Graceful Departure
by connie

Comment:
lovely sunset. The great thing is that you captured the color essence of the whole sunset genre. blue/ teal/cobalt/ orange yellow. I love the late sunsets for this reason, and the dark beach draws a perfect line into the detailed water.I like it a lot.

A Proud Bird
by mariomel

Comment:
great focus throughout the shot! from feathers to beak- you have made the most of a bird portrait adn the eagle really takes on a proud, predatory feeling. nice.

The Kozak
by smokeditor

Comment:
This is a great portrait of a "character"- not essentially the person but the thing represented, as referenced through the title, perhaps crop a little less leg, or more horse- but those are nit-picketty random thoughts. nice blue, nice job!

Vases Filled With Water
by GolferDDS

Comment:
Great Idea, is there a ripple in the background though? this pulls me away from the vases.

The Ruin
by e301

Comment:
Beautifully pleasing colors and obviously a skilled post processor! I love the detail adn quality of the texture of teh building against the clouds. The area of darkness on the right does not add to the ominous feeling, and muddles the shot up. Nice though, looks like a travel poster for rural ireland or wales.

Rachel
by dsa157

Comment:
The shot is very compelling as a portrait. Most times people worry about the technicality of teh exposure, composition and lighting at the expense of capturing the emotion and essence of the subject. You have not achieved perfet exposure, overexposed imo, but the portrait works because of the captures essence and expression. you had the patience and direction to make it happen.

Aloft
by Brad

Comment:
great composition and clouds. I love the shadowy detail against the sail. Perhaps I would like better context for teh shot, les "cropping", showing more of the boat or horizon. I still like it better than most shots though.

Shadowboxer
by scalvert

Comment:
great idea, black and white is not really doing it for me though. I do like the compostiion but the focal point is the face and it is out of focus, and the blurry obscured hip area is distracting.

The Bearded Lady
by ellamay

Comment:
stunning detail. this is green as nature intended it. perhaps there is just a bit missing to make this a trule compelling shot, the composition or "focus zones" may seem a bit unnatural or... artificial.

The Splash of a Kiwi
by terje

Comment:
stunning shot, brilliant water, perhaps a bit processed looking in the green and blue?