What a stunning image. The purple hue creates a calm yet cold atmosphere. The lines in this seem to travel on forever giving the image wonderful depth, and the fish eye effect really draws your attention to that beautiful warm glow of the sun on the horizon and the beautiful highlights on the field braking through the silhouetted trees. The sky is beautiful and the vignette works well to draw your attention to the center. One of the earths beautiful and magical moments captured perfectly for all to see. Inspiring is the word that comes to mind when i look at this image. I am inspired so that you for sharing!

This piece just pulled me right into it from the get go.

Since there is no EXIF with the file and no technical info in the artists comments, the majority of this critique will be based on assumptions.


As for the composition, it is very appealing and seems to pull the viewer in with the lines created by the tractor in the field. The horizon of trees in the middle of the frame works very well as the subject as well as the sun with the beautiful flares created by using a very small aperture. Probably shot somewhere between f-16 - f-22.

The distorted field of view, due to shooting the pano at a wide focal length works really well in making the sky and field appear more interesting by stretching the lines and forming a very pleasing curvature to the composition.

As for the toning, I have to say, the purple and blue hues add a mysterious vibe to the piece that really complete it. If you had chosen to go with a more natural rendering on the colors here I feel the piece wouldn't be nearly as interesting.

The exposure is spot on with no blown out highlights or clipped shadows.

The sharpness is perfect and I can find zero flaws in the stitching of the pano.

All in all, this is a masterpiece and one that the artist should be very proud of.

Congrats!
-Dave