Broken Rythm
by SDW

Comment by arvinder:
OK

Long Road Home
by SDW

Comment by crayon:
not enough interest in the photo. I'd prefer to see more of the road itself, like the one on the right side. 7

Long Road Home
by SDW

Comment by pineapple:
Certainly one of my top favourites.

Long Road Home
by SDW

Comment by UNTITLED:
Wow, The absolute blackness of the landscape really makes the light streaks very ghost like and mysterious. This photo is almost graphic art like, but still photorealistic at the same time. Way cool!

E L P P A
by SDW

Comment by spistole:
I love the title with the challenge and the shot! Very nice.

E L P P A
by SDW

Comment by Prism:
Nice play on the title... Good detail on the shot but a little soft in the overall focus/depth of field for my taste.

Rays of Love
by SDW

Comment by Kaizer:

Originally posted by GIS_boy: Well mate I think it's a damn fine photo.

Ditto

Rays of Love
by SDW

Comment by GIS_boy:
Well mate I think it's a damn fine photo.

Rays of Love
by SDW

Comment by lfordhere:
Hi, I chose this photo as it appears to be your best, at least on this site.

First, I would have scored this as a 4. Why? there is too much contrast in this photo which leaves a lot of detail to be desired. Granted, the subject, according to the title, was the rays of light coming in from above so perhaps you have turned the contrast up for a reason. There is a significant amount of noise in the sky to the left and I can see what appears to be speckles of dust on your sensor in the upper right to reduce the chance of this, I would have used a larger aperature--using a larger aperature would not have hurt you exposure wise if you compensated with a faster shutter speed... I usually try not to go over F/16 on the 20D These are the technical impurities of this photo.

Now, composition wise... looking past the technical imperfections... Usually a photo with a border sends up a red flag that something is so wrong with the photo that it can't stand on it's own without a border. Granted, borders are nice and they add to the photo when creatively used, but that's just it... it adds to the photo, which takes away from the subject of the photo in question. The composition is really striking... when I see this photo the thought of resurrection comes to mind; as if the rays of light are heaven opening it's doors. The tree in the foreground and to the right is a bit distracting which draws away from the mood you have created here. Had you either zoomed in, or cropped the tree, or moved to your left about 15ft, then I think you would have made a better composition.

Long Road Home
by SDW

Comment by Cantique:
I like the abstract quality of this and the use of light. Well done.