The Punisher...

[Remorhaz]

Be interested in your thoughts on this one - composition, processing, crop, overall feel, etc

[sirhc55]

To be perfectly honest Rodney I feel that the main interest is rather lost with everything else going on in the pic. Maybe it needs to be lightened a bit - just my thoughts

[!~DeViNe~DaRkNeSs~!]

I really Really like it..
My only gripe... A bit too much to the right, maybe crop back to the next tree..

[Murray Foote]

Very interesting. I like it. But I feel it needs a bit more detail out to the left else the right distant background its in danger of seeming superfluous.

[CraigVTR]

I too fell it needs to be lightened just a little and crop some off the bottom and right. It is very hard to tell from a small shot on the screen but I think if it was printed big on a wall it would look great.

[Remorhaz]

To be perfectly honest Rodney I feel that the main interest is rather lost with everything else going on in the pic. Maybe it needs to be lightened a bit - just my thoughts

Thanks Chris - see below for one with some more detail

I really Really like it.. My only gripe... A bit too much to the right, maybe crop back to the next tree..

Thanks Devine

Very interesting. I like it. But I feel it needs a bit more detail out to the left else the right distant background its in danger of seeming superfluous.

Thanks Murray

I too fell it needs to be lightened just a little and crop some off the bottom and right. It is very hard to tell from a small shot on the screen but I think if it was printed big on a wall it would look great.

Thanks Craig and that was what I was hoping - i.e. looks better big

... and I've made a few processing updates - mostly selectively adding a bit more light and detail into the image in various places so that we aren't crushing straight to black so much. I've also linked through to a much larger version where it's easier to see this type of image which has a lot of black in it....

[CraigVTR]

Edit looks great.

[sirhc55]

I too agree that the edit looks so much better but I feel that the right hand side needs to be cropped back to eliminate the distant lights - just my thoughts

[Murray Foote]

Much improved. I don't think cropping the right will help the balance but I think it would help to get rid of the three or four lights at the edge of the frame.

[Matt. K]

For me this image would only work if it was viewed very large. There is too much going on to take in viewing a small image, but much enlarged it would spring to life and reveal its real power. It is an excellent image...potentially, but only if much bigger.

[Geoff M]

Have to agree with the consensus and think that the edit is great. I am unsure if the lights in the background on the right add to the image and would try toning them down or cloning them out altogether.

[zafra52]

The second version is an improvement. And yes, it is
one of those pictures that cries for a very large size
canvas so further cropping would diminish the whole.