Deception Falls
by dltruex

Comment:
I think this would look better if it were brightened up just a little. Ilike the composition with the falls crossing the frame diagonally.

Power of Nature_Cloudscape2
by smellyfish1002

Comment:
I might have titled this to emphasize the unusual rectangular opening at the bottom.

Evergreen
by jab119

Comment:
Interesting lighting with the high-key foreground and flatter background.

Last Year's Resolution
by myqyl

Comment:

Originally posted by myqyl: I want to thank everyone that said the dust was a good touch... I worked on that aspect faithfully for nearly a year... Glad it was worth the effort :)

Maybe I need to take some pictures of my car...

Tight Race
by jimmyn4

Comment:
Well I see (on a different monitor) that I was wrong about that background boat being on the other tack, but I still think it would have been a bit better with it trailing the rightmost boat instead of being right behind it...but it's not the most crucial thing to "fix" (even if it were possible).

Sand Flow: Strom Coming in Creating a Sand Mist
by CreativeDotCom

Comment:
After I read the comments here I tested the theory of improving the image with contrast adjustment. This version has had a single tone cuve applied, but no other processing. Just a suggested starting point...


Sand Flow (plus tone curve)

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Tight Race
by jimmyn4

Comment:

Originally posted by inspzil: This is a nice pic. I'm not sure how well it depicts motion though. I guess I'm expecting to see some wake or some other sign of either of the boats moving. I see something in the water that might be on the left boat - Inspzil

I can see traces of a wake behind each of the foreground boats. Regardless, you can't have a boat heeled over that far and sails bellied out without moving at a substantial rate.

I think this would have been improved by cropping out about half the foreground water, making it a panoramic image. I think it would reinforce the "notion of motion." Had you done this, you might have noted and straightened the horizon line at the same time.

I also noticed in coming back to this that there's a second boat in the background on the opposite tack (behind the rightmost foreground boat). Had you taken this same shot a few seconds(?) later, it would have been heading right into your camera beween the other two boats. In my imagination anyway, it would have added another dramatic element. Or maybe just made it too busy...

And I agree with increasing the contrast -- if I ever go to a yacht race, it better be a sunny day...

Message edited by author 2002-12-16 15:39:52.

Skipping Stones
by Swashbuckler

Comment:

Originally posted by kendall: Thats some crazy timing. in michigan where i live the whater is all frozen. great shot, fits the theme

Hey, I bet that makes it a LOT easier to "skip" stones...for a half-mile or so!

Sabbatier Star
by Gordon

Comment:
Gordon -- I'm glad to see someone else using wacky tone curves to get interesting color effects (although I didn't know it had such a fancy name!). But we're really gonna have to get you out of Texas for a while so you can shoot some other shape...

Broken Motion
by Jacko

Comment:
Well-done! Reminds me of one of those Indian goddess statues.