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Isolated is in the contest [link]
please feel free to drop in and look at the other entries :)

Taken while I was in Europe

Please feel free to add your opinion on this picture.

It would be greatly appreciated.
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:star::star::star::star-half::star-empty: Overall
:star::star::star::star::star-empty: Vision
:star::star::star::star-empty::star-empty: Originality
:star::star::star::star::star-empty: Technique
:star::star::star::star-empty::star-empty: Impact

Okay, let me give you some critique. I will apologise in advance for my poor English <img src="e.deviantart.net/emoticons/w/w…" width="15" height="15" alt=";)" title=";) (Wink)"/>.

The first thing in a picture is in my opinion the impact. What does the picture do for you? The first thing I notice are the colours, the colours are not like you see everyday. The sky is orange (sunset/sunrise?) , the snow goes along with the sky, it is also orange (not strange, given the fact that snow is white and white colours are easily affected by surrounding colours). This all is covered in a layer of fog, nice touch. It isolates the background from the front. When we move a little down (still looking at colours), we see a autumn setting of bare trees and brown grass. It goes along very well with the fog in the background, which reflects the grey sphere.
I love the colours.

The second thing that stands out is the subject. Taking into account the title, the little houses (barns) are the subjects. Because you have a big depth of field (not strange, given the fact the distance between you and the barns is very big, a small depth of field would be very hard to create) the subject don't really stand out, they blend in very well with the surrounding objects. This makes the picture along with the title a kind of picture puzzle. I think you could make the subject stand out more by making a different crop. I would say; lose the trees on the left (it is a big dark spot which attracts a lot of attention).

Speaking of crops, that is my third point. I might be very wrong here, but I don't really understand the crop. Or is this the full picture? I would make a 16:9 crop I think, and ditch a big part of lower part of the picture.

My forth is the sharpness, which is no critique, but a compliment. Did you use the hyperfocal distance or not?

And then (finally) my last point, the vignetting, which (I think), is a really nice touch, good job. It makes the picture 'close' on the edges and makes your view go back to the picture itself.

Don't take this as an offend, it is just some critique from one person, I am not holy, so when you don't agree, just let me know <img src="e.deviantart.net/emoticons/w/w…" width="15" height="15" alt=";)" title=";) (Wink)"/>.

Cheers.