Study in Black and White II
by TooCool

Comment:
Goes to show that a subject as simple as this (rocks and water) can be beautiful with the proper technique...love the softness of the water, and the tack sharp rocks.

Andy

Piercing the darkness
by LevT

Comment:
Dude, this is wack...I never got back around to comment but you did the Mormon Temple here in San Dag just proper. Excellent shot and great choice for the challenge...it is getting harder and harder to figure out what the norm is around here.

Great shot, keep em coming...

Andy

Geometry in Steel
by Neil

Comment:
Congrats Neil...Excellent shot...

GLORIOUS........humbled
by glad2badad

Comment:
Sorry my friend, only after you pointed it out did the formation near the bottom resemeble what could be a cross to me. Each mind (especially around these parts) sees things differently. You seen a cross in the shot and the photo took on a certain personal meaning for you. Maybe a play on words in the title would have directed the view that area you wished them to see.

IMO...The quick viewers (<2 seconds) probably passed this off as an underexposed attempt at a sunset...

For me... The formation that you wish us to pick out, takes backseat to Dark Clouds on top, Hot center Point of the Photo, Rays of the Sun and very dark horizon, my eyes are quickly drawn to any of these emphasised areas and I completely over looked what you perceived to be a cross.

Now this would have worked for me if the cross was more prominent. My mental image of a Cross is that the vertical needs to be longer on the bottom than top or it becomes a plus "+" sign... I am not seeing that here although the bottom portion of the cross could be hidden by that large tree my minds eye did not put that together. Perhaps a tighter crop on top and less on the bottom would help the illusion that combined with a title that steered us that direction (without telling us what exactly we were looking for) might have helped more see the idea behind your shot.

Andy

MCRD San Diego
by kawesttex

Comment:
I remember it well...September 1978...Semper Fi... Nice Shot BTW.

a diamond is forever
by hopper

Comment:
I think you have got the most (best) detail of the jewelry of the entire bunch here. Very nice sharp shot. Simple and effective. Nice lighting and just that itty bitty reflection on the upper right of the lower ring. Great shot.

Speak Her Language!
by Sunniee

Comment:
Excellent, no text needed here. Nice soft background and the subject is nice and sharp. I can't think of any thing that I would do differently here. It does get a little hot on the petals in the upper left but still not a serious problem. Great job.

The Links Collection
by EddyG

Comment:
Very nice shot, I give it high marks. Personally I think with the excellent toning that you did to background/secondary subject here that the shot may have had even more impact with maybe just the ring or the ring and the necklace. Great shot, excellent post processing but for me just feels like too much bling bling to look at. Still one of my tops. Fonts are fine, still undecided about the vertical text.

Writing a Love Poem
by admart01

Comment:
Very well presented with a very nice layout, nice subtle colors. Excellent choice for font to fit the mood...I do find the first two lines a little crowded but doesn't detract from the shot too much. Excellent job.

CG
by whiteroom

Comment:
Excellent advertising shot. The tones are wonderful . Well thought out. The whole presentation is very nice. The only thing that I would like to see different is a tad bit more detail on the ring. Possibly if the tones on the hand was closer to the tones of the face would be enough to bring out those edges of the ring that seem to disappear. Very Good shot. One of my top picks.