This is a great image but I'm not so sure I'd see it in a holiday catalog. I don't believe there are any "fine art" catalogs floating around...I haven't received one yet!
Argh! Must say that I STRONGLY dislike the frame... But I tried ignoring it for the sake of the score, I mean, the frame shouldn´t matter. I just think it is a good frame for the shot if it were haning up on a wall printed in 60x40cm or bigger but on the internet in this resolution it ist just too attention grabbing. Went so far as to put my fingers over it on the screen to see the shot better. Love the shot of the ligthouse, think you made a good decision of not including the horizon and I love the warm hues of the sunset (sunrise?). Would have given it an 8 but I think it´s in a gray area with meeting the challenge and also the frame so I "only" gave it a 7. Good luck in the challenge.
To be honest, I feel like this is rather shoehorned into the challenge. That being said, it's a nice shot, nice lighting but your frame detracts from it quite a bit.
The challenge details say "Capture the spirit of the holidays like only a catalog can". To me, this doesn't capture the spirit. I think you came up with an idea to allow you to do a free study...
This is a very beautiful photo, but has nothing to do with the challenge: "Capture the spirit of the holidays like only a catalog can". If you had printed this out, framed it, and taken a photo of it together with some Christmas props, then you'd tie it into the challenge topic.
Add photograph to your favorites
Add photographer to your favorites
Photographer found comment helpful.
