The Sea Just Waved
by Blackdog

Comment by rodfulk:
Awesome power of the sea well displayed here.

One
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Comment by BAMartin:
Wonderful use of repetition. Grey scale works very well here. The contrast seems a little shallow, wonder what the photo would look like if you bumped the contrast a little bit.

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Comment by kearock:
Would benefit from an uncentered composition. Perhaps a landscape orientation with the snarled branches on one side and more sand shown.

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Comment by Jozi:
quite a bit of noise. great subject

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Comment by Mr_Pants:
A great choice of subject. To me, however, the sky looks a little grainy.

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Comment by alien2thisworld:
Composition: The clouds on this day look interesting. Maybe crouching down lower to cut out some of the uninteresting ground would help
Technical: Tone range could be expanded quite a bit. Greys are extremely dominant. Shot has a fair amount of grain too.
Appeal: Appeal could be helped by suggestion in my "composition" comment
Challenge: fits challenge ok

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Comment by Shaman:
a bit grainy, and grey, but a really interesting subject.

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Comment by charliebaker:
The background is blurred in my estimation, taking away from that Ansel quality of style. I like the textures and feel to the subject.

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Comment by floyd:
Good work with the black and white but post processing has made some grain visible. I like your choice of subject but that branch sticking out of shot leads the eye out of shot too. 7

Sunflowers
by Blackdog

Comment by Jinjit:
This is AMAZING!!!
Stunning photo and so different from all the other sunflower photos I used to see before.
As a thumbnail I thought those were plastic, but now I see they are real. Simply marvelous.