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Your question is an interesting one. It definitely doesn't feel like a portrait, but it's not quite a full fashion shot either. I'm not sure.

Does this work? Any adjustments you would make? ALL comments and

critiques would be most welcome.

Props to you for capturing those guys so clearly while they were riding at umpteen miles per hour! That HAD to be a tough capture.

You're looking at the gnarly roots of an uprooted tree that had fallen in the forest. I took a closeup shot with the idea in mind that it should look like an abstract painting focused on tone and contours.

A tribute to James Nares, who gets this look in single strokes using

HUGE brushes.

 

Please C&C. ALL comments are welcome.

Is this better?

http://gallery.photo.net/photo/7188345-md.jpg

Carl, thanks for the example. I do think you made it look better. I'll have to see what I can do to bring out the color like that.

 

Ken, I appreciate your candid response. It's not something I would've thought about doing, as I was going for a deeper DOF; but I'll keep it in mind for next time.

Would you crop this? Please take a minute to let me know what you

think. ALL C&Cs welcome!

Please take a minute to let me know what you think. ALL C&Cs welcome!

I wish there was something more profound and informative I could say besides this, but the reality is that I saw this picture and only thought, "That is CRAZY cool!"

 

Unbelievably well done. Makes me want to get the lens you used and play!

I like all of the different greens and yellows in this, and you've also created a nice half-and-half contrast of light and shape. It really works... and I want one of those grapes!

Please let me know what you think. I want to know if this concept

works and/or how you'd improve it. ALL comments and critiques

welcome. Thanks!

That really looks like a sad old man. The anthropomorphizing effect of the shot is just phenomenal.

I love the geometry in this shot -- all of the intersecting planes, the square opening within the rectangular wall, etc. I think the angle is also very compelling, much more so than it would've been had you shot it straight on. The contrast between what is within the walls and what is beyond them makes an interesting statement. Very well done.

ALL comments and critiques are welcome. I would be most grateful if

you'd take a minute to write some thoughts.

ALL comments and critiques are welcome. I would be most grateful if

you'd take a minute to write some thoughts.

Please take a minute to let me know your thoughts. All comments and

critiques are welcome.

Note the mask... all comments and critiques are welcome.

Darn that wind! I've had that problem myself on many an occasion. I always find it amazing the threshold to which we perceive stillness... until you try to take a picture. Then you realize how much everything is always moving. Thanks for responding. I was glad to know more of the details.

Thank you for clarifying and posting this. Beautiful color range in this one, from the redish light of the left side to the cool green of the upper right. The contour of the base of the cavern is interesting as well. This photo definitely offers a more comprehensive view of the place than the previous. My only critique would be that the focus seems soft. Did you have to use a very slow shutter in there? (I ask because I had similar problems shooting a lava tube in Maui.)

Should Microsoft pay me to make this a stock windows desktop

background, or am I crazy?

 

Please let me know what you think. ALL comments and critiques are

welcome. Thank you.

The result of experimenting with a magnifying glass. Please let me

know what you think.

 

ALL comments and critiques are welcome.

Thank you for that very detailed and informative response, Ifti!

A very ominous and sinister expression.

I'm not sure if you shot this in color and converted it, but if you did good on you. It's a perfect candidate for B+W. You've done well with the contrast, focus, and DOF. I really like it, especially all the different textures, ranging from prickly (foreground, right) to soft (clouds).