Hand Stand Man
by Salar

Comment by singsunshine:
Incredible image. I think this one will ribbon

Hand Stand Man
by Salar

Comment by msdoubletrouble:
AWESOME picture...not sure it meets minimalism...but the man is small and is in focus...soooooooo 8

Hand Stand Man
by Salar

Comment by Bear_Music:
This is quite striking and very amusing too in an odd way. In my eyes its quite flawed in its obvious lean tot he right. I wish you'd squared it up; the handstand guy, obviously (at least IMO) should be on true vertical, or how could he hold his pose?

Hand Stand Man
by Salar

Comment by madhatter:
stunning photo, but I dont think it works so well with the minimalism concept

Hand Stand Man
by Salar

Comment by puma:
Rminds me of and old Pink Floyd album. NIce light and compostion.

Hand Stand Man
by Salar

Comment by LouiseB:
Beautiful ! Great colors and nice composition ! My favorite in this challenge.

Hand Stand Man
by Salar

Comment by Simonkasprzak:
On a rock??? Incredibly marvelous shot! hats off to the model too, what a great work out with a view, lol, wow, 9!!

Hand Stand Man
by Salar

Comment by naomik:
excellent.

Hand Stand Man
by Salar

Comment by AJFI:
gorgeous

Hand Stand Man
by Salar

Comment by eqsite:
Your exposure is perfect. The horizon is a little off kilter, though. I'm also left to decide whether the subject is the guy doing the handstand or the stunning mountain in the background. Take out the guy and you have a fantastic landscape. Get rid of the mountain (good luck with that) and you'd have a great minimalism shot. Together they don't work as well as they would separately.

Ok - I've come back to this after a forum message (I'm assuming it's yours -- if not, my apologies). I can see that perhaps the horizon is level and it's just an illusion that makes it look off-kilter. That being said, my opinion is still that this would look better if it appeared level (whether it is truly level or not). The line between the blue of the water and the reflection of the mountain give the sense that the water is going to spill from the photo. Whether that is caused by illusion or by not being level is ultimately irrelevant. This is still a very cool photo, and you are clearly very skilled. You should just be aware that the level illusion is a problem.