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Thanks for your comments. No I haven't manipulated the image except for levels etc. The dark area on the right is just shadow with a lot of haze/mist/spray from the waterfall.

Hiked up to Vernal and Nevada falls today. There was a rainbow at

the foot of Vernal falls, which was beautiful. I think this is my

best shot. Any comments?

All comments welcome. Again an experiment, so goodness knows whether

it works or not.

I'm experimenting a bit here, and would be very interested in all

comments. I converted it from color to B&W using the channel mixer to

blow out the highlights a bit - otherwise it's unmanipulated.

Interesting expression and good tones. I'd have preferred the composition if the head were further to the right. His nose and eyes are too central for me.

For me, the ring is the focal point of this photo (it's what my eye was immediately drawn to), and therefore it really needs to be in perfect focus. I do like the composition though.

Nice idea. I'd like one of the stripes of light to fall on the middle of the eye - so that the pupil is lit up.

This made me smile. It's obviously very posed, but humourously so (sic British spelling) and I like it!

From a distance I really liked this, but when I looked closer it seemed to me that her expression was a bit odd. Her cheeks aren't smiling - in fact they almost look glum.

I love this. The composition is great, and the breaking wave in the centre is an important feature (well timed shot!). It is very dark, but as others have said that makes it moody. The sky in particular makes it look incredibly dark - is that a red-filter at work, or photo-shopped?

 

I think I might lighten it just a touch - to get more detail on the rocks without losing the mood. If possible.

Is it too dark on the left hand side? Does the slant of the head work?

Comments welcome. Thanks in advance.

It's a shame about the plant in the foreground. The pose is nice - although the light's a bit flat.

Her face, eyes and skin look great (eyes in particular), but I'm not sure about her arm and her hand (? in the foreground). They both distract me from her face.

Lovely tone. Great contrast (I love the brightness of the thatched roof). And great clouds in the background. A fraction more depth of field to get the foreground 100% in focus would have made it even better.

Fantastic composition. I'd love to have this shot hanging on my wall! I think perhaps I'd prefer it if the top of the palm tree didn't coincide with the centre of the darkest cloud, but I'm really being picky now. The couple at the bottom left of the frame are really important to the composition - adding some balance to the right-heavy silhouettes.

I just wish the wings could have been sharp too - but otherwise a fantastic shot!!

The top is too burnt out and hazy for my liking. The slant of the road also gives the impression that your camera isn't horizontal.

Great use of colour and texture.

A great moment to capture!

I love the light in this photo. I've modified the Curves in photo shop

to cope with the contrast. Before my modification the bottom was very

dark and the sky was quite bright, so I've cut out the middle range of

brightness so that there's a lot more contrast in both the sky and

the landscape. I could probably have got the same effect by using a

neutral graduate filter.

 

What do folks think?

I don't like the unnatural look of the light. I'm guessing, but it seems to me that the roofs of the huts were originally well lit - whereas if the sun were really behind them and low in the sky as portrayed then they would be pretty dark.

 

I'm sorry - I'm not a anti-photoshop luddite, but the light just looks all wrong to me. Maybe I need to free my mind...

Great sky, and the panoramic format avoids a large area of sea in the foreground. Nice job.

I don't normally do this sort of photography, so am interested what

folks think. It's very grainy (ISO 3200 film), but does that matter?

I love the accordian player in the background on the left - but

would have preferred more animation from the lead singer. Comments

welcome.

This is a detail in the sand. I like the shape and all the textures

picked up by the sunlight.

 

Comments welcome.

Any comments most welcome. I have another version with more depth of

field (the hand is more in focus), but this also results in the

background being better defined which I don't like.

 

Thanks.