Dragon's Breath
by jdannels

Comment by Alicia:
The sweeping perspective is wonderful - great desolate feel to it.

Dragon's Breath
by jdannels

Comment by jasonlprice:
I'm getting tired of HDR because it doesn't seem to be used for a reason lately...but your shot is excellent. You have used the higher dynamic range to just accent the bark of the tree and texture of the foreground, without going overboard and the sky looks "photographic" rather than HDR cartoonlike. I would have considered burning that foreground log to make it very dark to kinda add a natural frame, but it is a lovely composition.

Dragon's Breath
by jdannels

Comment by Hipychik:
Nice capture with the "dragons breath". Looks very desolate and lonely. Is that ice?

Dragon's Breath
by jdannels

Comment by undieyatch:
The midwest expression for something rather ordinary - stick in the mud - comes to mind, but this view & work is far from ordinary.

Dragon's Breath
by jdannels

Comment by SherwinJames:
The thing are drawn to most here is the long branch sticking up form the water on the right. I like the desolate feel of this short, well supported by the high contrast. The black near the bottom of the shot doesn't add much though.

Dragon's Breath
by jdannels

Comment by salmiakki:
What a beautiful shot. Love the processing

Dragon's Breath
by jdannels

Comment by Retroesque:
Just stunning landscape. Love the metallicness of the B&W - wonderful.

Dragon's Breath
by jdannels

Comment by nikolaos:
This looks good, I like b&w hdrs and how it made the texture on the wood. I would score it hight in fs but some might not like the bright sun on the left.

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by jdannels

Comment by mpeters:
Joe, this is my life...orchards everywhere. ;)

she's a dancer
by jdannels

Comment by whiteroom:
awesome