Searching For Signs Of Intelligent Life...
by GeneralE

Comment by GeneralE:
Thanks everyone for your wonderful comments!

I found it very amusing that, while the voting was going on, there was a forum thread regarding "saving" a photo by "funny" cropping. I so much wanted to use this image as an example...I don't think anyone has mentioned recognizing what otherwise might have been a pretty ordinary urban sunset photo...

For the curious, here is a link to the original frame from which I extracted my entry.

Bucket Brigade
by GeneralE

Comment by PTLParsons:
This is magnificant. "Wow". Can't say anymore, other than it's a 10! PTL

Nature's Bandage
by GeneralE

Comment by lisae:
I really like this. The colours and textures are gorgeous. I'm guess it's just skin under a microscope, or maybe a scab? Whatever it is, I get the same kind of feeling from it as a Jackson Pollock painting.

Nature's Bandage
by GeneralE

Comment by PTLParsons:
Doesn't look real this color. Should have left natural color. Beautiful texture though. PTL

Bucket Brigade
by GeneralE

Comment by Savax:
Not bad at all, shame you could not leave the exp open a bit longer and get some definition on those kamp posts. Cool all the same though

Nature's Bandage
by GeneralE

Comment by magnetic9999:
is this a photo micrograph of clotting blood or something?

Searching For Signs Of Intelligent Life...
by GeneralE

Comment by magnetic9999:
wow, paul, is this your highest placement ever??? i love it and the shape of the crop!!

Bucket Brigade
by GeneralE

Comment by avb:
Must have a third eye to get this picture. Excellent.

Nature's Bandage
by GeneralE

Comment by Gekker:
cool scab

Searching For Signs Of Intelligent Life...
by GeneralE

Comment by RiderGal:
Talya's Critique (critique club on break)
This is a really beautiful and striking photo. I really like it!
Composition - beautiful, it wouldn't be half as good if you didn't have the extra layer of clouds at the very top. I might have cropped a little more off the bottom as it seems to lose some of the detail that the rest of the photo has.

Lighting - really superb, I love the colors that the light allows here. The extra bright spot at the very top is slightly annoying but not terrible.

Focus - excellent the overall clarity is really nice.

Exposure - great job with this!

Fit the challenge - really well, it's obvious there is no hand of man, and it's beautiful also. Definitely the best cloud picture of the challenge!

Overall - I gave this a 9. I thought it was really lovely! Nice job.