friedemann_pistorius

First I guessed you had a DSLR camera body attached to a 4x5 stitching back, with the 90 mm lens in fixed position. But this doesn't explain the use of Velvia film. Or did you use film for the original picture and then digitalized the image with 20 high res. "macro" shots? Shed some light on this...

Great image, by the way :-) East or West coast?

...and framing - foot cut off.

And with "gal" I think you mean "girl"?

Sharp waves and blurred clouds...?

Great photograph of a cruel world.

Scenes like this proof that our hearts have turned into stone.

The shoe doesn't fit :-)

Without the black shoulder strape it would be perfect...!

Kelly, to ignore a post might not be the best advice for someone asking for critique. I expressed my personal taste and opinion. As I see it that's what a critique forum is all about.

Peter, based on your photo, this is a suggestion...

 

Rules are made to be broken. However, I would'n have placed the island in the middle of the picture, also the distant shoreline cuts the image in halves. Not well composed in my honest opinion, but otherwise a nice picture, I've been up there years ago, it's a truly magnificient scenery.

Maciek, I'm pretty sure this is the Rauma river a few miles upstream from Andalsnes.... or not?

The scenery of Norway is breathtaking. Good capture.

The power lines are disturbing, otherwise a really nice image.

Bad answer to a good comment.

If you really altered the reflection, I wonder WHY. What do you want to tell the viewer?

As a side note, the pink colour of her nails distract from the overall nice colours of the picture. Think about altering THIS...

 

a) Good idea, nice looking photo in the first place.

b) After a second look, there are two points that distract from the otherwise good photograph (my taste, of course):

1. The pot looks too symmetrical to me, although it seems that some effort has been made to alter the mirrored side a bit.

2. The flowers look as if they were added in photoshop. They're illuminated from a bright light source above, making the flowers look contrasty with black shadows - totally different from the soft light on the pot.

 

I think it always makes the difference between a good and a great photograph if these details are executed more thoughtfully.

 

 

The reflections of the clouds do not match the clouds in the sky.

It seems like her knees are resting on the bright box in the lower background.

What a body...

Humans are well advised not to think they could arrange a scene better than nature already did. The rock is there and your decision was right not to (re)move it. It makes a wonderful contrast to the reddish orange of the starfish.

Very nice mood, inndeed.

 

However, the longer I look, the more I think at least two images were merged together. The boats in the fog are "flying" too high, compared to the water level in the foreground and to the relatively low point from where the group of boats on the left was photographed.

 

Besides that, the title could also be understood as fishing season - for the police...

Vincent,

 

you were right by not (or very carefully) using a polarizer. You show the sea as it looks like in bright sunlight. Also, the sailing ship on the right stands perfect against the bright reflections.

 

I'ver been travelling the Greek islands many times and have been to the island of Santorini at least twice. Besides the very nice overall composition (great foreground!) I can confirm that you've captured the very essential of the Mediterranean - the incredible LIGHT!

You've created a really wonderful mood in this picture. I really don't want to play in the "you must have manipulated this picture" band. The soft light on the rock may come from an illuminated sky opposite of the sun, although this is unusual when the sun is so low. But, the more I look the more I'm irritated by the waves. They are obviously rolling from the rock to the viewer over the entire width of the image, while there's only a little hole in the middle through which the waves could roll. I would expext themo be more ragious, higher and wilder in the middle, while running more flat left and right after they've passed the hole. Of course, maybe you've captured a narrow section where I can't see the natural effect I've described.

Please enlighten me on this :-)

I'd suggest to crop the dark space on the left side and upper right corner and leave the insect alone within the wonderful blue color.

I've been there 2 or 3 times in the 90's, and the scenery is as beautiful as your image is eye-capturing.

However, I tend to agree with the first responder that the distant mountain is too centered, and that a bit more of the mountains on the left would improve this image still further.

Mood, colors and foreground are perfect.

To be honest, I like this picture without the orange frame even more! Otherwise a VERY original composition, great picture! Thanks for sharing!

As beautiful as it is - did you merge two pictures into one?

The landscape is so well lighted, framed and photographed - but the boat and dog distract from the great beauty of the scenery in my honest opinion.

The bright sunlit rock in the lower left corner is a bit distracting, otherwise a nice shot!

What equipment did you use? 6x6?