afternoon at the lake
by dragonlady

Comment by 777STAN:
Another homage to Ansel Adams! Great Work!!!!!!!

afternoon at the lake
by dragonlady

Comment by agrimace:
Why B & W?

straw hat
by dragonlady

Comment by Germaine:
Interesting composition, but a little dark. I'd like to see more light on the left side of the hat. The shadow just does to black.

mill.jpg
by dragonlady

Comment by ubique:
Yes! Both these new photographs of the mill are terrific, but this one is my favourite. I think this is a perfect composition and crop! And that, when combined with the lovely lighting and shadows, has produced a dramatic result. I also like the gradient in the sky, and of course the beautiful, functional architecture.
I tried my patented "tilt test" on it. That's where I tilt my monitor until all the shadow detail is swallowed into black, and then I back off and look at it from about six feet away. The image is thereby reduced or distilled into a high-contrast caricature of itself, and if it still looks good, then it's a worthy and durable work from a graphic point of view (I read once of some art critic who did the same thing with paintings by squinting through slitted eyes; sounded absurd, but it seems to work).
This image suggests southern Europe to me ... somewhere on the Iberian Peninsula, I'd have guessed, if I didn't know better. Very nice work!

afternoon at the lake
by dragonlady

Comment by Zoomdak:
I think it would be really cool if you had somebody standing out on the point or something. Still a rad image though

afternoon at the lake
by dragonlady

Comment by sherpet:
Many differant tones here, in this fine example of a B/W image.

afternoon at the lake
by dragonlady

Comment by dahkota:
The clouds add much needed depth to this image. Not sure if B&W adds in this composition.

chrysanthemum
by dragonlady

Comment by dragonlady:
I think the noise killed this shot; thought it would do a little better.

afternoon at the lake
by dragonlady

Comment by angela_packard:
10 from me...good luck!

afternoon at the lake
by dragonlady

Comment by Konador:
Very nice B&W work with good contrast, however the sky seems to get much brighter around the trees. Is that from editing? I think it's a bit of a distraction.