Reorientation
by PenelopeK

Comment by jmritz:
interesting driving, image

Reorientation
by PenelopeK

Comment by cutout:
beautiful comp 9

Reorientation
by PenelopeK

Comment by Violetz:
This is amazing. My only 10 in the challenge

Reorientation
by PenelopeK

Comment by streetpigeon:
Terrific graphic choreography of a U-turn. Very pleasing patterns between the roadsides.

Reorientation
by PenelopeK

Comment by giantmike:
The contrast is what puts this above average for me.

Reorientation
by PenelopeK

Comment by Neat:
Interesting PP, and style.

2014 Photo a week. #1: Dusk at Allen Harbor
by PenelopeK

Comment by see:
This is perfect, nice and soft, just like a sunset should be.

2014 Photo a week. #1: Dusk at Allen Harbor
by PenelopeK

Comment by nam:
At first I thought you had taken my Trees entry and played a bit LOL. Great shifting shapes and tones in the reflections - you're right about the increased interest.

Reorientation
by PenelopeK

Comment by bohemka:
Well done. Clever. Nice lines and contrast. Like a musical note for the stranded.

2014 Photo a week. #1: Dusk at Allen Harbor
by PenelopeK

Comment by PenelopeK:

Originally posted by Ann: The top half is a fairly ordinary photo, but then the painterly bottom half transforms it into something completely different, almost alien. What happens if you take more off the top? Does the balance get better or worse? (I'm asking, I don't have an answer.)

Glad you asked. I hope we'll encourage and welcome these sorts of discussions in this thread. I like the context provided by the top part. I also rather like the contrast of the plainness, or let's call it simplicity, of the top part against the vibrance of the lower part. You still get that with a bit more taken off the top, but it does quickly start to feel unbalanced to me. If I was to go in that direction I would crop it so that just the fingers of the docks plus a tad of the walkway connecting them showed, which I did consider by the way, but then it seemed to become "just" pretty patterns in the water.