Cannon Beach
by Zoomdak

Comment:
The bird creates a nice 'serendipity' element in this photo :) This is a beautiful composition and a great shot for this challenge.

My city by the sea
by heida

Comment:
I love the moody sky in this photo. Excellent work.

Storms over the Mississippi
by sher

Comment:
This is lovely... the fog sets an extremely nice mood for this photo.

Brooklyn, NY - First warm day
by dimitrii

Comment:
This is a beautiful photo. It's hard for me to associate Brooklyn with this level of peace and solitude though. This aspect, however, makes this quite appealing to me :) Great shot... = 10

Gaia
by jmsetzler

Comment:

Originally posted by Rasai: John, I was looking at the technical details & noticed that the subject distance is listed at "665M" which would be 2148.95 feet, using a 60mm focal length. That can̢۪t be right; I must not be interpreting this correctly?

I'm not quite sure about that either. The lens I used for this photo is the only one in my collection that produces this value in the exif data. I think it simply uses this number when the focus is at infinity rather than something less.

Originally posted by Rasai: I wondered if the spot in the waterfall you mention was just to the lower left of ‘Gaia’?

No.. It was on the right hand side of the frame that has been cropped out in this composition.

Originally posted by Rasai: Having learned about the 'Rule of 3rd's' (in an excellent tutorial on this site), I envisioned that it may have placed her too close to the center/top of the composure had you included just enough of the waterfall to see it culminate in the pool.

I cropped off the right side instead of the left. I composed this shot intending to make the final version square and take out the pool of water at the bottom.

Originally posted by Rasai: I also wondered if that would have led my focus away from her. I’ll take a look at your site to see if it is there. I hope to learn more about composure/cropping and to see how you worked your magic on it? This was one of my 2 favorites in this challenge. Having just taken another look at your site I see it and the other picture(s) of the Waterfall. Is there something on the left that is ‘unsightly’? In any event I look forward to your photos, comments and knowledge shared! Tim

There is nothing unsightly anywhere in this particular composition. This version will become part of my own collection. I like this one better than the square version. I have more plans for this model at this waterfall when the weather warms up a little more. She's very cooperative and enjoys being photographed.

Quizzical
by Jean

Comment:
nice trigger :)

emotional disproportion-self portrait (they are both me)
by fstopopen

Comment:
interesting work visually... the title stinks. "Explanations" are so degrading when used in the titles... just my humble opinion...

"The Creation of Adam" by Michelangelo
by labuds

Comment:
This is great work and I would have loved to see a blue ribbon on it :)

star.jpg
by breckinshire

Comment:
This photo has a couple elements that are strong. My question to you is what is/are these elements and how can you enhance them?

Old Locomotive #6200
by Dim7

Comment:
This thing is massive :) Did you work any closeups? Excellent work...