Blue Phlox
by vtruan

Comment:
love the glow and the soft colors

Impress Me
by killjoy181

Comment:
the colors and textures are pretty good here

Day 7: The Spider
by jasonlprice

Comment:
Fabulous! Love teh details and the shallow DOF!

Where water flows
by Limbo

Comment:
excellent image - the smoothness of the water is really well captured - the exposure is right on and the composition is very pleasing

12 Hours in Trinidad
by Limbo

Comment:
each image is well captured and the combination of the three really come off well - creative use of triptych.

Stonehaven in the morning
by Limbo

Comment:
lovely lighting on the boast and excellent composition

Smokey Sunset
by cogerox

Comment:
the textures in the grass are awesome - especially with that bright smoking sun staring right at you. love the composition and use of rule of 1/3s

Wall-Crawlers 2
by Gotaka

Comment:
i really like this one - good symmetry and nice colors (again). A little touch of processing to improve the lighting levels is probably in order to really have this one jump.

Again, here is a quick edit - adjusted levels (moved in level on right side of histogram) and adjusted the curves (added slight S-shaped curve).


i hope you don't mind the edits - it is fun to work with some else's work - especially someone with a good eye.

Green-Snake.jpg
by Gotaka

Comment:
Excellent colors and shallow DOF - but the snake is pointing the wrong way (albeit a safer way!). really nice sharpness in the details on the skin.

Monument.jpg
by Gotaka

Comment:
First off - good color - the oranges and cyans/blues really work well together.

As others have stated, the tilt is an issue with this iamge. Non horizontal horizons will really kill your score (unless you have done it specifically on purpose).

The lighting looks like it could use a little boost. The monument is the subject and it seems lost in the sky.

The last thing I would recommend is a recrop to bring out the monument. It looks like this is the full frame of the original image. The best part of the image IMO is the left side. The sky is more dramatic, the lights in the background are good. By cropping out a third of the image on the right, you will place the monument at one of the thirds.

I hope you don't mind, but I did a little edit just to show you what it might look like. I cropped down to get the monument at the right hand 1/3 and cropped out some of the sky to get the horizion at the lower third. In addition, I boosted the levels a little, added a bit of curve (s shaped) to bring out the sky, and adjusted the hue/ saturation on the reds, yellows, cyans and blues. This gives it a little more bunch. Finally, I quickly brightened the monument and the reflection using the dodge brush.

I probably went a little overboard with the hue, but it was just to give you an idea...