Well done portraite. You also may try to add smoke in PhotoShop ;)

Wonderful shot - i love this.

Best,
Jon

thanks for the feature. much appreciated :)

glad you like it jon :)

nice eyes

Enhorabuena por esta fotografía Imarchi. Ella nos muestra e introduce, sin darnos apenas cuenta, en lo que después, trás tu explicación, descubrimos; el Espiritu del Agua. En ella, el color, el movimiento, los contrastes, la luz... cobran vida. Vida que has sabido captar y por supuesto trasmitir. Felicidades. Saludos

I love those shades in the water. But... your signature is WAY to big! It destroyes your whole image! What a shame, becouse de rest is so beautiful. Can you tell us how you made this one? Is it with a underwater-camera?

Very beautiful work - very sensual.

Best,
Jon

I agree with Jon, this is quite nice. It has a very pleasing tone and abstract nature. I love the feeling of this. And, yes Tamara is right about your watermark.

... ummmm, i'll have to reconsider about my watermark. this is not an underwater picture, this is taken over-water, hanging over a fountain. thanks for the comments!

I'm pretty sure this image is straight, it may not feel like it and I understand that may be more important. The spirit levels on my tripod head were level and straight. The houses have straight verticals and the bit of brighter beach that you can see near the left edge of the shot is straight. I will check the hi-res again tonight. Thanks all for the comments.

Nice golden glow. I like the arc of the water and the reflection.

beautiful. the only word i can use....

Very nice color.

Yours in featured too! I love the light effect.

Very well done....and totally creepy!

yay!

Heheh...awesome in a freakish sort of way. I guess its a cellphone next :)

Great concept & so creative!

strange!

very creepy! Amazing job at putting this photo together!!

Looks very creamy :)
I would suggest toning down the highlights a bit and increasing the shadows a little bit...just my two cents...

Delicious! Love it - well done.

Best,
jon

Gracias a todos por vuestros comentarios.
Hasta pronto

Perfect!

I really like the texture an feel of this photo, great color, all around great photo!!

Wow.
The beams of light, just perfect.
Great job with this and good to see that you are mastering this HDR!

@ Boyd & Mike, don't really feel like a "master" yet. I still feel like I'm fumbling around with it. This may be one of my best attempts. I keep trying to get the advantage without the appearance of having used it...a tough balancing act for sure.

Thanks to all for commenting on this one!!

Great colors - great composition, Clyde. Sell it as a stock photo. Well done.

Best,
Jon

Thanks jon!! I don't really know how to go about that. I looked into microstock about a year ago and they pretty much all said if you have sunsets and nice landscapes don't even bother...

really beautiful sunset clyde!

Good idea, especially the composition and shallow DOF. It's hard to choose between color and b&w, but I think I like the b&w more. I love the reflections of the black keys!

Only minus imo: the reflection on the wooden board. I don't know for sure, but maybe a polarisation filter can prevent that (I'm experimenting with different kinds of filters myself at the moment).

Great picture. I like the B&W, but i think i like the colour better.

This is a wonderful image. In my opinion would be even better if 2 cm from the top is cropped out.

For me the color wins hands down - very beautiful work on this photo.

Cheers,
Jon

i also like the color one better but the white balance seems to be slightly off (too much blue)
i like the reflection in the keys
i also agree that you should try to crop out the top

The grain in this picture looks better in my opinion. Is there any way you can get rid of the halo around the subject?

this photo has too much noise. was a high iso used?
i really like the movement of the motorcycles, especially the one on the left.

For me, though I like this, boyd, the subject is a little too tightly cropped - a little more breathing room would have been a good thing. Keep up the good work.

Best,
Jon

This is one of my fav's on this series. My comment would be that the framing feels a little too tight, just losing the tip of her hat and the bottom of the one basket. Again, I am curious how you are scanning your film?

Clyde - I'm in agreement with your rule - well stated.

Cheers,
Jon

interesting postprocessing, but i think colour or bw would be cooler here. i'm not a friend of colour experiments!

I like the idea. You have strong contrasting colours for a black and white but this image would have benefitted from a more selective use of colour. As suggested, perhaps just the one person.

Nice capture and beautiful frame... but I have some problems with the colorization in post-prod.

I don't mind the partial saturation, although the yellow in it is a little disturbing. It possibly is intensified by the blue. What I do like is the square pattern of the shining tiled floor contrasting with the circling dancing girls. It's supposed to be dynamic and should be busy.

I agree with Jon, the lighting feels very harsh for this subject. Nice moment, great expression on the face.

wonderful expression you've captured, I also love the eyes, it would be neat to see a closer shot of the child's face!!!

Only critique is the flash.
Either bounce, or diffuse it to remove the harsh shadows.

Excellent expression and moment!

I agree about the harsh lighting, but the expression is fantastic! Great shot!

.moses.

i love shadows and think that in this case it makes the scene more dramatic and his reflection also expresses that very interesting