I was sure I wasn't gonna enter anything for this challenge but today I got lucky with this castle shot. It's about 45 minutes drive from where I live.
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I don't think there's much to criticise here! It could be sharper, and for me perhaps a fraction shorter exposure to hold the burnt out sections, but it's really a very good postcard shot. I think photographed a little earlier or much later in the day might give you more warmth and gentleness from the light, but catching it with the sun level with that side wall has a good effect in it's own right.
Control over the sky colour is excellent - did you use a graduated filter for it? Given the brightness of the castle, I would have expected the sky to have lost more tone than that.
Epitomy of postcard! Focus is very strong, color is wonderful, lighting and shading are very nice, intersting. You win, score upgrade from 9 to 10. Rob the Swash
Very postcardy, and technically speaking a beautiful shot. The only thing that kept it at 9 and not 10 for me was a lack of a certain spung, that magic 'Wow!' spark. But I have to save 10s for *something*, right? :->
Nice, bright and vibrant colors. I would like to see this at different times of the day to see how the shadows change the overall feel. But it's very nice how it is.
I love it. the colors are excellent .. the blue and green blow me away. Good job at placing the castle in the middle of the frame because it is the subject of the postcard, no the location. Jacko. 9
Guten Abend. This is postcard-perfect. Nice how one's eye is led from the grass onto the bridge, right into castle gate and castle. Colors are great (for my taste, i might have knocked down the saturation of the sky just a tad). The only thing that bothers me a little is the shadow on the grass but that might be from a permanent object. 9
Nearly perfect exposure 7 contrast, sharp focus. Nice sky (polarizer, I presume). The understated text works well for me. An excellent image.
Did you consider any alternative framing/cropping? I don't know what's out-of-frame, so I'm hesitant to suggest it could be better...
wish I had this kind of weather for my submission!
The colours are beautiful. The font (letters) go well with the picture. My one "negative" comment, I wish there were no shadow on the grass at the bottom right hand side of the picture.
Other than the bright spots where the sun is direct on, this is great. The color is well done, greens are green and blues are blue. the color is suprising given the brightness and muted color if the building.
The clear blue sky against this wonderful castle makes an excellent postcard. That contrasting element makes this very strong. Your tasteful text and border make this no less than a 10! -danny
the text feels fairly out of place in this one. a different color might have worked better, or maybe just a lighter border to offset it a bit. The image itself looks fabulout though the green looks a tad bit too bright. Overall this fits the challenge wonderful. Good job.
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