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I must say I've never seen a hippo from this perspective and I find it fascinating. Obviously it is not a design for efficient land use! The duck is odd and I don't know what to think about it... but I have.. so that is somewhat thought provoking. I would have been tempted to remove the rocks but respect the decision to not alter the image. I am a bit puzzled by the high sun shadow under the hippos eyes while I see none in the sand around the duck. On the other hand lots of things puzzle me. I like it.

Thanks Ruud.  It was a fun picture to take.  I bracketed the heck out of the shot to get the best exposure for the situation.  I tried a complete silhouette but this one with some detail was my favorite.

Taken at Muir Woods National Park.

I find myself accumulating more images of trees especially with

telephoto lenses. Comments and critiques are welcomed.

Richard

A nice gem.  I like it!

Les... I agree that a larger DOF would make for a different image.  I'll be going back to this tree and work at it... a tripod and flash... different angles.... just a great tree.

I love trees, bark and black and white. Very interesting large tree (about

4 feet in diameter) that is mostly dead but this external auxiliary root

coming down from about 6 feet above the ground. Critiques and

comments welcome.

Alan:  This shot was taken in shade and combined with the murkiness of the water is a bit flat.  I don't like the color version much.  Using a black and white process I was able to stretch things out if you will.  (on a histogram the original picture is a spike covering a range of about 2 stops).

Perhaps this is not typical underwater photography. In this case the

subject is underwater. It is some type of fresh water grass under slow

moving marshy water at the edge of a river. Thanks.

I looked at the image and my 3 second response was, "I really like it". I then paused and I wondered... hmmm... "how was it done"? Still liking it I started to look for problems.... none popped up. So for me it is simple. Maybe I'm simple... well... I am for the most part.
Then I read through the comments knowing they would all be positive until the POW insert... and I knew that most of the first would all be positive... which they were.
Somewhere I've gone wrong thinking that if I read enough serious critiques from serious artists I'll start to learn something. Maybe I'm looking in the wrong places.
This has been interesting but most of what is being said is not worthy of discussion....
To the photographer: keep up the good work... I like it.
Richard

I shot this from where I was sitting with my gun and camera while "deer

hunting" (no deer where shot, injured or disturbed in the making of this

image) Taken with the 300 2.8 at 5.6 with an iso of 800 and shutter

speed of 1/1600. I enjoy finding things with interesting light while sitting

and waiting.

Comments, suggestions, criticism and even cynicism is welcome.

Richard

Comments and critiques are welcome. Thanks.

Richard

I was out on my boat anchored up killing some time with fishing and pictures and such when the boat came in the inlet from a couple of days conching.  I shot this with the 300 2.8.  The image was shot at the beginning of the magic hour.

I guess I could say this image started about 10 years ago when I tanned

a deer skin using a native method referred to as "brain tanning". Over

the years I've treasured it and have cut small pieces from it for various

projects. The skull is from a memorable deer I met in the mountains in

Giles County Virginia 3 year ago. I used my own modified method of

preparing an "English" mount to preserve the natural patina of the

antlers.

The image was shot in a dark room yesterday..... Canon 7D with a 24-

70L at f 14 and a 30 second exposure. The light was painted with a

penlight. I'm just now starting with light painting. I'm sure things will

evolve and improve but I'm very happy with these early results.

Questions comments and critique/suggestions are very welcome.

Peace..... Richard

I like the light and the color palate...Good job..

Very nice... funny looking bird.. the wings look too short.

Walking around Hamden last week.... I saw this nice lady actually chatting away on her cell phone plugged in to her right ear.  I signaled an "is it OK to take your picture"... she nodded "yes" and kept on chatting....

Wouter... thanks for the comments.  It was an unusual moment for sure that there were no other pedestrians and no cars.... who knows how long I would have had to wait if I wanted it that way.  As it was... A quick look and up with the camera and it was over.

Richard

I like the treatment of the image... Great job.

Very nice... very different perspective.

It is a difficult shot to bring out the main subject which is the shooter in focus.  Much of the shadow has no detail and using post processing to bring out more detail would help.  The barrier is perhaps too large and cropping might help.  I'd like to see his knee on the ground and foreground... overall I'm thinking shooting this in a portrait orientation with his full body and some foreground would be better.  Enjoy the fun!

I was walking around DC on a Sunday afternoon killing a few minutes

when an otherwise busy city with cars and pedestrians opened up to

nothing except this man. It wasn't until looking at it and post processing

that I noticed the light and shadows. The light on the man was from the

giant reflection of light from the building on the right. Thanks for looking.

Richard

Very nice.  I think it qualifies for a "less is more" award.  If it were mine I'd be tempted to remove that lone tree or other protrusion way off to the left.  I'm sure this looks great in print.