U Bien Bridge <a href="http://www.djphotography.net">DJ Photography</a>

Truly beautiful

I've been there and I would love to be there again !

A great shot without doubt. Nice silhouettes and beautiful tones. The cropping of the water seems to be a good option.

wow....!! This is great...exposure....composition etc

 

You people discussing whether to crop out the water or the first pole or whatever have got it all wrong. You obviously cant appreciate that this picture is a superb enough example of a postcard-perfection picture - not that this automatically qualifies it as a great shot. Sure, it is artistic enough without all the anorak suggestions, but whether or not lovely colours, an exotic location, and good composition make this an excellent photo is another issue. I personally do not like the predominance of these technically 'perfect' images on photo.net, and am dismayed at the high level of anorak one-upmanship I see on here. You have all forgotten that any art excels with a minimum amount of soul, or spirit. And this lacks, I am afraid, in more than 99% of the photos on here, including photos of the week such as this.

I have no idea what you are on about.

I like the picture the way it is, without being cropped. As for the larger issue as to whether or not offering crops is appropriate to a critique site (and this site is that and not only a gallery), I can only say that a crop is a strong criticism, but a valid criticism nonetheless, in the sense that it is saying, "I see a problem with your composition," or "I see other promising possibilities." The second of these implies no negative criticism. The first does, but both types of criticism are valid on a critique forum, in my opinion. Some alternative crops are atrocious, of course, as are many verbal comments, and everyone would be better off without them. In any case, to offer a crop is to offer a commentary, and sometimes an alternative photo (in this case a crop) is indeed worth a thousand words of conventional commentary. The same goes for alternative uploads of other sorts: black and white versions, red/green/blue channel monochromes, or other manipulations with Photoshop. The photographer is always free to ignore the criticism, of course, but, on a critique site, he or she is going to get a variety of critiques. I have no philosophical problem with that, even if many suggestions (verbal or otherwise) make me want to groan.

Beautifully captured.