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Lina, I love the contrast and the deep, dark shadows. The only thing I wish is that the sky on the right is as dark as the sky in the center. I guess that is the work of the polarizer. Excellent grab.

I really like this shot. The wide distortion, the yellow flowers disappearing into the tree line, and the high horizon are all awesome.

Mark your calendars folks. This is the first time in a long time I've seen so many positive comments - I actually haven't read a negative or critical one yet. Could this POW make it to Sunday unscathed? I wait with bated breath! Nice shot Bridget.

Great composition!

It goes with out saying: this is a beautiful shot and great macro work. Congrats on 'Pic of the week'.

Wow, this is an excellent photo. The light on the statue is just perfect for an early morning shot like this. The sky is matched well with the street lights and the tree lights. The nicest touch, in my opinion, is the red open sign in the right corner, which anchors the photo. With the statue looking up, it makes you wonder at what he is looking - a ufo, a sunrise, is he praying?

 

The exposure is perfect and you have captured it very well. This is now one of my more favorite 'early light' photos here at photo.net

Yes! This works for me a lot. Nice grab.

This is nice. As a critique though, I'd say to take this picture and then wait a few hours and take another one when the light is pink.

Nice Job . . .

This is my favorite picture in your folder. Very well done.

Hey, that's all right. Next time, you might want to tilt it even more, giving more drama to the near-by object for a different effect.

Nice job Carl. I really enjoy this photo and probably think that it is better than the horizotal format -- but I'm a sucker for red leaves on trees, and this shot hides too much of the tree on the left. I have to go with the horizontal version for color, and this version for composition. Great grab.

Daniel,

 

When ever I see that you have uploaded something new, I always check to see what it is, as you are one of the best here at Photo.net. Once again, you've impressed me with your fantastic work. I really like the one with color, but this is something I'd put in my living room - and isn't that the best test of all? (The other one might be: Can I sell this). I think the clouds add the best effect, just like the whisps of snow at the mountain top in your color version, as they add movement, strength, and 'something different'. Keep up the great work, I hope the paper likes this shot . . .

 

P.S. Thanks for your un-photoshopped images - they are inspiring to me and show that you truly do know what you are doing with a camera.

I really like the highlights on the green leaves in the front of the shot and how they contrast with the dark turmoil in the background. The water has the perfect amount of ripple to it, instead of being smooth as glass, which, I think, helps give the image some added texture. The rows leading the eyes to the hills and clouds separated by the tree line is a great example of good composition.

 

One suggestion, if I did this, would be to get a little lower and a little closer to the first row of plants and put the horizon a little higher in the picture. Stop down if you have to, and get it all in focus. Nice photo.

I really like this picture. I do agree that the stars need to either be sharp or longer trails, but the image is still a great keeper. Capturing the image at night is an interesting idea.

 

This picture has special meaning to me, as I grew up 17 miles from this volcano in the town of Yogyakarta. When I was very young, my family left Texas for Indonesia so my dad could teach at a seminary there, and so we had this view off our front porch for six years. Sometimes, we would drive to Kaliyurang, only two miles from the base of the volcano, to see it up close and view the pretty tropical flowers in bloom. For me as a kid, I took for granted the awesome landscape I saw and never thought twice about the fact that I had a beautiful, smoking volcano in my front yard. Now, in the US again, all I see is traffic, white pickett fences and more of the same. You have helped me bring back tons of Indonesian memories with this picture. Thank you so much for sharing!

 

Also, I hope Merapi doesn't turn into another Krakatoa explosion . . .

When you say, "Velvia is great for the colours be not so good for the shadows," I don't know if I would agree. Even in this photo, the rich, dark tones show up well. Velvia is a great film for shadow detail and I would rely on it more than any other film for capturing detail in the shadows. For more, you can read what Ken Rockwell has to say about it at his web site: www.kenrockwell.com -- great site and a great photographer.

 

Load up your camera with Velvia, stick it on a tripod, expose it for the highlights, and be blown away!

This is really nice . . . thanks for sharing.

Beautiful and most impressive. Great idea on the 'moon light' appoach.

I really love this . . . this proves that anything in any situation can be turned into a great photograph. Nice grab.

If one watches an electrical storm long enough, he or she can get an idea about where the general area of lightning strikes have occured and are going to occur. So, you COMPOSE your shot, and wait for the right lightning to occur within the shot. That's how I'd take credit for a random event, just like people do every day in Vegas -- they win money through a random event and then take credit for it by keeping the money! That's the best I can do in Cory's defense. I'm not elloquent enough to argue why I think Cory SHOULD be given credit for this composition, but I think others above have done a fine job. Frankly, I'd rather be out taking pictures than trying to sway peoples minds on a web site.

Cory can be given credit for composition! I mean, he did point the camera that way and this is what he got, so it sounds composed to me! :o) Get off this site and go take photos!

"See ya, bye!"

A roofer putting up new shingles on my apartment complex was killed this morning. Why? Struck by lightning. Glad you are still with us, Cory! Smart move on staying in your car.

 

. . . I wish my lightning photos looked this great. Keep up the great work.

Keep up the great work, Buck. Enjoy hiking and photography at the same time . . .

I'm just curious, did you use a graduated ND filter? To me, it seems like you did as the mountain tops are darker than their respective reflections. If you used one, congrats on lugging it around with you through the wilderness along with your other stuff.

This photo has great color and light. The sky, the light on the barrels, the soft brick. I hope it hasn't been digitally manipulated. I love the color of this photo and wish I could muster up shots like these.

I like the picture. The cat balances the old drain pipe and the natural orange color in his majesty contrasts nicely with the dull grey concrete surrounding.