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Nicely smoothed water, well lit peak. A great effect.

What beautiful misty colours. The road line through the photo does work well.

The swirls in the foreground blue add a nice effect and the far mist is strong, pity there's less in the middle. The jetty etc is clutter.

Yellow like a Van Goch. Nice silhouette and capture. A few little distracting bits at the edge.

It's a lovely effect - CS3 will be responsible for us seeing more of these, which is a good thing. The blue tones work well. It's dark but pleasantly so.

Nice, but that black sky is unattractive - earlier is better. Good viewpoint and exposure.

Ryan, this would be the 17-85mm lens @ f/4.5, 1/15s. Closest blur is a pedestrian.

Zoom Zoom and Pan...

Landscapes should show open up to us wondrous views that we may never get to experience ourselves - this does that. These clouds are surreal and the sky is azure blue. This is a great view - are the mountains too dark? Maybe.

I like the full vertical sweep of the first version and think maybe a cloud or darker patch up top would help - still keeping the commanding height. Next time, run down there and move that log, maybe place your camera on a tripod and move all those little foreground distractions out of view - the place your subject with clear light each side.

Very well it across the face and shoulders. Falls off a little too fast for me across the arms (though she has big hands, shich should be de-emphasised). Kee[ing the detail in the costume while de-emphasising the cloth is a good idea. The look is good too - like a dancer frozen in motion.

Looks like he's a crap cook of brown bread. An interesting image and story. I am never accepting an invite to breakfast at your place.

Looks a little red in the face. The shadows tell me you had a high light, to the left, almost in line with the camera. Read what this says about butterfly lighting.

The photograph is nicely cropped, is from a good viewpoint and has a good shutter duration. The red dirt distracts a little and the greens maybe could come up a bit - in PS you can adjust these channels individually in Hue/Sat (Ctrl-U) which (if you don't already), is something worth just looking at for interest's sake. I am wodering about the far DOF and the f-stop you used.

Some interesting/attractive features but not a wall-hanger for me because it feels unbalanced - most of the interest ties to the lower left - which for me says you could lose some on the right and top.

Would make a nice CD cover with a little less road and a focal subject. Attractive zooming effect.

The girls at the front should have done their hair. I like the photo more as it continues in depth, missing eye detail and a little focus at the front.

Yes, a focal subject as others have said. Two exits (in this case) is not good - I am talking about the bright patch at the very top - the eye goes there and escapes the photograph. Colours don't have to be realistic but then you have to be aware that people will think 'Photoshop' and won't 'believe' the scene (brings doubts about 'did she just overlay that deer there at the end' etc). This is often OK as long as you're aware of it.

 

You have very good ideas here - the trees are commanding in the vertical and the detail is good, sometimes it is worth doing a bit of a clean up of the ground in front of the photo (even temporarily tying a branch back) before taking the picture - Leave nothing but footprints, take nothing but photographs ...

 

Try a few things while you're there, e.g. get a very wide lens, lay on the ground and take photos upwards - see the convergence.

'cool' idea. The B&W concentrates the view on what otherwise is a busy scene. Nice reflections.

The reflections are nice but it's the wrong time of day and there's a bit too much foreground clutter. Vertical was a good idea.

Reshoot - it has some very good points, not least being its isolation from the background but...

1. Those 2 background lines look like antennae.

2. He needs either to push his chin forward or you need to shoot from slightly above so you don't get the double chin.

3. Use the 'Expose to the right' trick and then try and retain detail in the clothing when addressing balance etc in photoshop or equivalent.

Nice idea and lighting. WOuld also like to see a vertical to emphasise even more the majesty of the falls using the fisherman as a reference point.

Nicely lit and colour balanced. Nice set up - lights on - the side light could have been in also if it did not distract from the wall hanging.

She looks happy and relaxed but the front-on pose and lighting has the effect of both f(l)attening and broadening. Good texture and shape come from controlling the shadows as you must know. I like the tilt.

Dave, she makes a very nice point here but she don't look too happy, also the lighting needs to be lifted around her eyes - even in the bath a reflector can be useful.