OK, I'm going through the Free Study submissions, purposefully finding those images I think are shot with a less conventional eye - this is one of those images! Thanks for offering something that isn't just DPC friendly eye-candy (though of course there's nothing wrong with eye-candy). I'll be picking one of these images for the Mu (most underrated) award:
Positives: I really do think this a scene worthy of capture, I also like where you have placed the intersecting straight lines....
Critical stuff: This comes across as a low quality image - I'm a fan of grain and of the use of blur but here there seems to be be little artistic intent; that is a little strange because the scene and the composition has it by the bucket load. I either feel cheated or taunted. I get the feeling that you could've made much more of this image but you have deliberately decided to withhold any beauty at all.
Overall: A frustrating image for me - if that was your intention, to communicate something that was devoid of beauty (spent perhaps?) then you have succeeded. I feel a little played - perhaps that's a good thing. |