laurence_smith

The Horsehead Nebula has always been a favorite of mine since first viewing it with a generous 'starwatcher' with his excellent telescope. I was in my teens and when this nebula came into focus I was literally gasping in astonishment. This rendering redeems that astonishment once again, especially with the extraordinary bright pink gas cloud that causes the 'horsehead' to really stand out.

I feel that the glare reduction with this Pentax-A 55mm lens for the

Pentax 645 is very good. Also, the shadow detail seems to have been

held very well for this type of high-contrast image. Any comments or

ratings would be appreciated to help me determine whether this is

a "keeper" or not.

Knowing how DIFFICULT astrophotography is, I can't tell you enough how this, and other photographs of the cosmos on your site, really affects me. I use the age-old and common expression of "Wow!" when I open these up.

 

Superlative.

Simply priceless!

 

Also, GREAT stop-action. The mist from the hose truly LOOKS like mist, and give a definite feeling of movement and action. Wonderful expert work here.

I was wandering around in the fog on a very dark night at the beach

in Olympic National Park, waiting for the moon to rise. The bedrock

near the surf line was completely black at first, but after standing

there a while, these three tidepools loomed into my vision.

 

I liked the extreme simplicity of the pools and rock, and the

graphical nature of this scene really jumped out at me. I set the

Yashica Mat on B for about 15 seconds, and got lucky; it turned out

to emulate my feelings at the time -- isolated, graphical, and almost

Dali-esque. Anyway, I like it. :-)

Finally, a truly natural figure study. This is fabulous, and the model exudes a sensuality and relaxed beauty supreme.

 

Magnificent work.

Thank you all for the comments! And Aaron -- thank you VERY much for the beautiful suggested conversions. These make the image really soar. I am extremely gratified to receive these kinds of suggestions to make my work improve. Wow...wonderful!

Critiques welcome.

You took a common Spring flower and made a fantasy from it. Beautiful focus work, beautiful composition. The flowers seem almost as jewels. Very, very well done.

Extremely fine image. The Yashinon lens is sweet indeed.

A beautiful framing of the fjord by the buildings. The photo has a softness and peacefulness that was captured by the photographer using an ingenious perspective in placing the image elements.

 

Quite a nice photograph.