I gave this picture a 7 originally - now I am back for a second look from the critique club.
At first glance the photo is bottom heavy. All that black foreground does not balance well with the lovely sky. But the sky part is extraordinary. First for it's blueness, what a gorgeous blue. Second for it's streaks of light and dots of stars. The way the light shapes match the tree shapes at the left should be emphasized. What if yu crop a bit from the bottom and take off the far right tree? That would leave three tree shapes and three light shapes descending from left to right? Too symetrical? Okay, maybe. But it's a way to get rid of some black and focus on the contrast between the delicate lace of the trees and the smooth smears of the clouds. That texture contrast is so nice.
I think the cropping is my only complaint here. Technically it is beautiful, exposure and all that. I hope it wan't as cold at your house as it was at mine. The way you have this shot framed, it doesn't have a compositional focus or direction. It could be more dynamic by either emphasizing where the rays of light are coming from. or where they are going to. try a tighter crop. It is almost a stunning picture, well it IS a stunning picture but it is almost a winning one.
I love the way the trees are framed. Each individual branch is sharp and clear. This is a fabulous photograph and a fine entry to the challenge. A+ color. muckpond
Nice Color too bad no Meteor. Tell me about it I shot 600 photos that night and only had one semi decent photo. Extra point for effort because I know how hard it was.
This looks pretty similar to my efforts at photographing the meteor storm. I didn’t catch a single one bit I got a lot of cool pictures similar to this one. My only suggestion would be to include a little more sky.
Stunning picture, the aura of light along the tree line really gives the photo a magical feel. I can easily see how this could be on the front page of 'Astronomy' or 'Sky and Telescope' magazine. There is a little noise in the sky, but for a night shot at a high ISO (I'm assuming), very nice.
great photo, but without a meteor streaking across the sky, it doesn't match the headline or meet the challenge in my opinion... which means I could be wrong.. lol ~anachronite
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