...and time stood still!
by bergwalters

Comment by JohnBeebe:
Framing and high key really work here. Even the title adds to the effect. Negative space make this unique.

...and time stood still!
by bergwalters

Comment by e301:
Whilst I appreciate the high-contrast and high-key elements of the image (an idea to hold onto for the next high-key challenge, actually), I find the progression to the white negative space to be pretty sudden - perhaps a function of your low point of view as much as anything, but nevertheless a bit abrupt. That very abruptness works against the image sitting well in the square crop also, I think: interesting work, but perhaps just short of outstanding for me.

Sit, smoke and enjoy
by bergwalters

Comment by BeeCee:
Sorry to hear. I didn't even suspect anything "illegal" :(

Sit, smoke and enjoy
by bergwalters

Comment by juliagulia:
sorry to hear you got DQ, unreal photo i gave u a 9.

...and time stood still!
by bergwalters

Comment by Katmystiry:
This is very interesting. I think I would prefer a color version.

...and time stood still!
by bergwalters

Comment by reevey:
Good idea, but the sky's been blown out by the long exposure to get the water looking so good! 6

...and time stood still!
by bergwalters

Comment by Strontious:
this picture would be mazing with a intense clouds, because you had to slow the shutter speed to blur the water, you lost all detail in the sky, and thus lost this competition, using a grad grey filter or grad polorizer filter could have saved this image, go back some time right after a storm/or right before and look for intensity in the sky, capture both the flowing serenity of the water and the dark intensity of the sky and you have a winning photograph

...and time stood still!
by bergwalters

Comment by philup:
Awesome!

Big brother, tell me your secret.
by bergwalters

Comment by ruleyinseattle:
like the photo but i dont get it.

Big brother, tell me your secret.
by bergwalters

Comment by JH:
Not sure which two ships I should be looking at, I see five ships in the shot. Nice and sharp and clear though. Pity you didn't isolate the subject(s) in a more obvious way.