Port Life
by sharkav

Comment by Dr.Confuser:
I gave this photo a 1 because it didn't seem to me to fulfill my expectation of a "still life," a classic form of artfully arranged objects. Call me narrow minded but that's the way I see it.

Port Life
by sharkav

Comment by yanko:
You may be just getting comments about this not being still life so I'll suggest things I think would improve this image general.

First, I'd rotate the image a bit so that the horizon didn't have that extreme fall off on the left. Second, an auto levels adjustment in Photoshop would really make this image pop (reducing that haze). Third, to further improve contrast and reduce the haze I'd run Unsharp Mask with the settings like this: Amount=16, Radius=33.0 and Threshold=0. That'll improve the contrast further. Lastly I'd sharpen the image more to pull all the little details in this image. If you don't have Photoshop or the equivalent I'd consider boosting up the contrast and sharpening settings in your camera if applicable.

Port Life
by sharkav

Comment by alanfreed:
It's an ok shot of a port scene, but this isn't really what I would consider a still life. I mean, you can feel the motion of the ships, for one thing. This is much better suited for a landscape/seascape kind of category.

Port Life
by sharkav

Comment by no__1__here:
Sorry, I do not feel this meets the challenge. Cool shot otherwise.

Port Life
by sharkav

Comment by KarenNfld:
This is not a still life, sorry.

Flying, I'm not going up in that
by sharkav

Comment by soccerdancemom:
Cool plane

Flying, I'm not going up in that
by sharkav

Comment by myra:
beautiful photograph.

Flying, I'm not going up in that
by sharkav

Comment by rick13601:
The title fits the challenge, but not the photo.

Flying, I'm not going up in that
by sharkav

Comment by shaver:
Merry Christmas

Flying, I'm not going up in that
by sharkav

Comment by luvmyjs:
The yellow on the wings almost matches the sky color, very nice>