Beauty Rest
by Neil

Comment:
The light here is way too flat for this to interest me.

Acadia New Day
by Neil

Comment:
I feel like this would work better if the foreground separation was jacked up a little... otherwise excellent, especially colors. Note that if you see the foreground dark areas as "one mass" the picture is divided into two halves (weak) while if you get more separation the foreground half will be subdivided and it will be more complex & satisfying compositonally (I think).

Cadillac Rock
by Neil

Comment:
Beautiful colors. At this resolution it appears "soft" but I'm sure it's better full sized. The skewed horizon bugs me a lot. To a lessere xtent, I think it's very unfortunate that the vertical of the dead tree bisects one of the islands; a little care in setup would have avoided that.

64° 09' North 21° 58' West
by arngrimur

Comment:
That's amazing, to see in the comments just how small this sculpture really is. It looks positively HUGE in this shot.

O Trapiche
by Bud

Comment:
I absolutely love this image. It's so rewarding to examine closely, there's so much in it. I wonder, did you crop at the top? I feel like you may have gone a hair too far, if so... I feel it would be stronger if the rooflines right and elgt weren't quite so close to the edge of the frame.

Multnomah Falls, Oregon
by DrAchoo

Comment:
Throw me in the group that goes "pee-yew!" at the heavy inline border on an otherwise truly outstanding image.

Transluscent Lakescape
by Simonjw

Comment:
Really nice finish! Great use of foreground perspective.

64° 09' North 21° 58' West
by arngrimur

Comment:
Beautiful B/W conversion, moody post-processing. "Our" 10-22mm lens is rapidly rising to the top as the landscape lens of choice, LOL. I take it this is a modern sculpture of the bare bones of a Viking longship? More information would be wonderful.

Welcome to My Tower
by byshen

Comment:
This is a beautiful B/W conversion. Care to share how you made it? And congrats on a well-deserved ribbon!

My Back Yard
by qmdi

Comment:

Originally posted by thehitter: that is pretty but since when does the sun rise over the ocean (west) in malibu?

The entire coastline of California runs roughly east/west from Santa Monica to Port Hueneme. There are plenty of small headlands in that stretch where you can actually look east at the water.