Photographer’s Notes Orcas Island, Washington; a beautiful pond lies below a house in the woods. Fall is near. Lots of S's here so none of that DNMC stuff!
Post Processing • Rotate
• Sharpen
• Correct Color (Curves Layer)
• Tweak colors (Hue/Saturation Layer)
• Crop
• Resize (Bicubic Sharper)
• Save for Web
Camera Data • Nikon D200
• 9/20/2007
• F-Stop: F/9
• Shutter: 1/125
• ISO: 200
• Focal Length: 70mm
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This scene is nice and has more potential than is captured here IMO. I say that because of the lighting. Appears to be midday or maybe it's just overcast, but there's nothing dynamic about the lighting. Seems a little flat.
The 'S' you've captured works well for the challenge, although it's not as strong a component to the photo as I think the challenge intended (to lead the viewer thru the image).
If this was cropped to only half, eliminating the upper half, and taken with some still water and reflections - maybe some early morning light with a little steam rising...??? Just a thought.
As is, I think the image is fairly strong to the theme, and I like that you didn't just find some literal 'S' to photograph. And as a photo it's fine, but in more of a snapshot sense rather than an artistic one.
First Impression: very pretty place
Presentation: good
What I Like: the reflections
What I don’t Like: the image is too soft
IMO, Does it meet the Challenge : yes
Composition: good
Background :good
Subject Placement:good
Cropping:good
Focus: too soft
Exposure:highlights blown try a polariser or nd filter
Editing: good
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