Hello! I think this picture is amazing! I like the shape, the colors, the angle, everything! It looks like the flames are dancing beautifully. I am doing this because you won my kiriban. Congratulations! I don't know what else to write, so I'm just chatting here. LOL hi! How are you? I think the picture would be better at night, but because it looks so beautiful, I think it looks good now. And it reminds me of that Pokemon also, and also Charmander. OK now for the stars. Vision: five stars. Originality: five stars. Technique: 5 stars. Impact: five stars.
I'm not sure if it's your watermark that's giving a sense of 'wonky' ness here or not but there's something putting this a little off kilter which is making the focal point hard to pick out. If you've got Photoshop perhaps consider drawing the ruler tool along the horizon in the background and just angling it up a little. If you've not got that editing program then picasa is free, powered by google and useful for straightening pictures really easily. Apart from that I really like the atmosphere captured here - nicely done. The flames are crisp and vibrant and the heat and smoke add to the sense of realism.
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Interesting subject matter, and good catch of the shape of the fire! I do have some suggestions for you though 1) As someone mentioned before, the colours are all a bit much. The green and the blue are distracting from the red a lot. I'd desaturate them. 2) Compositionaly, the horizon is a little bit crooked. It would be good if you straightened it out. And if you haven't before, I'd take a look in DA for a tutorial on compositional technique. Unfortunately, the smack-dab-in-the-middle just leaves a bit to be desired. While you're at it, go out and take some photos! Pick a subject, and try to compose the photograph and shoot it in five different ways. Find the ones you like best and try to find out why those ones are better than others. It's going to help heaps, I promise!
I wouldn't say it's missing anything, it has too much. Could tone down the color editing, and what appears to be HDR toning...to me, it doesn't feel like it matches the background. The grass appears to be somewhat distracting, like the green is taking away from the oranges of the fire. It would be so interesting if the sticks extended all the way to the bottom, such great texture you've captured, I'd like to see more of it! the same goes for the chain-link fence, all the way to the top. The shape of the fire is so wonderful and interesting...that alone serves for a great capture!
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