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Any comments are welcome.

Topkapi Palace, Istanbul. Picture the Sultan on the throne, and the

harem ladies to the left. It's a tough job, but somebody had to do it.

Is the photograph any good, or does all credit go to the architects?

Thanks René, Stephen and Orvill. Actually this bird wasn't very shy (or maybe just too lazy to fly away). For the background (water), see the attached original photo (deault settings of Adobe's raw converter) and the description under "Technical Details".

Nice composition, nice lighting, nice framing.

Photographed outside (in the Everglades) near twilight with available

light. Any comments, please?

Any comments or suggestions? The aligator was about 2 meters long,

but didn't bother to move while I was there.

Please view "Larger". Comments?
Originally (1912) this was a low train bridge, but it was changed into a car bridge (upper deck) in 1938. Car traffic stopped in 1982 when the modern Bahia Honda bridge was built.

Any comments? The vignetting was added in postprocessing to focus

attention on this fellow.

companion photo of the same two models.

companion photo of the same two models.

The concrete is a renovated part of the old Seven Mile (railroad)

Bridge (Florida Keys). Comments welcome.

The fact that you managed to photograph one sounds impressive to me (never saw a cayote outside cartoons). But the head and back don't stand out well from the background; the feet are fine. What might have helped:

 

higher vantage point (entire animal against the snow)

 

less depth of field

 

crop the picture to get rid of the boring bits

 

lots of patience? take lots of shots and show the best ones

 

Photo.net is a pretty demanding crowd, and the level of the average picture seems to be on the rise

 

Playing with Gamma value during postprocessing to lighten the animal a bit without adding light to the (already light) snow.

 

 

Hope this helps,

 

Peter

The concrete is a renovated part of the old Seven Mile Bridge

(Florida Keys). Comments welcome.

No, this critter was close to a road and not particularly shy. This was taken from about 3 meters/yards distance. The picture is slightly cropped. Note that the camera also has a 1.6 crop factor, making the 200m equivalent to 320m on your Canon 5D ;-)

According to me this is a Great White Egret (rather than a Great

White Heron) because he has black legs. Both Egrets and Herons occur

in Southern Florida where this fellow was taken. His neck is like

that by design - seems to help to retract the neck in two hairpin

curves during flight.

Not sure how to classify this. Or how to call this. Suggestions?

Hmmm, not one of your best. Too busy to know what exactly the photo is trying to convey.

 

Title stresses the word Hollywood in a Chinese context - not interesting enough for me to care why they named it that. Dominant red theme is clear due to border.. fine. The use of the boxes as a passepartout just focusses my atention on a person, some railing, a distracting sign. The anonymous ratings suggest that some people like it. Can anyone explain what I am missing?

Looks like it was taken on a tripod, but if I remember correctly you mentioned that it wasn't. Strong points:

• atmosphere
• strong lines

Weaker points:

• nagging title
• distracting building in the upper right-hand corner

Not entirely sure about the frame: try thin yellow or green line? try lighter shade of black - if needed with gradient? Maybe worth printing in large format.

I could have classified this as architecture, but the artistic side

may be limited to the yellow paint. Comments on the photo?

Any comments? No specific political message is intended.

This is not a spectacularly distant or deep view of the Western Grand

Canyon area, but attempts to show the atmosphere. Comments?

Western part of Grand Canyon area. Comments are welcome.

Any comments on this one?

Thanks for having a look. Comments are appreciated. This photo was

taken on the shadow side of a leaf exposed to direct sunlight. This

tropical plant was left outdoor in warm weather and taken indoor in

the winter.