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No kidding, I think it'd looked great in Ansel Adams portfolio. Seriously, I like this one more than some of his photos. Don't quote me on that, though, as I am afraid many people would not understand.

I love the composition. Technically, the sky is overexposed, the trees in the background appear to me to be out of focus, not sure it is true or not. Overall - great impression!

That's original. Thumbs up!

This is strong and impressive. I definitely like the idea. The sun is a bit too bright to my taste, would prefer it to be more subtle. Those dots on the sky (dust, noise?) are a bit distracting, but are easy to fix.

 

Overall, it is great. Congratulations!

This is a mountain river in a dry season. The water is low and flows

slowly. The picture was taken not on a dusk or dawn, but rather

mid-day. The river reflects trees with golden leaves behind the scene.

I liked it so much, I could not not share it with you. I realize there

are much more impressive photos out there, yet still I love the color

so much.

 

The picture was taken while riding a car along the river. I regret I

did not realize the potential on the spot. I "got" it reviewing

pictures full-screen sitting in my chair at home a couple days later

and couple hundred miles away.

Thanks, Margaret!

I'd love to hear anything you care to share, especially on post

processing here. Curves? :)

 

The image is unaltered, except cropping out a couple of people on the

right.

You nailed it :-) I was just wondering why her hair has blueish cast. Best!

Great capture! Thanks for sharing. I would probably cut off the lady in white on the right.

Thank you very much, Steven. I agree with all you have said. We did take several pictures. I felt like this one was the best by a large margin. I am not so sure now. I will add another one soon.

Thanks for ratings, and if you know how this could be done better, or

what is bad about it, please do not hesitate to let me know. :)

This is one of rare cases when shadows from the clouds seem to work :-)

Beatiful idea.

This is excellent! It is so real, like it is more than a picture. I got a felling like I knew what my fingers would sense if I touched his face.

I'd love this photo if not the face expression. It does not express anything. :(

This is nicely done. I like the balance between the soil and ski. The clouds bing nore life to the picture. Would prefer less saturated skies and softer shadow, and, perhaps, much longer one.

The water has delicious colors and texture. Thank you.

Thanks, Tony. After thinking about your comment regarding the angle, I thought I might have overcropped it. BTW, when you look at the picture in larger size, this is a 100% crop, pixel for pixel.

 

Here is another crop, which is still only a third of original photo, which was vertical. 55 mm was the longest I had at my disposal.

Just turned 90 degrees without straithening.

Thank you. Here it is. I was reluctant to vertical format since I tilted the camera and the pic screamed for straithening, which leads to softening. The tilt is much less noticeable in landscape mode.

Thank you, Michael. This is not the snow, though. This is calcium. It was a warm day and I was shooting this in shorts and sweating. :-)

That was great. Thanks!

Great action. Keep it coming.

I like the idea. I wish the rocks were brighter, so more details could be seen.

I like the softness of the picture. The pictures of the kind are usually sharper, crisper and contrasty. I enjoy this one very much. I would crop out the bright spot at the top. It makes the picture more alive, and yet distracts too much.