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 :)

I agree with the above comments - I think cropping out the first two rows of boats could possible help you out a little bit, mainly to get rid of the tree on the upper left corner. I do like your color and the boats themselves are very interesting!

I agree with Beamer, maybe crop out the green bits but otherwise the framing is really well done, great job :)

Well, the tree is has always been in the way. I don't know, if I crop the top two rows of boats I'm concerned that the balance of the image will be lost. Don't get me wrong the tree is a little annoying as it ruins the flow.

This is a really interesting shot, mooch, and I think that I like it better overall than your other one of the same subject. It is funny though, the branch, wall and particularly the reflection of the sky between the boats tends to make this lose its tight "fill the frame" feeling for me. These other elements seem to give the impression of a really empty scene (albeit in a frame that is full - if you know what I mean). I think that it is a wonderful image, well done.

Excellent job this. What a capture. On the flip side needs a 2 cm crop at the bottom. Try it and this is a masterpiece.

OK, you can't wrap it around a leaf, maybe a branch... Way too early in the morn to be typing accurately!

Great exposure level, the light levels are well balanced too.

love this

I would say that this is an amazing photo, but the only thing that is distracting is the blown out leaf in the center. I am surprised at how clearly this shot came out considering the circumstances, but I feel like you can get away with the top leaves being slightly overexposed, but the leaf in the center is a bit distracting and almost noisy.

okey it isnt easy to make good water photos, but i think it should have been longer or shorter exposed. longer to make it smoother, and shorter to make the water clearer, i think this would look the best, if the water would look clearer

Thanks, that's what I thought.

I think the slight out of focus horse, totally makes the shot, I love it, a fav for me :)

Thank you so much Will

I'm having trouble seeing your different message. I get it, but it still is too easily taken that you used autofocus and the camera focused on the barbed wire instead of the horse.

hm.. also wenn ich ehrlich bin is mir des bild zu matt und zu hell... ausserdem wärs cooler wenn der fokus auf dem pferd läge

In my memory the Golden Gate Bridge wasn't more red then showed on my photo... Becouse I have an old monitor, I've visited Vazaar on my workplace and the colours are not very diffrent (and those monitors are a lot better).

Anyway, I appreciate both your comments. Thanks.

Nice contrast between the reds and blue sky, I like their tones.

@Tamara, it just probably what we are used to seeing in photos and video. Most images I've seen of this bridge were quite a bit more saturated than this. I haven't been up there is years, so my ole man memory is not very accurate either.

I like the weight and balance that you have in the composition here, Tamara. Your control over exposure is very pleasing with the sign not being blown out and the sky and very nice blue.

It seems a bit flat to me, I'd try boosting the contrast by resetting the 0/255-point in the histogram.

Yep, Noah, me too. There are 100's of rock cliffs like this within a 1/2 a mile of this spot, but the little tree just caught my eye. Thanks all for comments.

Personally I'm a HUGE fan of grain, well done shooting FP4 in bright lighting.

It's a pity that you have such massive amounts of grain when scanning film. During the process of exposing the print from negative the amount of grain is reduced a lot. So if you ever want a really good scan of an image on negative you should consider having the image printed properly and scan that photograph.

Talking about the photograph good work!

@Bastian: Have you ever done what you are suggesting?? Every scan I have ever seen from a print, now matter how professional and pristine the print was, looked like total crap. The grain in this image is quite pleasing to me, even when presented at this resolution on the internet. Your comment, though appreciated, is quite odd.

Clyde, as soon as the full size image started to appear on my screen I recognised the tight packed grain of the film. Smashing exposure and a wonderful treatment with this composition. I am guessing that you developed in DDX.
You have asked in the past how I am scanning my negs. I have the best scanner I can afford (Canon 8800f) and normally scan at 600dpi using the standard scanning software and finishing in PS Elements 5.0. I will go back to an older FP4 neg developed in DDX and see if I can get a similar finish to what you have here and post.

Book Cliffs, Colorado. Stitched from 4 frames.

Great sky. Love the light and shadows.

Great colors. Congrats. Nick

Excellent!

Beautiful photo! Nicely done!

Very powerful, I hope your behind some glass!!

Nice zoo shot, I think? The grass doesn't really look like Africa. You captured a very interesting moment, really hold the attention. Did you add the vignetting?? Nice job if you did, helps here.

Hey Beamer, thanks for your comment.
and yes your are right. Of course it's a zoo shot ;-) I guess it's really hard to make such a shot in wilderness ;-) And yes, i've added some slight vignetting on it.

All the best
Andy

The vignette definitely works, and I like the moment you captured. Can't really say too much.

I thought it was winter at first!!! Very unusual view point.

Very cool shot.
I agree with playing with the curves a bit but really like the composition and different take on something that we have all seen before!

Realmente bonita.
Hasta pronto.

Snow on branches - very beautiful!

So are they Cherry Blossoms? I just got back from Japan, but was a little late for Cherry Blossom season and wish I could have taken some pictures like this. I like, but I would almost like red to stick out a bit more.

Muchas gracias lasiate por su critica es muy amable. Saludos.

The pavement feels a tad distracting, otherwise I think the treatment with the softness and vivid blues is awesome!!!

Muchas gracias por su comentario Will. Saludos

I don't understand the blur effect nor appreciate it like the others seem to. To me it just calls too much attention to itself, thus the plethora of comments about it. I agree about the composition and the foreground. You could easily loose 2/3rds of the bottom foreground and have a much stronger composition.

Beamer no termino de captar muy bien lo que me quiere decir, me gustaria saber que parte es la que no entiende para poder explicarlo si está en mi mano y le parece bien. En cualquiera de los casos le doy las gracias por adelantado por molestarse en opinar sobre mi fotografia. Saludos