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PS shadow/highlight used to balance the image.

Dramatic and alluring composition. The use of the naked branches to frame the scene gives it a forebording feel. However, the light streaming from the sky and bathing the clouds with an intense burst of colors mesmerizes the viewer. It seems like heaven opens up and allows us a fleeting glimpse into it.

Thanks for the articulate comment and generous rating. Much appreciated - I am sure you must be traveling a fair amount these days. I will check into your portfolio to see what you have been doing.

I've to agree with Adan. That's truly a remarkable image. 7/7

Beautiful! Regards...

Very beautiful landscape indeed.

Spencer, Joseph and Bojan: Comments and ratings are very much appreciated. Have a great day.

Great!!!

Very pleasing to my eye. Framed so nicely with the darkness of these branches. Great work! Good day!

Excellent!

Your comment and generous rating is appreciated. Regards,

Ah ah ah, FANTASTIC composition, beyond words! LOVE IT!

Love your reaction - it's catching! (*_*). Thanks very much for your generous rating and comment. Have a nice day,

Excellent composition, mood and capture Tony.

Wow _ comment and rating most certainly appreciated. I guess this is what PN is all about - testing the waters with various images and waiting to see how people like yourself react to it. Best regards,

As I look through your Top Rated Photos this one stands above them all in attracting my attention. How could I not rate it as 7/7 after being drawn to it in this way?

It is very generous of you re the rating - mostly I appreciate the time you took to review many of my images and make comments. Thanks and best regards,

This is a great shot from corner to corner. The light in the distant sky is my favourite part, and the framing technique using the tree branches is a nice touch, and adds to the overall presentation of the capture.

 

Nicely done, friend.

 

-Ade

Wonderful and restrained colors, the branches in the foreground make the image. Alfredo

Thanks very much for the insightful comments. It is an image that has generated some interest.

A different mood from your usual shots and very effective. The sky is awesome and framed beautifully by the lake and branches.

All my best,   Bill

Simply astounding. Very, very hard to choose among your most excellent work. This however, grabbed my attention right away. The framing of the branches adds so much power and guidance to the viewer towards the "aurora borealis-like" movement of the clouds, enhanced by the woods at the bottom. Truly delightful.

DG

Dear Tony: Receiving comments from such an accomplished photographer humbles me and honor me. I thank you for the time you kindly take to look at my images, as your feedback not only makes me want to keep doing this, a hobby I thoroughly enjoy, and even more so, when by sharing it, it reaches critics of your caliber, directness and objectivity. Not having thanked you enough for your encouraging words, I now turn to this most striking photograph. Decomposing such a shocking (in the most positive sense) image to analyze its many edges and angles is tantamount to destroying its visual impact. The striking foreground hitting the observer in the face contrasted to a pastel-softness of the beautiful sky, masterful to say the least. I think I have said already too much, and only because of excitement. I should have stopped early on just to say how amazingly beautiful this composition is and savor the time to just let it richness and complexity to gradually sink in. Humbly, I have nothing else to say but congratulate you wholeheartedly. Best regards and best wishes for the Holidays and the New Year.

DG