danielsimionescu

Excellent sharpness, light and timing. Congrats.

Excellent point, Rob. I mean, aesthetically, it really doesn't matter if an image was or wasn't manipulated. I've seen beautiful "fake" images and beautiful "real" ones, but composites (and heavily manipulated photos) and photographs are (to me) two different things.

We can get down to the basics and quote from Oxford Dictionnary

In sales/copyright issues, this might be a legal issue: the product you are selling is a photograph or not?

Regarding this photo, we can think at two scenarios.

First would be a photographer walking on the street and seeing planes flying over. He has the "vision" of the image so he starts working: takes the camera, choose his lens (yeah, the one with barrel distortion, because that's his vision - he likes that and he wont care about others say), carefully compose and wait. At the right moment, he shoots and transform his vision into reality with the camera.

Second would be somebody with photoshop skills walking on the same street and having the same "vision". He snaps two pictures (or he goes home and browse for some) puts it in photoshop and here we go: same result!

I (and dictionaries, too :) see the photographer in the first scenario. And that's why I consider fair to mention how the image was obtained. And I think that it would be a good idea to have the elves asking the author about that before publishing a photo to the POW.

The rain (combined with long exposure) really looks unnatural, but I love it, so as the "layers" of waves. Regards.

Mind blowing composition! Is it stitched or is a superwide lens?

Good light, framing, details... There's nothing to add but my congratulations to the photographer.

First of all, I love the mood of this picture. He really takes it serious and I find that so cute :) . Nice light and framing, even though the "horizon" (where the grass ends) is to "in the middle of the frame" and his head touches the "horizon", which is a little bit disturbing. Lovely photo. Regards.

Framing, composition, timing, good bokeh ... even the slight tilt makes it perfect. Congratulations!

I agree that a crop of the bottom part would be welcome. Very good exposure balance between the light and dark areas (buildings and especially the plane). Regarding the barrel distortion, I think it goes well with the subject. It tells (at least to a photographer) that you feel squeezed by that crowd of giants and your escape is the fish-eye. On the other hand, if you use a fish-eye, the plane should be much smaller, considering that is at least 300 ft above the ground. Now, if the plane was edited/inserted it makes the difference from a good picture to a ordinary fake.

There's something strange about this picture: the clouds (and the details on the "budget" wall and spectators) show a very long exposure, while the crisp light trails say something else. Double exposure maybe? (or HDR as Leo's doubt?). Anyway, I love it! Regards.

... and you really got something different and beautiful here! It really pops :) My best regards.

Funny picture and well executed. I recently found out that the swans are aggressive towards other species. This duck seems that accidentally got to close to the swan, but I saw a swan chasing baby duck. I didn't stay long that day, but I didn't see those baby ducks anymore.

Great shot, you gave me today's laugh. About composition, I would crop a bit from the right. Their heads are too in the center, IMO.

I wish I had a portrait like that. And I do agree that you are just as good as model that you are as photographer. Congratulations.

I like the timing, the water and the pier looking like an arrow. I agree that the sky looks a bit fake. The problem for me would be the "fifty-fifty"composition, where the horizon is at the middle of the picture (which horizon is a bit crooked, by the way). It might be the rebel side of the photographer, or the need for symmetry and stability.

About the green of the sea water, is not mandatory to be reflected from the sky. You can find that in the Carribean (eg Yukatan area) where the water has a greener hue than here (I have some shots from that place, but this one link is more suggestive).

Anyway, as far as I've seen in your portfolio, you can do better, so keep shooting. Thanks for sharing.

I bet those eyes have a good story to tell. Is he shaman or wizard? Great portrait. Regards.

Even though on the screen doesn't catch my attention too much, I have a feeling that this picture looks amazing on print. Let me know if I'm right.

Nice shot. I wonder how it would look like with one of them burning.

Great timing, exposure and framing!

Chiar ma binedispune poza asta. Felicitari!

You would say that it's unreal, like those drawings/paintings which cannot be done in reality, like this one

Looks like my room now :) Everybody looks like "gone in dreamland", excepting daddy who's about to wake up (or faking because he is taking the picture?)

Nice idea and good execution.

I love this shot. If you have a wider crop, I would be curious to see it.

I'm a big fan of lightning photos and this one caught my eye, even the lightning are not that impressive. What I love about this one is the fire and it's ghostly shape. Thanks for sharing.

I love this shot. I love the way the little girl is holding her mom and how the mom is helping the girl to hold the umbrella. Nice light, too.

Excellent timing and sharpness!

7 for this macro. Congrats.