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CornflakeCornflake Registered Users Posts: 3,346 Major grins
edited March 8, 2013 in Other Cool Shots
Criticism is always welcome.

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Don
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    FlyNavyFlyNavy Registered Users Posts: 1,350 Major grins
    edited March 4, 2013
    Very nice!
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    JoReJoRe Registered Users Posts: 31 Big grins
    edited March 4, 2013
    thumb.gifReally great! The light is so well balanced it makes me think it can't hurt to touch those spines mwink.gif
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    CornflakeCornflake Registered Users Posts: 3,346 Major grins
    edited March 4, 2013
    FlyNavy, JoRe, thanks very much.
    Don
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    DaddyODaddyO Registered Users Posts: 4,466 Major grins
    edited March 4, 2013
    Sweet one :D Even the streaming clouds look out of focus catus in their way. Good job thumb.gif
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    black mambablack mamba Registered Users Posts: 8,321 Major grins
    edited March 4, 2013
    Interesting composition, Don. I like your PP work as well.thumb.gif

    Tom
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    EaracheEarache Registered Users Posts: 3,533 Major grins
    edited March 4, 2013
    Unique POV and thus composition... you've taken a common (in your area) subject and given it an artistic, dramatic look.
    Love the sky and the conversion too - nice tones!
    Eric ~ Smugmug
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    CornflakeCornflake Registered Users Posts: 3,346 Major grins
    edited March 4, 2013
    Michael, Tom, Eric, thanks for the kind words. I took this yesterday morning. I spent a lot of time on the shots I thought might be really good, and they weren't. This one, hand-held and taken without much premeditation, was the best of the day. You never know.
    Don
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    RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,920 moderator
    edited March 8, 2013
    While I like the shot a lot (POV, textures, comp all very good) I'm going to be a grinch about the processing. It looks way too flat to me. You could get a lot more drama out of it by lowering the white point considerably and raising the black point just a bit. Of course, I am very fond of high contrast B&W, and I realize that not everyone shares my taste.

    Well seen, in any event. thumb.gif
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    CornflakeCornflake Registered Users Posts: 3,346 Major grins
    edited March 8, 2013
    Thanks for the suggestion, Richard. I didn't want to lower the white point because I was already clipping highlights, but I boosted the contrast with an s-curve approach and it does have more impact.
    Don
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