Kelp

Love to hear some opinions on this one. I'm pretty pleased with it, so go ahead and cut me

down ;-)

It's great to see an underwater photo that works without having to include a fish. The black section at the right worried me when viewing the thumbnail, however when examining it at the large size, I can see the neutral space gives a sense of infinity to the subhect. Gorgeous light - well done!

I like it very much, very surreal, nice edges, love the shadows

beatiful composition!

Nice light. Kudos for finding an unusual natural subject.

Beautiful lighting

really beautiful! one stays quite a while looking at this one...

Got to agree with the other comments. Fanstastic shapes both the spikey bits and the sensuous bulbs. Great use of perspective and light. Having a bit of trouble working out how this was done, but a very good pic indeed. And desrves a 7 for originality, because Kelp is supposed to boring and not worth a look. As for Aesthetics, I'd have it on my wall so it gets another 7.

Very nice use of repeating subject and lighting.

beautifully captured ! great work !

An ugly piece of nature made very beautiful...Superb lighting...

this is a great capture of the kelp. considering this is an underwater shot, you did great with the color...and i love the detail. makes me want to take a trip to cali and dive in the kelp beds there.