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Well, it does not bother me much, although it is nice to know that people like the image (and rate it well). OTOH, I do not pay much attention to poor ratings, particularly when someone did not bother to say why he/she thinks the pic is bad.

 

It would be nice if these people offered a comment, it would be helpful, but ...

 

I know these pics are no great art - but I like them. Thanks for the kind word.

...same morning, different shot.

Now, that was good: three 3/3 in the first 20 seconds :D

 

Keep them coming !

...on the horizon.

...well, it looks like it :D

Austinmere, South Coast near Sydney.

Reverse graduated ND, Singh Ray.

...different shot.

...near Sydney.

Very, very nice...although I am not much into digital "assembly", I really like it.

 

 

Removing the haze would probably do some good.

...view it at a larger size.

(not quite a waterfall :)

In Blue Mountains.

Summer in Europe - it doesn't always look like this :)

...in my garden.

Thanks !

Half of the credit goes to my daughter who was producing soap bubbles in a pretty strong wind :)

One of many bubbles today.

Do not like it. Had a look at other pics produced by Oleg.

Some of them may be considered as close to being art. Some of them are just uninteresting nudity. A couple of them are on the verge of being mildly pornographic. All in all - nice girls, good processing skills, not much in the way of a concept (with couple of exceptions). Or maybe I just don't get it. Possible.

Well, I have to disagree with Carl. While I am not a big fan of heavy PS alterations - it is the final effect that counts. I like the image, and I do not really care that it has been PhotoShopped. Everyone sees the world differently, only the degree of difference varies.

Somehow, it does not look like "nature" to me.

I know it is a cliche subject, but a new 400/4.6L is a temptation

difficult to resist. To avoid misunderstanding - yes, it was

PhotoShopped to certain degree, the biggest manipulation was adding a

gradient layer with dark blue color in order to get rid of uniformly

black backround.

Canon 1D MkII, ISO400, f8.0, 1/500s.

Well, to me it does not matter how much PS is in the picture. A picture is a picture is a picture. Manipulation is allowed (my opinion, YMMV) to create something which may or may not have an actual representation in reality. It is the final effect that counts.

 

I like it, well done.

Oops...the trestle is just a reflection...

 

Cancel the question in the previous post...

Just one question.

The rock appears to be perfectly in focus.

The trellis is out of focus, and looks like it is out focus consistently, without much change along its length.

How is it that the trellis on the LH (almost in the same plane as the rock) is still out of focus, despite approaching the focus plane ?