Fedor: Thanks for the comment. I hadn't even noticed the diagonal line in the right corner, but now that you point it out, I can't miss it.

Me gusta, yo habría evitado las siluetas de los árboles y habría cortado un poquito por arriba. Me encanta el pelo brillante con la luz.
Saludos.

I really like this shot, there is just enough highlight on the top of the child. great composition

This is a wonderful shot. Great job Jim!

This a PERFECT shot! The light, the child and everything else blended nicely in the picture!

Good Job!
mylo

Preciosa fotografia, ¿donde está tomada?

Gracias por tu comentario. Es un velero fondeado en Isla Plana (Mazarrón),una playa en el sureste de España.

¡yo ya no digo nada...!
¡manda la mar!

Fantastic capture!

Lovely...reminds me of a picture i tool with just the same technique!

Thanks jKay, though its almost full frame no crop. What I think, if one keeps empty space for it to breathe it would be too much of white in an almost wite photo!

very interesting photo!
i love the simplicity yet effectiveness of the photo
great shot!

Simple but effective! Great idea!

Thanks ksenia, meyli!

Great use of light and shadow. Abstract and weird!! Nice job.

I agree with all of the above. I really like the vignette effect. Not easy to do on a Zone 5 or 6 sky without lots of clouds. Quiet inspiration.

Very Cool. I'm curious as to what a shot would look like if the tree was directly in front of the sun.

Way cool shot, Clyde. Great in every category listed.

great shot!
and amazing silhouette!
the tree almost looks like it belongs in a dr.seuss book
:]

Great silhouette and light. Love your choice of b&w :)

Hello Ana, Thank you for your opinion.
I agree about the position of the bird, but it was a quick catch! He was gone in an instant!

I believe I was using a 300mm, so the focus was all on the bird, and not the scene.
Thank you again.

Very beautiful and full of the wonder of the moment. I really like the framing and use of negative space. Nice work, in my opinion.

Jon

The feel of this shot is very striking, although you might wish for the bird to be postioned differently. I am hopeless at the ps thing, but I would be interesting to see the effect on the composition if you cut the bird and flip it 180 so that it is flying into, rather than out of frame (it looks relatively easy with such a stark background). Still, it is wonderful as is.

oh,yeah, it would be quite easy to flip the bird (ha ha ha)

:)

At first I thought, too much grey sky. But then I read Ana's comment (in as much as I understand Spanish). Held my hand in front of the bottom left for an instance, and suddenly the whole thing worked.
So, too bad about that patch of grass. But since birds don't wait until you get a nice frame on them, it's still a great picture.

this is amazing. truly.

Intense and beautiful atmosphere like often in your photographs. Greetings.

Thank you Eric!

absolutely beautiful

Looks like you had a really nice holiday with plenty of chances to make stunning pics! This one is powerfull!

Thanks Tamara! It was a great summer!

Terrific composition! I love the placement of the sun and the clouds. And the colors are powerful. Nice shot.

great colors, great birds, great clouds...very nice

Thank you so much Tamara, Jeff and Paul. It was a beautiful night...one of the last days of an awesome summer.