Running the Waves
by Shaman

Comment by dougi555:
nice, it's all there, balance, action, contrasting and complimenting colours......... nice 8

Running the Waves
by Shaman

Comment by Citadel:
Interesting shot but its a quite a bit over exposed.

Surreal Landscape
by Shaman

Comment by lkn4truth:
CRITIQUE CLUB COMMENT

The orange foreground against the dark or black background makes a very nice contrast. Unfortunately, the tree in the distance seems out of place. The composition of the fence and tree in the photo work for me but the actual negative effect the tree has (i.e. looks like a film in negative) bothers me. The tree line on the horizon (also appearing negative) also seems completely out of place to me and the white halo effect around the tree line is tremendously distracting. Nice use of dodge and burn on the clouds...really makes them dramatic and helps the photo compensate a little for the distracting elements mentioned above. Overall I think this is a photo with a lot of promise that just fell short of being a real contender. Keep practicing with HDR and looking for what works best. I think the photo demonstrates you have a good eye for photography and will turn out outsanding work.

Running the Waves
by Shaman

Comment by Grainey:
great shot

Running the Waves
by Shaman

Comment by Venom:
excellent action

Running the Waves
by Shaman

Comment by Qiki:
I'm a sucker for a white water shot. Nice capture of the facial expression. Judging by the clothing, that water was mighty cold.

Running the Waves
by Shaman

Comment by doctornick:
Great action shot, but there is some posterization artifacts probably from an aggressive use of the shadow/highlight filter. When your subject is in a very bright environment like white water or snow or a beach, your camera will expose for the highlights, so you have to dial in at least a +1 or +1.5EV exposure compensation to expose the shot correctly.

Running the Waves
by Shaman

Comment by hotpasta:
nice tight crop, pleanty of action 8

Running the Waves
by Shaman

Comment by boxImmortal:
great moment. Intense, nice composition, perfect motion-freeze.

Surreal Landscape
by Shaman

Comment by Chinarosepetal:
This appears to be a nicely composed image but unfortunately the post processing detracts from it.