the two negative spots (sky) make a perfect rest area for this intriguing shot....... -- Richard Soudershttp://www.flickr.com/photos/rsoud/

this is the kind of image you must look at for awhile until your eyes become accustomed to the light....nicely done -- Richard Soudershttp://www.flickr.com/photos/rsoud/

E30/ZD70-300 at 1/50, f/8, 70mm, 100 ISO -- Richard Soudershttp://www.flickr.com/photos/rsoud/

Get your images ready and sharpen your narrative pencil.I just don't know when exactly I will find the time to start it (maybe sooner or later than is customary), because it is a holiday in Belgium and a family gathering, but I will start the thread today.

See :http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100150/I also agree with Mike's suggestion to experiment with different rotations, and not just rotations, but also mirroring and flipping. For some unexplainable reason, sometimes a simple 180° or 90° turn can make a good image really exceptional, maybe because the shapes then create subconscious associations.

1. Good to see you outdoors.2. My only point of criticism here, is the fact that the clouds coincide with the treeline. A shot with more clouds in the sky above the tree line would look more balanced. Now of course you cannot create extra clouds (save for cloning and manipulation), but you can influence perspective. Getting a bit closer (if your mobility allows that, of course) with a somewhat wider lens will also give you the width and the view of the trees, but the clouds should be marginally higher in relation to the treeline.

Up close and personal, with an obvious connection between those involved. Low key. Desaturation. Vignetting.I would not have done anything else with this image. Or maybe I would have, and it would probably have been less good.

Both have their obvious attractions :the colour makes the scene fresh and alivethe B&W enhances texture immensely (obvious highlight : the definition in the faceted eye).Hard to choose.If you applied a touch of extra clarity and blacks levels to the colour version(according to Scott Kelby, that is a combination to make images pop instantly and for once he is not BS-ing), then I believe you could have the best of both worlds.

I like all of the activity and you caught it well. Using the shallower DOF also enhances the primary subject.OT Question: Do you spend a lot of time on Route #30?Bill Turner

The unusual angle works. From the back is a great way to shoot sunflowers, as I have experienced also in the Piemonte region two summers ago.What makes it special is:the distribution of the light on the green "crown" : brighter on top, giving more character;the fact that this green crown extends nicely in the same direction as the petals, giving a radiating look.I was unsure about the overlap with another flower at first, thinking it would look better if you had just isolated the single flower, but after looking back a few times, I am OK with that decision of yours : if anything it makes the petals extend even further and that is good. -- Roel Hendrickxlots ofimages:http://www.roelh.zenfolio.commy E-3 user fieldreportfrom Tunisian Sahara:http://www.biofos.com/ukpsg/roel.html

CharlesB58wrote:I like the juxtaposition of having this spectacular view, and you caught the woman at a moment when she was reading something.I agree completely with this positive part of Charles' comment : the irony of having one of the most spectacular views in the world and then ignoring it. Great catch.About the only thing I could thing of doing differently was using a wider angle and getting a little closer to her, while still capturing the vista.I am not bothered by this.About that other remark on the feet of the chair : it does not really bother me, but if it bothers you, then you can obscure this by darkening that lower part a bit.

How is the GH2 treating you?Regarding DR, specially in the shadows, do you see an improvement over the e510?Regarding the shot, I like how the light strikes the anthill, but I am strugling to find as interesting as the landscapes you normally post.WBR -- BjornBudd was my computer games alter ego... My name is João Afonso Ferreira, I'm from Portugal. PhotoBlog:http://www.codaque.blogspot.com Blog:http://www.atjaf.blogspot.com(in Portuguese)

LouHollandwrote:Shopping girl | Gauguin like treatmentBut I have two comments: 1. I would try it again on a less busy view2. I would not exactly call it "Gauguin" (as in the painter Paul Gauguin, I assume you are meaning). It reminds me more of solarization or of something involving coloured blacklights or of those things we used to do as kids, where you fill a blank sheet completely with random crayon colour, and then you paste black crayon all over it, and you make the colours reappear (as colours for a new drawing) by scratching out the black.Lou

Looking Out Over the City:(one from the series of the opening weekend in the MAS Museum) (ZD35-100 at 35mm) -- Roel Hendrickxlots ofimages:http://www.roelh.zenfolio.commy E-3 user fieldreportfrom Tunisian Sahara:http://www.biofos.com/ukpsg/roel.html

I think it's always worthwhile to explore from perspectives which yield views not usual in everyday life, e.g., most people rarely look straight up. However, in this photo the blueness of most of the edge-foliage dampers any exhilaration I'd expect to experience in looking up through the grand trees. -- Zin

As the subject line indicates, my goal was to capture the ambient late afternoon (16:30) light and atmosphere.This was shot mostly back-lit with deep shadows in the foreground. Post processing was critical.Did it work?It may have worked to meet your goal. Otherwise, the photo doesn't work for me. Elements in the scene are situated in clumps which by their weight grab the eye, but offer no reward of interest for having arrived at them.

The back-angle is very appealing, and supplies information perhaps new to the viewer about the flower. Color is gorgeous.The degree of sharpness is so high as to suggest a botany-text illustration. -- Zin

The subject sits amid man-made geometry which is a near mirror-image of the landscape beyond -- the horizontal mesas, the talus slope. And, her nook sports the same colors, and may even have some of the same stone content.So, the question: how exactly does Man's handiwork improve upon that which was already there?Good photograph, asking an interesting question. -- Zin

Strong composition, with the lines of cloth folds converging at your concealed face. The tonal range seems good, although I don't see any real black anywhere. A blacker eye, or eyebrow perhaps, might have helped heighten the drama.Overall, the frame seems slightly too tall. All the action is at the top, and there's a bit too much real estate south of there. You might consider a crop off the bottom to lose that small "bunchy" area in the lower left corner.This is a good picture idea, asking important questions, and challenging viewers.