"Hang Loose" Hawaii
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Comment by ltlmschrisss:
im going there for my honeymoon in one month. i cant wait. it reminds me of the new at&t commercials with the bars going up.

"Hang Loose" Hawaii
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Comment by Ivory:
Nice candid, works really well, especially the bright blue in her bikini makes for a great focal point in the shot.

"Hang Loose" Hawaii
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Comment by JaimeVinas:
hang loose? that girl in the blue and white bikini barely fits lol :)

GWENNIE
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Comment by psart:
Cute shot. psart 7

"Diamond Head Light House"
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Comment by david_c:
Lighthouse? Oh, yes, there it is. ;-)

"Diamond Head Light House"
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Comment by whatdewuc:
A beauty!

"Diamond Head Light House"
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Comment by Balko:
The horizon looks a bit askew, but a nice scene.

You Are Never Alone (challenge "All Alone") by Dufus
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Comment by Judi:
Very good try. Good colourings.

You Are Never Alone (challenge "All Alone") by Dufus
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Comment by CNovack:
You have some wonderful color of warm yellows and oranges in this composition. However there are a few areas that need improvement to improve visual appeal. I know Mother Nature is difficult to work with - she never seems to co-operate when you want the shot to be just so:-) I think that the composition showing the full brightness of the globed sun simply does not complement the shot. That strong orb of light washes out many of the details in the surface of the ocean and the bottom half of the sailboat if it is not exposed correctly. Not to mention it really dominates the scene because our eye is immediately drawn too it and then we look away because of it's brightness. Hmmm, perhaps closing down the aperture to an 8 or higher would get some glints off the ocean surface (for here it looks a flat orange with no surface texture to speak of) and the silhouette of the boat on the surface mayhap might be stronger with more definition to make out the details of the whole boat (I can only see the sails clearly). If closing down the aperture doesn't work effectively I think it might have been better timing to take the shot with the sun behind the cloud or just barely peeping out. You might get lucky and have some beams of light shooting forth out of the cloud work thereby making the composition even more visually interesting.

"Diamond Head Light House"
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Comment by nutzito:
tilted horizons don't look good.
what is the "subject" here?.