daverave

I like the way all of the elements flow around the photo, flower down rocks, up stream to mountain range and back to flower. Dramatic cloud cover never hurts either. Technically flawless.

Pretty, huh?

Nice shot of an interesting place. It appears a little dark on my monitor, I would expect the granite to be whiter at that time of day.

How about this one?

I wasn't sure what Category to put this one in!

Comments appreciated.

I like it! Nice exposure, sharp, good detail.

That little bush dead center at the bottom distracts from the overall composition for me. It's as if it is the subject matter when I don't think that is your intent. I would have stepped a few feet closer and got it out of the frame and maybe made the yellow trees in the middle ground more prominent.

All of that gray sky isn't doing much for the photo as well as that bit of tree branch. I'd crop it all out and get down to the subject matter: the plane! (and it's reflection.)

at the Eureka Dunes in Death Valley NP... any critique?

It looks OK at thumbnail size until I click on it and then the pixelation becomes much too overpowering.

 

EDIT: Oh, I guess that is just when I commented because when I click on "Larger" the resolution looks just fine.

 

A bluer sky would have been a nice contrast. Did you try the same thing with more light on the foreground?

my first submittal, be gentle ;-)

Nice graphic even if you did place the leaf there ;-)

 

Maybe a little blown out at the top center but not badly.

I'm just commenting so that I can be the first on a Wilson Tsoi photo! ;-)

 

Nice shot, with realistic coloring, technically masterful. Love your work.

 

Dave

truly an eye catching shot, technically well done, Sierra Club calendar quality.

congratulations

Great place that I see photographed alot, I'll have to get there someday.

 

For the time of day that you were there, it's a good image but obviously waiting a couple of hours would have softened the light some and increased the shadows. But I know how sometimes the timing just isn't right.

 

The only other criticism would be the inclusion of the man-made wall of the overlook on the lower right corner of the shot. Unless there is some intent to provide scale or to contrast the man-made with the natural, which I doubt was the case here, I think it's better to avoid including this wall in this otherwise all-natural landscape. Just my two cents, keep up the good work.

Very dramatic landscape even without the wildlife. Well exposed.

Very nice; the sky and mountains are beautiful and sharp. I tend to agree that a little more foreground would be a plus. It is, after all, titled "Alabama Hills" and part of what makes the scenery there is the "weeds". I'm not one of those purists that thinks that cropping has to comply with some magic ratio.