Another Lake Superior Shot

[superhero]

I tried some settings when I was playing around with picasa, and I really like the effect I got.

[stevesutt89]

I like this to-the colours are very good. But i do find the blurring of the objects around the light house-thing to be a little distracting.

[Mischa]

Nice spooky atmosphere you captured in this picture.
I do agree with stevesutt89. It looks a bit "fake" to me. Maybe if you had created the blurring effect with the aperture it looked more "natural".
I also would have tried to capture the whole reflection in the water and thereby lose a little piece of sky.

[Saralonde]

I kind of like it. The blurring made me think of mist around the building. What did you use in Picasa?

[ELAY]

Nice photo, nice work in post-processing. The ship balances the pier very nicely sort of creating a receding diagonal through the frame. I think the blurring matches your overcast misty sunrise (set?) mood. Colours are very warm and set off the building/ship/pier nicely.

I think it would look great in a nice dark frame.

EL

[xxpinballxx]

I love it.....and can smell the water in the air. great feel to the photo.

[superhero]

thanks for the critiques everyone, and when I put the effect on in picasa I thought that it emphasized the lighthouse thing a lot. I don't know, it does look kinda unnatural, but I like it. And Saralonde I used soft focus and a combo of warmify and saturation.

[Teewinot]

Really really cool! I love it! I think you got the effect perfectly and created a very subdued and ghostly mood. Also feels antiqued.

A couple of suggestions:
-I feel like there might be too much sky. Something seems off-balance with the crop and I think it might be due to the lighthouse's reflection touching the bottom of the frame, while nothing is touching the top (and anywhere near for that matter).
-If you really want to make it feel 'antiqued' then you could clone out the street lamp. But that's just me...I've been in a 'cloning out' mood lately.

Thanks for sharing this great shot! I'm inspired...I lived on Lake Michigan most of my life and your shot really brings me back.

[rlarsen]

Exceptional Shot, I like the effects you used, it also reminds me of mist.
I like the color.
Good work.

[uvsub]

Something about the shot is very captivating; maybe it's the atmosphere or the dead central positioning of the subject and then again, something doesn't feel right with the composition and I can't put my finger on it. But, it succeeds in keeping the viewer's attention. Nice job.