Good composition with plenty of drama in the sky.

Very nice! High drama is right.

Great subject matter which fits the selective saturation topic well. Nicely presented too.

Thanks for the kind words, glad you enjoy the photo.

Nice capture Jeff, I wonder if you cropped this to pano, or shot it this way. I ask, because the building and the rainbow being cutoff as they are feels restricted or awkward to me.

@ Beamer: A little of both. There was a lanai floor directly above me when I shot this, so I had an obstructed view of the building. I also cropped it a bit to eliminate the lanai floor. I agree that it is not the best presentation. In a later version I photoshopped the other half of the rainbow, which helps a bit with the awkwardness. (alohaphoto.my-expressions.com/archives/1472_171132...)

Nice light here! I agree with Clyde. Not much to be done about the cropped building an rainbow, but it degrades the photo a bit. BTW, I looked at the PS-ed rainbow version and knowing that it wasn't there makes this one the better one for me.

Greatly seen and good coposition. Rainbow in an urban setting looks nice. Could be a little more sharp though.

Congratulation on the feature.

Nice shot, I would like to see the leaf with a little more shapness, but overall I like it. Well done

I like it too. I would crop out the narrow dark band along the top so that the leaves reach the edge of the frame.

La parte de arriba no enriquece la toma.
Saludos.

very nice shot, great comp and dof
good job

Beautiful

I like the processing and use of light in this image. Very nice.

The flare spots on her face and back are too much for me. I also think the sky is too blown out, causing it to compete with the people and your model. The only way I know to get rid of the flare spots is to change your position relative to the sunlight so that the light is not directly shining down the barrel of the lens. These conditions are pretty tough IMHO.

Should have said that: I chose that place and upwards angle intentionally to get exactly that effect (I know this may sound weird and it probably isd :)
Please let's ignore that part for the moment.

Still - thanks very much Jeff!

I like what you are doing here. I would suggest to crop tighter to loose some of the left and top. This would mediate what Jeff is saying about the sky fighting for attention and it would make the portrait more intimate. The only part of the lens flare that bothers me is the ring that is right on the end of her nose. The rest I like.

OK you got the flare effect but the overall feel of the image doesn't really tell anything. It would've been a good portrait without the over-exposure and that sculpture over her head.

Beautiful job of getting the leaf and butterfly in focus. I agree with Jeff though that opening up even more to really throw the background out of focus would might add to the separation between the main subject and the background as well as simplifying the photo by smoothing out some of the extra elements that are competing for attention in the background. I also like the leaf coming in from the bottom right corner and moving along the bottom third. I have been just roughly playing with different crops on this photo (covering parts with my hand on the screen) and I really do like the butterfly dead center. Its harder to say but cropping up from the bottom to really put the leaf in the corner might be effective. Overall a nice shot, simplifying and separating the background would really bring it together.

A tighter DoF would help this a lot. It would push the background back in importance. Dodging the background a bit would help too. Looks like you may have used a diffused flash?? A wider aperture and faster shutter speed might have allowed you to use exiting light too.

I generally agree with the above comments about dof etc, but I really like the framing you have used to position the subject dead centre with plenty of space around. Great work.

Thank you for your comments! I used your feedback and did some pp, here is the result: www.vazaar.com/user:sfkp/photos/id:31869/

great detail on the butterfly! very pretty

I think this is well done. I particularly like the off-center composition because the way she is turning allows her hair to lead your eye back into the frame.

Yes, nice framing. The disappointing part is the softness of the hair that is over her face. A wider aperture and a faster shutter speed would help a lot with that and it would also put the background more into the blur of the tighter DoF. This would help to separate her more from the trees.

I also think that the composition and energy you have captured with this shot are very strong. I agree with Clyde that a faster shutter speed might have made it even stronger.

Thanks for the feedback. Currently it's the shutter settings I'm having the most trouble mastering!

I agree with the softness on her face being dissapointing... I do love that she is off center

I like the graphic feel of this quite a bit. The silhouettes are very nice also. For critique, well, not much. Maybe don't cutoff the tip of the diamond shape at the top, show a little more of the ceiling. Maybe if you had moved a couple of inches to your right to try to center the point of the large white structure more in the middle between the 2 walking people.

Clyde, I agree with all you say.

I agree with Clyde that there is not much wrong with this shot at all. I like your exposure here to capture a great range of tones that sets off the graphic nature of the image beautifully. Well done.

I'm in agreement too. My first thought was, "great range of tones." I think you presented them well.

This is like the fifth time i have come back to this image. It keeps on drawing me in....

Very nice Hans, nice clean graphic look. Fits this Topic very well, congrats!!

I love the composition. Well seen and well presented.