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critiques and ratings welcome - thanks!

thanks!

landscape? abstract? both? what do you think?

Another pano from my recent trip to Palouse - thanks for all of the

kind comments and ratings from my last post!

Spent the weekend in Palouse, WA. This pano was stiched using two

photos, otherwise unmanipulated. See technical details for more

info. critques and ratings welcome

I found an old abandoned saw mill yesterday and experimeneted with

long shutter speeds and many different compositions of the inside of

the mill, but this simple photo of an old work bench and broken

bottle (milk bottle?) left untouched, lit by the window to the left,

is my favorite. critiques / ratings welcome.

Another photo from this weekend at Lower Antelope Canyon. The

light, texture, lines and curves all make for a wonderful place to

study composition. I know they have been photographed many times,

regardless, here is my perspective.

Taken this last weekend in Lower Antelope Canyon - my first trip to

this location. I know the area has been well photographed, but

there is nothing like seeing it in person, and offering a unique

perspective. Enjoy -

Thanks for the kind comments. I have previously described my methodology here. For this particular shot, I did use a single monolight+umbrella.

Regina! I go away for a while and look what I come back to - one of your finest! This is a wonderful photo. The coloring so warm, like the end of summer, the sun so low, like the end of a season, the harvest complete, the multi-layer composition, the details in the tree and field... all combined to make a wonderful photo. Great job! Keep it up! Bill

beautiful, simple, colors sublime

This is a spectacular shot of one of my favorite subjects - congrats!

I love the composition, color, lighting. Very well done!

thanks for taking time to comment, and for the compliment. I've been silently enjoying your photos the last few weeks!

the colors and wave patterns are very nice, regina. I haven't taken a reflection shot in some time, this photo inspired me to start looking!

a truly amazing find

John, thanks for your attention to detail. The original does not have the noise you have noticed, something must have gone wrong during my original workflow. I've posted a larger version of this image, sans noise and border, here for anyone: forgotten hills (hosted on pbase.com)

This rates as one of my favorites this week, I've seen others of this type, but the color and composition of this one is very striking. thanks for inspiring me to try it out sometime (hopefully soon!)

 

Bill

in-freaking-credible! So much to say on how great this photo is...one of the best I've seen of the genre. the rule of thirds, the timing, the exposure... near perfect execution. Two small criticisms...to me it appears a bit over-sharpened?, at least in this JPG... the other thing to notice is the dude seems to have an awful sunburn, or the red tint is tad high. Still this is an AWESOME photo, thanks for sharing.

So glad you all enjoyed it! I find the range of ratings on this photo interesting...clearly it is not a style for everyone. Thanks to those that have or will leave feedback! The words, not the scores, are the things that keep bringing me back.

very nice blue hour tones, with a hint of pink adding a nice touch. well done

Why the unusually low scores? I rarely see 1s and 2s given out, yet this photo has several. Have people gone mad? Whatever the equipment used, as if that should affect the score in the least!!!, this is a fine photo!

excellent job

great image

marvelous!