Crossing the waves
by johnmk

Comment by Chuckie:
good photo, i like the idea.

Crossing the waves
by johnmk

Comment by Azrifel:
Nice dramatic lighting, good freezing of the waves. The road to IJburg, the killing of Durgerdam's view on the Zuiderzee. :(

Crossing the waves
by johnmk

Comment by clues56:
Very unusual. The waves are swaying with the bridge. What about if it were a little lighter, I think it would have been excellent with more light.

Crossing the waves
by johnmk

Comment by thatguy:
good image, nice job

Three strikes, out!
by johnmk

Comment by ClubJuggle:
In my opinion, this does not meet the challenge, which required that the subject be naturally occurring (not manufactured in any way).

Three strikes, out!
by johnmk

Comment by robbieh:
Man-made and doesn't meet the criteria

Yellow left-over piece
by johnmk

Comment by SharQ:
As a photograph, this is pretty sweet. However, there are a few things that are worth saying: have a look along the top - you seem to be having some severe barrel distortion (the line along the top - the two windows in particular). You can solve this by zooming in a little bit (I am assuming you shot this on full wide angle?) and walking further back. If you look at the bottom of the building, your camera was a few degrees to the left also - both are really composition issues, but they do make the pic look a bit scruffy, I think.

As for the picture itself: Great shot, but not a lot of yellow - which was probably what cost you a place in the top10 this week. Keep trying! :)

Amsterdam on a late winter afternoon
by johnmk

Comment by lisae:
I really like this photo. It's very moody and conveys a strong sense of place. It works for me on the level of art... I would love to have a big print of this on my wall... but as a stock photo I'm not sure it works. Still, I love it too much not to give it a 10!

Amsterdam on a late winter afternoon
by johnmk

Comment by autool:
I fel that this one is just too busy. What is the main subject? Is it the tree, the people, the houses, or the bicycles, or even the sun? I heard a simple picture is the hardest to take. 5

Amsterdam on a late winter afternoon
by johnmk

Comment by kiwiness:
Those people are wondering why you are taking their photos :-) I like this photo but I have the feeling that the colour version would have done it more justice. Or maybe you could have played around with the channel mixer a little to bring out more tones in the image, it is a tad too dark the building walls. You couldn't couldn't have increased the brightness anymore because the sun is already a little blown out at the top of the tree. This is a typical problem with shooting into the sun.