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Snow covering the small boulder melted and refroze. On a somewhat bright cloudy day the reflections from ripples and cracks in the ice fascinated me.

Four pines in winter at the edge of a field captured in infrared. Comments are welcome.

Nicely composed with the wall and paved road or path to draw my eyes across the image. Good textures. The darker top and bottom edges make me focus on the women in the lighter area of the frame. Was their hair as dark as it appears? I wonder if the grey tones of hair could be more separated in brightness from the tonality of the women's faces. In my opinion this image is very well made.

This image contrasts a formal centered subject with various asymmetrical elements of netting, shadows, and graffiti art. I enjoy the tension among the parts. I think they make a portrait that is far from ordinary.

Beautiful! The pose, the gaze, the hair remind me of classical sculpture.

On the left the light reflected in water and coming from openings in the buildings is pleasingly offset by the light globe up high on the right and lighted passageway in the background, breaking up the symmetric composition made by the bridge, canal, and buildings on either side, in my view, for an enjoyable presentation.

I like, in Bela's revision, "rev-2s", the emergence of a little more detail in the foreground and the idea of brightening the image for whiter snow--but possibly not quite as bright. In the original, I prefer the lower contrast and less sharp detail in the top half of the picture. I have seen this flattening of tone and softness of detail when there's enough blowing snow; and I think that handling contrast and detail this way conveys the mood of the scene effectively. This picture provokes thought and communicates the mood of the scene for me. Thank you Laurent for sharing.

I did not know how day lilies would reflect infrared light; apparently quite brightly. Thanks for looking.

Nice job preserving detail both in the shadowed stairway and the brightly lit exterior. I prefer a less centered composition. It looks also a little tilted to me with the sloped front edge of a stair at the bottom of the frame. My taste would be to crop this image on the left and slightly at the bottom.

Nice grey tones all over and texture of the pavement and steps. The curve of the round column and diagonal of stairs break up the vertical rectangular elements and add interest in my view.

In autumn the treetop canopy thins out and more light penetrates the forest.

On Lake Champlain shore, stones that were underwater in spring rested on dry ground mid summer. Aquatic plants that had anchored to them caught my eye.

Black and white would be different--better, worse, equal? Would need to see. Could be an elegant formal black and white image. Full disclosure: I enjoy more monochromatic or duo-tone images than color; and there are lots of bird photos in color. Also, I'm a birder and appreciate this image as is. Maybe both formats?... Compositionally, I like the more or less parallel diagonals of the owl's body and lower length of the branch on which it perches. They lead my eye to the owl's gaze.

I can see what Richard is saying, but I also see the diagonal lines of the ladder and the steeper diagonal slope of the right side of the building draw my eyes in from the sides toward the center foreground and from there to the child in the doorway. Thank you Naseer for documenting this.

I agree with Daniel. Also, I enjoy the effect of the crossing diagonal lines of composition together with the mild parallax effect between the foreground and background visible in the table top. Curved elements, the nuts, surface texture of the floor, and grain of the wood nicely soften and add texture .

Lex, Thanks for so generously taking the time for such a detailed response. I had met an area photographer who did color infrared with an unconverted point and shoot digital camera. Some manufacturer's normal sensors at the time were more sensitive to some infrared and suited his need. Cannot remember the make of camera he had, though.

Hi Lex. This caught my eye and made me curious about your process with the image. Was this made using a dedicated infrared sensor, for instance? Is the under-saturated color near infrared captured visible spectrum. Or was all the magic in the photo editing software or darkroom printing? Maybe others wonder how you worked this as well??? The mention of Catenada recalled all the interest in perception that was so strong in the youth of the baby boomer generation. Appropriate for visual artists, you think? Sorry to be long winded--you do tend to provoke thought.

Shadows close in on your subject (or light breaks in). Her posture is also closed in and her arms tucked close; her eyes are shut. A photo that both reveals and hides. Well done, in my opinion. Thanks for sharing.

I saw the thumbnail image without knowing quite what the subject was. Expanding the view to see the fish made me smile. I think the fish "pops" because of the contrast with the light background. Nice detail in the dark tones, too.