The Pleasure of a Detour
by jagar

Comment:
Hilarious title

Elegance
by pamb

Comment:
wonderfully conceived and delivered

Chloe
by bobonacus

Comment:
fabulous lines

Wind Surfer
by Zoomdak

Comment:
love the energy in this one

Long may you run.
by ShutterRev

Comment:
A great stare...i just wonder about the large area of white in the background as it detracts and distracts the viewer. Further, while the image appears to be processed using a vintage feel, the image itself does not scream vintage, so i am guessing the score is floundering around 5.

Dawn at the Temple
by LanndonKane

Comment:

Originally posted by LanndonKane: this is interesting. im finding it very difficult to see the softness in this image. in fact, it is sharpened to the max; any more sharpening and there would be jaggies all over. is the softness mostly in the clouds, or the building itself?

Maybe I mis-spoke when I wrote 'halo'. Rather, I see almost a double edge to all the surfaces, as if the image was not sharp to start and that you sharpened post photography to make the edges sharp. The lamps look as though they have a ghost image almost superimposed but not quite. The same is true of the temple edges. The edges of all the dark surfaces are just not sharp.

My guess this has to do with the optics of the lens and could not be fixed in post processing.

Dawn at the Temple
by LanndonKane

Comment:
First of all - isn't it amazing how small the images look using the old 640 pixel requirement!?

Regarding the photo at hand, the colors of the sunrise are wonderfully rich and the use of centered composition really focuses our attention on the temple. That said, I fear that the image does not come off as sharp, especially around the temple. There is almost a small amount of halo around the entire image that makes it seem not completely in focus.

The thick border also seems to take away from the image, from the lightposts are cut off abruptly to the foreground glow lost in the thick black of the frame.

Passing By
by Melethia

Comment:
I am following Bob around DPC today it seems....

My brother lived right up the street from Manhattan Beach back in the 70s. Are those your footprints or were they found?

oh
by james_so

Comment:
Classic!

"I need to make one of those?!"
by Purple_Girl

Comment:
Great colors and control of exposure. And you have one heck of a great model to work with. Overall, a nice complete shot.

As a few others have stated, I am not sure what the title means.