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Nice image, but I'm especially interested in where this yurt is located. I built and live in a large yurt also.

Scene painted by handheld lights. Comments welcome

Havasu Falls along Havasu Creek Grand Canyon. Comments welcome.

Everyday life in a brickyard. Comments welcome, thanks

I would appreciate first impressions of this image. Thanks, I look

forward to your response.

This is obviously mistitled. Bryce Canyon faces the east and thus, this is sunrise.

You can achieve equally good results with either type polarizer. I also use a circular, however, when I use my wide angle lenses, I generally use a Lee rectangular 100mm polarizer. It eleminates the possibility of vignetting in the corners even when shooting at ultra wide angles.

This winter in Southern Utah has been a snowy one. I hiked down into

Bryce Canyon this morning after two feet of new snow had fallen over

the past couple of days. I think the hard climb in and out was worth

it.

This young monk lives in a small monastery near Mandalay, Myanmar.

Since this picture was taken, his life has changed for the worse with

violent repression by government authorities.

Ancient Bristlecone- Night exposure with painted foreground light

Ancient Bristlecone- Southern Utah near Cedar Breaks N.P.

Image taken at annual horse riding festival in northern plateau of

Tibet.

A very nice image, but not exactly accurate capture of wolf behavior. Wolves are generally not aggressive toward humans, and always take the escape route if given a chance. I would much rather take my chances with a pack of wolves over a pack of domestic dogs anyday.

Very Nice Samo, I do alot of night photography and really appreciate this shot. It's nice to have the right eqiupment(observatory no less) to set up such a shot.

Temple complex outside Siem Reap Cambodia

A roving herd of sheep make their way along the shore of Lake Yamdrok

in central Tibet.

Sculpted sandstone in the southwest

Each afternoon this old monk walks the kora circuit around Gyantse

monastery in central Tibet. He is always accompanied by a mob of

resident dogs looking for a handout.

Taken at Teej festival in the Kingdom of Mustang inside the city of

LoMantang. Annual ceremonial rite to drive demon spirits from city.

What's going on with this image? The hand that is "almost" cupping her breast, is very "meaty" and sooo masculine. It's also in a most unnatural position. ????????

Please share your thoughts and observations

Jana, you mention "the impressionistic approach" I'd be interested in more information about your technique. I can see it on several different layers or ways of achieving. Nice work and good interpretation.

The brickyards of the Kathmandu Valley are a surreal world of hard

labor and human existence. Early morning light illuminates the brick

dust as workers remove cooled bricks from a giant underground kiln.

Lots of potential in this area. The first thing that strikes me is the distracting out of focus foreground. Adjusting depth of field using hyperfocal focusing point would make it sharp front to distance. Generally this scene is a little too busy with maybe too much cluttr among the geological features. Waiting for more distinctive light would help, and narrowing the scope to concentrate on a tighter view of fewer structures. A little too much featureless sky I think. Do you have other work from this area? If you go back there, you might want to think about visually "extracting" a dramatic element in the large scheme and working with that instead of trying to "crowd" too much into one scene. Take care Bruce

Someone misplaced their cue ball??