is a color-corrected (IMHO) version (the right half, for easy comparison).

 

very cute! Good composition too. The large version is too large however: customary on photo.net is a maximum width of 1024 pixels.

Also you got to resize your photos (to app. 1000 pixels wide or less) before uploading them. Read the photo.net faq for more info.

I would apply some unsharpening and some color correction....well...this is what I mean, hope you don't mind my fiddling with it.

The one thing I couldn't change is the rather unattractive fence he's sitting on.

Also I think the borders you use are a bit too elaborate and distracting.

This doesn't really reveal how exquisite this architecture is to somebody who has never been there. It's a bit...well....chaotic.

Also the colors are a bit muted and lacking in contrast.

This looks like a crop of photo blown up too much. Either that or the scan is very poor.

Great! I take it this is Buachaille Etive More.

Nice serene, somewhat surrealistic, atmosphere, with all these swans & no people. Good composition too.

As for the location: surely this is the town of Utrecht with the Dom tower.

Great folder overall. As someone else remarked on another photo: you have to be just a bit more careful with the Photoshop (I guess) postprocessing: the halo around that person is really noticeable

Nice light & composition, but it's lacking in sharpness. I would use an unsharp mask for the landscape.

The subject matter takes up a too small part of the photo. The composition suggests you also find the other boat important, but in that case you should have chosen much more DOF, so that that boat is sharp as well.

really nice landscape, but looks quite a bit oversaturated, as do some of the other photos in this folder.

I think you could improve the point from where you took this photo: the (dark) trees in the foreground make it a bit 'messy'.

Apart from that composition isn't particularly imaginative.

 

Any critique welcome, I also invite you to take a look & critique

and/or rate the other photos in this folder. If possible, take a look

at the 'larger' versions. Hope you enjoy them, thanks!

Great! I really like this: the tranquility and serenity. Great composition & colors too.

Wow! Great light, beautiful sky, lovely location, what more could one wish for?