I am participating in the "Why a '5' not a '6'?" commenting activity (see recent forum thread). Viewers are asked to leave a comment with some of their votes of '5' letting the photographer know why, for them, it fell short of a vote of '6'. If you have found this comment useful, you may wish to offer some of your own to those images where you vote 5.
I imagine I'll be off the curve here and my score of 5 will be lower than your average. I suppose that's an admission that it is perhaps worth more. As a small niggle, the horizon isn't horizontal - that always bothers me a little; but more than that, this sort of sunset scene always leaves me a bit cold. You're right that twisty looking cloud is interesting and your processing serves it well but I'm someone who likes to see a bit more story in images. That isn't to say I don't score landscapes highly; often I do but they tend to be stunningly done with a very strong sense of depth - the flatness of the sea and the distant horizon doesn't give you much of a chance to show perspective. |