Greetings from the Critique Club.
Hi Joel,
Welcome to DPC. Congratulations on your third challenge entry and new personal best.
You have very clearly satisfied the challenge with wonderfully smooth flowing water. I personally think your idea of retaining the corroded stone was effective in off-setting the smoothness of the water, but do agree with comments that imagewould be better if the leaves on the left were excluded. Other than that the composition is not overwhelmignly engaging, I think due to a lack of clear focal point - without the title and challeneg I wouldn't conclude that you were trying to tell me anything about smoothness.
This is a technically sound shot. With ISO at 100, your aperture at F/22, and using an ND filter I see that you have already doen loads to try drag out the shutter.
It is my hope that these insights are helpful and constructive. Please feel free to PM me if you have any questions regarding this critique. And please remember to mark it "Helpful" if you found it so. Good luck with future challenges.
Cheers
Paul |