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I would be surprised if I didnt find a photo like this in the portfolio of Edward Curtis, or some other dude from 100 years ago. Then the only improvement would be the red sky. Composition wise I dont see anything pleasing. Your other photos are much better than this one. It is just people like red color more than other colors, and rating is free and takes only half second.

So what version of Photoshop did you use? I cant imagine this great technique with the old 6.0. I wonder how many people of those that rated 10/10 belong to this equivalence class.

Print the photo, and examine the far right corner. You will see how good was your technique when you cloned out the people.

This is a photo that I would never like to have at home. The red sky looks fake. What is the meaning of the red sky? Why not green or yellow? It conveys absolutely no emotions. Good photograph should convey something, improve on the work of others, and be visually pleasing.

I guess the idea was to take a panoramic photograph, then it didnt look too good so some extra Photoshop manipulation in the form of the red sky took place.

My attempt for a BW photo of the Golden Gate Bridge.

 

I remember when I came back from the Antelope canyon first time. I projected my slides on a wall at home, and the colors and everything was just awasome. Then I showed the photos to my friends who like them a lot as well. This was the last time when I really liked my Antelope canyon photos. First I noticed that these photos are being sold in volumes almost everywhere. Sometimes for $5/piece. And all of them looked the same. I can barely find a photo in your folder that I have not seen before. You even use the same names the photographers before you used for their photos.

 

It is probably very hard or almost impossible to bring an original photo from the canyons. The Antelope canyon in your folder are certainly very beautiful, and required some technical skills to get them.

 

I do not even know whether photographs from the Antelope Canyon are supposed to be original, or what is exactly the quality measure for them. Not too many people notice that the photos are monochromatic, though, this property is obvious. What if the canyons were grey? Would it be still considered beautiful? People's perception is probably biased towards the red/yellow/orange spectrum of colors. Well, I have never seen a BW photo from the Antelope canyon.

 

Do not know how exactly rate orginality but somewhere in the range 2-6, i.e. moderately original to unoriginal. Aesthetics in the range 5-8. But maybe I am just very unskilled in judging quality of photographs. Will see how other people digest my comment.

I would prefere to see it upside down. Nice colors, composition etc. Originality?? Hm, who knows. I've seen quite many of these.

Beautiful photo. On the other hand recently I hit the web page of Lee Rentz (http://www.leerentz.com/). If you look under 'water colors' you find beautiful photos like this one. MAybe those are better, if not digitally manipulated. The ratings of originality of photos on photo.net is in my opinion too high. What is the major difference between this photo and photos of Lee Rentz? Except that this one is a beach wave and those are river waves. I would rate the originality of this one 3-4, but it is a beautiful photo so the esthetics rating could go to 6-7.

Looks like color saturated in Photoshop.