Icarus
by hihosilver

Comment:
Very clean image... its classy and elegant like the photographer who took it.

I might have considered flipping it 180 degrees counterclockwise. That makes it look like a nesting pair of birds in flight.

coffee time
by Lelez

Comment:
Congrats on your well-deserved ribbon! Nice idea, well executed. That's a heckofa lot of untoasted pop tarts for one coffee break, though. ;)

It used to be said you could tell a lot about a person by the books on their bookshelves. Then, with technology, that evolved to learning about them through their collection of DVDs.

Nowadays you learn a lot about a person by the type of computer they have and the applications they run on it. You sure you want the world to know so much about you from this image? lol!!!

Lake Pink
by fotomann_forever

Comment:
At first glance one thinks the model should be placed further down the walkway to better demonstrate the concept in leading lines that the lines should lead to a payoff.

In this case it looks like the lines lead past the main subject until the viewer realizes that the lines are leading EXACTLY where the photographer intended. lol!!!! ;) ;)

An excellent example of leading lines, especially how you've combined it with rule of thirds placement of your model.

It does not have over-the-top HDR processing so popular at DPC so will not score as high as many others but is one of the best, most intriguing examples of leading lines in the challenge.

The Aviator
by Yo_Spiff

Comment:
Very nice BW!

River of Dreams
by Neil

Comment:
One fine, fine capture!

~ B L U E ~
by glad2badad

Comment:
Good Morning, Mae

Storm Brewing
by KarenNfld

Comment:
If you have Lightroom you can remove the dark smokiness surrounding the clouds. Select the airbrush tool and pick "exposure" and "-" for the air brush settings adjusted to about +.5 f/stops or so for starters and airbrush the smokiness away from the cloud edges. It is a bit tricky to avoid unevenness but pretty easy with a practiced hand and produces a very natural looking result.

You can achieve the same result with an Exposure Layer in PS CS4 but, of course as is true with everything in PS, it is a lot harder. :)

Daylight into Dusk
by hihosilver

Comment:
Though it is very good that you try different types of things with your photographs, it is nice to see you return to your roots using strong rainbow color highlighting to evoke a sense of surrealistic awe within the landscape genre.

I'll be watching your continued growth as a photographer.

The Wave
by jrtodd

Comment:
Congrats on a decent placing with a good photograph.

After researching that region more after our hike I see there are many, many other equally fascinating places to photograph in the immediate area... I plan to photograph all of them.

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by rjkstesch

Comment:
This is one of the best pictures of Upper Antelope Canyon I have seen in some time. It is of high technical quality and shows what it is really like to go there these days.