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Waterfalls at Bad Urach

Cozumel, Mexico.

Two howler monkeys up in the trees. Tikal, Guatemala.

I wanted to turn this -- quite common -- butterfly into something

different by revealing the rest of the beast and not just showing

beautiful wing patterns.

However, it looks strange. Any ideas how one might change the

composition? I though the diagonals would work out nicely, although I

am no longer sure about it...

These tiny huts were occupied by slaves working in

the salt works of Bonaire.

 

Please comment...

Does the symmetry make this rather boring? I apprciate your comments....

Your opinion is appreciated!

Your comments are appreciated!

I appreciate your comments....

I think I like the symmetry and how the curved parts break it...

It is somewhat overexposed in the bright areas, otherwise it is quite nice...

I think the photo is quite nice. There are just two details, that I found less then perfect. I think you might have overdone the sharpening, once might have been enough. The second thing might or might not be possible. I think the composition would be more balanced, if the margins between fish and the edge of the photo were equal, both on the lower and on the right side. preferably, you crop less tight on the bottom (if you didn't crop there, you might crop more closesly on the right). Just my two cents...

Do you think the composition is working? I had it more in the center

at first, but thought it was quite static, despite the moving wings.

I'd appreaciate your opinion on this...

Any ideas on how to shoot hummingbirds in flight? I found it quite

tricky indeed...

Do you think a tighter crop is better than this?

The saturation is real. It's the very first morning light which gave the the scene its beautiful colors. Sometimes its good to be up early...

very nice shot. I like the fallen leaves starting at the middle of the bridge especially.

I like the atmosphere. The only thing that distracts me is the fence thingy on the left. There's not enough of it to give a feeling of depth, so I'd prefer the shot from a position slightly more to the right or just crop it away. But on the whole a very nice shot.

Thank you all for the comments. A few of you thought that those nasty bubbles were pretty unfortunate. Well, I agree -- I tried my best to avoid them, but that was about as good as it gets. Anyway, you finally convinced me to do a bit of PhotoShopping to get rid of the nasty little buggers. And I guess you were right -- it *does* look better...

It's amazing! Although this whole discussion is no longer about Haluk's POW at all, it is a intriguing variation on the same theme: utterly absurd and fun to look at...

 

Just my two cents -- don't hurt me...

 

Thanks for the comment. Focal length was 70mm, aperture f/4, and shutter speed 1/160s.

I prefer this one over the yellow/blue one. Great idea with the curved shadow...

The colors are from stained glass only. You're right about the 'concrete' (limestone, actually -- even Americans wouldn't bury their presidents under concrete, would they? :-)

Anyway, I cropped it away, looks much better now.

 

-Oliver