Nice work - I agree with most of the comments above - the tonal range is good - I think perhaps it could be darkened overall a tad.

A pleasure to view

Ok i must say nice work!!! Nice shot! I think this one must be featurd!

Very nice antique feel here. My only suggestion is that the contrast is just the slightest bit flat. Other than that, great shot.

This is gallery material. I can't think of a higher compliment. Beautiful, humanistic, and tells a thousand tales. This is right up there with all the very best that portraiture has to offer.

great! everything. sharpness on spot. expression is great. composition as well. and it tells a story.

i like it. i think the clouds are my favorite part.

Great shot. I like your use of the foreground.

Great shot. I don't see anything that needs improving.

Shipping News - esque. Don't change a thing.

Just beautiful Ana!

Wow. That's what I call a conflagration! I'd be interested in knowing what your vantage point was.

Oh, I was standing right across the street.
Singed my eyebrows.

:)

Hi Ana, scary looking shot, hope nobody was hurt. Your shot is very sharp and holds lots of impact. 24 of 25, lol. Only took off for relevance...

Low on relevance, aye?

Cause there's not enough fire? lol.

Thank you!! ;)

Very well composed and with a lot of detail. I like it very much and maybe it is because it is not sharpened to the max :)

I like the atmosphere this has, and the assymetry on right adds to the image

After all rthe expert comments above, I just want to say that I think this is a beautiful image, work very well, for me, from tones to composition. Great work

Great framing job with this - great atmosphere you have captured - very strong sense of "being there" with this shot. Love the colors - nice work.

Best,
Jon

It's a great photo of what we see on a rainy day and we don't really want to go outside.

I like it, and if it's a photo from within your home, I'd suggest that you keep it to remember that place and that day.

I think the little spots of red are what make this photo work... They fit nicely against the dark tones.

In respect to what Uncommondepth said, I agree that this image communicates a lonely sort of feel, but the red somehow adds a dash of optimism to that.

I'm not usually into photos of rain and flowers, but I like this. ;)

I like this image, it is vibrant and well executed; as you said, it is a bit cliché, but sometimes it is nice just to appreciate an image for what it is.

Very well executed.
You have a very good backdrop behind your window to achieve these results.

This is such a great shot - the red is wonderful here and really lifts this one out of the realm of the ordinary - very intriguing effect.

Best,
Jon

I personally wouldn't worry about the horizon - it looks like they're on a bit of a slope anyway. I looked straight at their faces so didn't notice the blown-out highlights immediately, but now everyone else has mentioned them...

I really enjoy how you've "blown" out the highlights since to me, it really makes me focus on their faces. I'm constantly drawn to what is (after much concentration) the left girls shoe in the air. It's distracting and looks a little out of place with the processing.

Kim, Thanks for the comment. I never really paid that much attention to the shoe but I think you have a good point.

Great shot - even with the blown highlights! Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,
Jon

the expressions are very intriuging..very nice shot!

very interesting perspective,a tighter crop would make it better I think.

I can't believe I've never seen this before. What a great idea, and a beautiful photograph!

Very cool idea, I love to take photos framed by something else and this is something I never would have thought of.

Wow, this is a really nice picture. The colours are warm and the extreme out-of-focus part of the image sets a nice frame for the in-focus part. I've seen pictures like this with pairs of glasses, but not with lenses before.

amazing perspective...I love this photo! Great job!

Thank you everyone for the comments!

It's funny that you should all mention yearbook photos, as this was actually a photo taken of my girlfriend a few years ago at her graduation.

This was actually printed in a darkroom from a color negative, and I used a #4 contrast filter to really get some separation in the darks and lights - hence the blown highlights, but yes it was intentional. Finally a good wash and then toned in selenium.

Is this a scanned analog photograph? its a nice toning.

Michael,

Yes this is a scan of a silver gelatin print toned in selenium. Thanks for the comment!

I like the overexposure (is it?) of her hair and right shoulder (which is on the left, of course), which is then toned down by the yellowish colour. I like this, but I can't really say exactly why :)

Great work on this shot - well seen and very well executed. What an atmosphere has been created.

Best,
Jon

This is very nice panning work. For this theme, I think it would have been okay to let the bus show some movement, as well. Those crisp blues and reds would look nice as streaks across the frame.

Great panning! I love taking these kind of pictures. They take work to get it just right and you did a awesome job with this one.

Nice colors. I'd seen the bus left to right (unstead right to left) (except in England, sorry !)
Maybe in "stop the motion"

Really nice photo. The blur in the back is just enough. But it isn't distracting at all from the bus. I really like it!!!

Very well done! Great capture and very well seen.

Best,
Jon

Very nice...gives me a feel of the music!

This is just really great. The blur feels musical to me... fits perfectly.

Sweetness.

This is very good...I can hear the jazz. I love the musician's head, very surreal and abstract; it fits the genre of music.

Wonderful shot Toph! I've always enjoyed this photo.

This is such a nice photo - great comp. and great atmosphere. Truly, this is music to my eyes!

Best,
JOn