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Taken at about 120m altitude with a Phantom 3. Thoughts and

suggestions? Thanks

This was taken of Stone Lake near Middlebury, IN, looking eastward after a

severe thunderstorm had blown through. It was taken with the DJI

Phantom 3. I had tried to shoot some HDR but the drone is not stable

enough to get reasonable overlays, at least in this situation. Thoughts and

suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

Submitted a similar image before without people. Curious as to whether

having people in it makes it better.

Hi Tommy,

I was attempting to capture the sense of isolation of the ice fishing hut.  Guess I did not quite accomplish that.  It might have been better if I had someone walking out toward it

Thanks Les

Thank Norbert,... I missed the feet.  Wish those that have rated it so poorly would explain their thinking.

Thanks Fred.  I deeply appreciate your feedback.  If you would like to review a couple of other from that session, that would be fantastic.  The link is http://www.e2photo.net/recent-favorites/formal-bridal-sessions.html

I don't get asked to shoot formal bridal portraits very often, but here is a

recent one. Thoughts and suggestions?

Thanks.  I am curious what other people like or dislike about this picture.  I am trying to understand landscape photography so thoughts and suggestions would be appreciated.

This was taken from the Sun Gate looking toward Machu Picchu (on the

right) and Wayna Picchu on the left (the mountain to the left of Machu

Picchu) in September of 2013

I think this is a great picture.  In one tiny fraction of a second you captured all those that witnessed this wedding. One can explore this picture for hours.  

I appreciate all the comments.  When I was making this image I wanted to create a newborn portrait that was different than the 'snuggling on a white blanket sleeping type of picture' that captured the sense of pride and joy a mother feels for her new child.  I wanted the child to be dominate (and our eye drawn initially to the child) and the mother much less so to reflect the quiet and many time not visible importance of the mother in raising and supporting their child.  The child looking away some is our indifference to the importance mothers in the raising of our most valuable asset (our children) as we as a society expect them to be wage earners.  Last, the body of the mother is formed in such a way as to seem like an urn (or uterus) from which the child is coming.

I  used 'Joy' for the title, but a close second choice was 'Exaltation of new life'

Thanks again for all the comments as I always learn from them!

Thanks Philip.  You made me smile!