Stormy day - C&C please

[mwitt]

I always try to stay confident about the photos I take, but i feel i may be stretching it on this one...what do you guys think? please comment how you feel about this one...

thanks, I've learned a lot already just off of this site. :thumbsup:

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[Mr Yuck]

I'm just not feeling it, seems a little overexposed, maybe underexposed, but I love the framing!

What I'm trying to say, is: did you remember to attach the picture?

[mwitt]

huh? thats strange...i see the picture fine, are there any other people having trouble seeing it?

[flowremix]

i can't see it =\

[GB1]

I can't see it . Going to the link just displays the ImageShack info.

[mwitt]

now can you see it? if so, please comment.

thanks for your help so far

[GB1]

See it.

Very nice stormy sky there. The pole is a distraction, but is also interesting at the same time as it provides scale and depth information (I wish it was sharper though).

I read a photographer's quote once where he said that when everyone else runs inside when bad weather hits, he runs outside and gets the best shots. I guess that's OK with an umbrella and a decently-sealed camera (!)

GB

[mwitt]

thanks for the comment, without the pole it looked bare. I sure don't shut up inside when it rains here i grab my camera

keep those comments coming. thanks everyone

[trog100]

its a "keeper" with problems.. they dont need pointing out..

trog

[Has He Lost His Mind?]

It seems like more a snapshot than a refined photo. There are too many distractions, IE the pole, and the overhead wires. If you got an angle in which these elements framed the picture, it would be fine. But the angle that you have now just poses as a distraction.

[Greg McCary]

If you are using Photobucket it sometimes lags behind and takes awhile for your pictures to be seen on some servers. I have ran into this same problem.
Looks like you had some camera shake or something going on. I too feel the pole is only a distraction. I had just rather see the power lines, since they might relate better to a stormy sky...
Greg

[EOSThree]

This is an interesting sky, and the sky is your subject and needs to be featured. When you have the sky as a subject, you have to anchor it to something, and I think that is what you were trying to do with the poles. Unfortunately the poles are more of a distraction and really don't add to the photo.

[mwitt]

its a "keeper" with problems.. they dont need pointing out..

trog

wow...thanks? I'm pretty sure thats the most useless thing you have ever said Trog (no offense). but isn't the point of the critique forum to "point out" the problems?

[trog100]

"I'm pretty sure thats the most useless thing you have ever said Trog"

i have managed the odd more useless thing than that.. he he

keeper.. means its good.. different people will see different problems.. the excessive sky burn out and purple fringing being the main one i see..

i am in two minds about the power lines.. possibly better there possibly better not.. one passing thru the sky burn out area dosnt help..

happy now.. he he

trog

[MB1]

The pole doesn't bother me all that much but the focus or camera movement does. I think it would be a much better image if the pole had a sharp outline and the branches were sharp. OTOH I think the color and overall darkness of the image says "Storm".

[mwitt]

thanks for clarifying Trog

thanks for the comments guys, I'm posting 2 more photos right now on the forums