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Old wooden grain elevators are becoming less prominent on the prairie

landscape. They are geting torn down, one by one, to make way for huge

concrete giants.

Just for fun ...

Burning stubble on fields after fall harvest. This technique is

gradually being replaced by more effective and environmentally

preferable tilling techniques.

Beautiful aesthetics. The colour is lovely. The front left foreground material adds an excellent counterpoint. A dazzling image.

Very interesting phenomenon. Splendid photo.

 

The neutral grad removes nearly all detail from the hills in the distance on the left side. That's a shame. I think this reduces the image impact. The hard edge of the ND grad could have been pulled up just a bit higher too, so as not to leave the distant ground level noticeably darker. With a bit of manipulation you may be able to bring up the brightness level of the ground in the background, but not much can be done for the lost detail in the hills.

Comments, please.

Most have now been torn down, making way for huge, corporate concrete

monuments to capitalism. Those that remain remind the prairie

landscape of a time not so long ago when the wooden grain elevator

ruled the west. The communities that maintain these quiet giants look

back with a sense of pride on their past, as they strugle through the

present and pray for their children's future.

Abandoned farmsteads tell of the hardships of prairie life.

Comments please.

Too bad about the hanging vegetation. To me that spoils the fluidity of the curved lines.

Beautiful image. The colours works so well together.

A beautiful landscape photo. Great lighting, drama in the sky, and the rain behind the rainbow makes it wonderful indeed.

It's hard to say if the photo would be strong anough without the PS filter, as some have suggested, unless we can compare it with the original.

 

The vegetation does not thrive in water, so it should not be portrayed as being submerged. To me, it is not the aesthetic of the filter effect that is the issue, rather it is the way in which a nature photo has been robbed of its true, natural environment. The habitat must be shown honestly.

Very well done. Terrific expression. The "props" tell something about her lifestyle.

 

Background is softly blurred but it still pulls the viewer too much in its direction. If you can try to darken the background slightly it may help to draw more attention on the main subject. The out of focus face in the centre right pulls strongly in its direction.

Very surreal. Simple, but simply gorgeous photo.

Lovely colour. The arrangement of the leaves creates a feeling of movement and a nice pattern.

Comments are welcome

I like the greens in the image. There are strong connections between the green grass, the green wood trim, and the green vegetation seen through the rear window. I think that the green in the rear window, through the doorway, is a splendid focal point.

 

The light coming through the window in the upper storey is perhaps too strong a counterpoint, both in brightness and colour. The primary blue in the sky creates a strong colour clash with the greens. The brightness draws the eye away from the more subtle details in the window frame just below it. I have tried a crop, retaining the square composition. See what you think can be done by removing the top window and the sky.

Nicely done. Timely placement of the subjects. Good use of a fast shutter to create a wall of water in the background. The relationship between participants and observer tells an interesting story in this photo.

Interesting atmosphere.

 

The vertical line immediately draws attention, taking the viewer to the two slihouetted figures. The light they are moving towards is unnatural, slightly surreal.

 

The fog and low contrast add mood and emotion.

 

The birds are not convincing enough. They are too dark in tone to be consistent with the overall lighting. A few also look misplaced. They are neither in front of nor behind the trees. Perhaps they could be greyer, with careful attention to placement. The ones that seem to have the perspective to appear to be deep in the forest should look like the trees in front of them are blocking off part of their view.

I wish that the connection between the top and bottom halves of the photo were stronger. The two regions seem to work against each other. The bottom has a noticeable texture, and the light and shadow play nicely up and along the diagonal.

 

The central ridge, and the upper region, have an entirely different feel. Texture is much smoother and softer, lighter tones predominate, and there isn't as strong a directionality of light and shadow.

 

The two regions do not connect visually, either in line, tone, shape or pattern.

Comments and critiques are appreciated.

I need to see more light colour in at least one spot. Perhaps if you lighten up the eye and give it a blood red colour it might help the image get your message across better.

The bright top right corner, and the pattern there tends to pull the viewer away from the facial expression.

Excellent work. What I find really fascinating about this is that the second exposure has not created an exact symmetry. There are similarities, but the differences make the overall composition very fluid. Amazing photo.