Rate please

[monish]

To all

Please rate the photos and let me know the faults and what could be done. 

[monish]

I can see there are 7 views. But where are the ratings. Please may I request you comments. I want to improve myself. Please try to be critical as possible.

[Laurie]

Hi Monish,

In the hope this may start some responses from other members for you, this is my input. Please bear in mind I am a relative newbie to club photography, and also have no experience of judging, or qualifications to do this.

I would have liked to have seen an area of more interest on the tree bark - a scar, a (broken?) branch to help frame the top, maybe a bit of wild life. At the moment it is too plain and uniform in my opinion.

I don't know if it was intentional or not, but the out of focus tree on the right hand side reminded me of "ET" (phone home fame). Sorry - couldn't help it.

Anyone else prepared to step up an add a comment for Monish?

Laurie

[ChrisS]

I like the juxtaposition between the detail of the foreground bark and the out of focus tree on the right - the right hand half of the bark has the best light and is to me most interesting so maybe you could consider cropping away the left hand side of the bark and ending up with a vertical format.

Another thought - would a lower viewpoint have cut out the out of focus buildings around the tree on the right and made a simpler but even stronger image ?   

Might be interesting to see how this picture works as a monchrome also.

Chris

[monish]

Dear All

Thank you so much. Both the comments are great. I like the idea of converting into B&W and cutting the bottom half houses. I can see the picture better.

Regards
Monish
 

[Claire]

Hi Monish,

I don't have a 'judge hat', but here are a few things I may consider experimenting with.

I have to agree with Chris. Maybe a mono would have the most impact. Then playing with some contrast or doge and burn accentuate the bark shadows? To make a feature of the texture in the bark, maybe a slight left crop. Lots of possibilities to play with