Camera Model Name
Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL
Shooting Date/Time
4-9-2004 19:30:34
Shooting Mode
Auto
Tv( Shutter Speed )
1/250
Av( Aperture Value )
8.0
Metering Mode
Evaluative
Exposure Compensation
0
ISO Speed
100
Lens
70.0 - 300.0 mm
Focal Length
70.0 mm
Image Size
3072x2048
Image Quality
Fine
Flash
Off
White Balance
Auto
AF Mode
AI Focus AF
Statistics
Place: 16 out of 189 Avg (all users): 6.6121 Avg (commenters): 7.4762 Avg (participants): 6.3894 Avg (non-participants): 6.8614 Views since voting: 6441 Views during voting: 344 Votes: 214 Comments: 28 Favorites: 1 (view)
It was the end of summer here in Holland, one of the last few warm day's and as this is a 2 hour drive I had to take this photo and use it.
I know the sky is boring, and could do with some clouds and maybe some extra color, but I'm still happy with my 16th place.
I don't believe this photo needs much 'critique'. I can't suggest any real improvements in it without suggesting shooting at some different times on different days looking for the best possible sky for a background. Excellent shot :)
Thanks to everybody for your votes and comments.
This is my first 6+ scoring photo, and my first top 20 result.
Very pleased with the scoring, not very pleased (still) with the photo.
Interesting image, but colours seem oversaturated. A compression artifact from reducing the image maybe? My submission has the same problem. It looks great in its original size, but suffers from degrdation from resizing.
Uhg on the title :) Wow on the photo! Like your use of light and leading lines. Can picture this in the travel guide and makes me want to visit Holland again. BOL One of my ribbon picks this challenge
This shot's interest is mainly thanks to the subject and not your choice of angle, etc. You could have crouched and got some more foreground in since the sky is quite bland but the river very interesting. Well composed otherwise and they are lovely windmills.
... and Hoogendyks? Love the image. Much more romantic and nicer than those sterile old white electric generating windmills you see in California. The highlights almost look like they are lit up with special lighting. Thanks for the image. Good luck with it in the challenge.
This is definately a photo I could see in a travel guide. I think it's framed perfectly, though I am distracted by the grass in the bottom right corner of the frame.
Also, the sky seems to be an unpleasing shade of blue...
This is my pick for the challenge. I think what makes it is the composition, the near windmill being in sharp focus compared against the far windmills with the rough reflections. A "very well done" and a 9 from me.
I don't think there's a better way to say "The Netherlands" at all :) It's a nice time of day for this shot, I really like how the lights of the windmills start to show here. I think the focus is just a little soft for my tastes, and a nice bump in contrast might have helped as well? This is one of the stronger images for the theme that I've seen though, so great work!
Indeed we have windmills in belgium too..:-)
Actually, this was the first picture i voted for. NIce to see some people form the low lands are participating in this challenges too...:-)
Good luck with this challenge, it will be a tough one, many good entries.
Great lighting, looks like the perfect time of day. Too bad there weren't any clouds in the sky to give it some "texture". I do like the diagonal line made by the windmills and the water.
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