Water made of fire

wow. wow. superb photograph and great colors and so fantasctic sight on water of fire :)

 

great composition, I could feel the heat!!! wow!!!

Wai-o-tapu Champagne Pool... very nice.

oh wow, i really like the colors and the composition of this piece. i wish there were a little more definition in the mountains in thebackground but thats just preference. goodjob.

Beautiful, Bravo.

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Would definitely want to hang that picture on the wall... Excellent composition my man... Where was it shot?

 

Cheers

 

L.Berto

I love this foto but it could have used more bubbles...
Thanks,
Jimi

Rotorua Geothermal Pools, New-Zealand.

Original in that it's quite different from what we normally see. I think it's a good choice in that it conveys the feeling of being there and the heat very well. Technically it's also good. Congrats on POW

Very nice photo! Maybe a more snappy title would better suit this great photo... But I guess that's not what counts.

Congrats.

Beautiful Image. I expecially love the way you composed the deep water along side of the red shallow, and then the almost black ground around the pool. Congrats

Reminds me of Yellowstone National Park. Beautiful photo.

The shoreline takes viewer's eyes to the upper left corner which is in the mist. But the ridgeline breaks/dilutes that sense of mystery - I am wondering how the photo will look without the background mountain ridge line - just leaving the top part in the mist and make viewers wonder about what is there?

Arnab made a very good suggestion. In any case, this is a beautiful image,so colourful,nicely contrasted and composed. Best regards to Rodislav and the Elves.

The high contrast really makes this photo. I'm curious if the ground was really that dark or

the high contrast was added. My photos of Waiotapu's Champagne Lake are washed out by

comparison. I know these kind of areas are in a constant state of change so I am guessing it

did somewhat. Excellent photo. Well done.

Yes, it is an intersting and unusual subject and the composition and the exposure are good but i do not see anything special or artistic about this image. 4/4 for above average.

Very very nice. I will be there in Feb 06 - you have set the bar !

 

Great colour and composition.

 

Thanks for posting.

I like the image, the composition is correct, the sense of being there and the sense of heat is given to the viewer. Also the exposure is correct although I suppose that there is some postprocessing. I think that the value of nature photos like this one is given by the fact that someone traveled there with his equipment and took this photo for us to see. A previous commentor said that he cannot see anything artistic or special about this image. Ok, but the question then is what a photographer can do to improve such an image?

..."mystery" is fine, but an image that's entirely abstract, as this would be without the treeline, wouldn't mysterious...it'd be nothing.

 

The treeline is one of the keys to the success of this photograph.

 

I like this photo a lot.

Definitely Interesting. To me, it is the transitional red between the mist and the "water" line that makes the picture. I like the gradualness of the mist rising up, cutting it would make it kinda abrupt I think.

See

 

http://burtynsky.stanford.edu/projectforum/Burtynsky/32

 

for a comparison. It was taken near nickel mines in Sudbury, Ontario (Canada).

As a couple folks have properly pointed out, your eye goes out of the top looking for the center of interest. And then others have stated, there is none. Nice feel to the image though, and the steam and color make it a really good image, but not a WOW.

Nice pic. photoshop? where is it?

I hate to point out something which seems very disturbing about the image. If you look at the image crop above the mist seems to be edited in the lower frame as it has very sharp edges. Rest of the mist in the frame has natural faded margins. May be something was cloned out. Anyway its a very good photograph and has good atmosphere. Nice colors. A crop suggested earlier removing the top frame looks good too.