Hall of Shadows
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Comment by tfaust:
This is my favorite of the two you posted. It has everything wonderful - composition, lighting - I could see this is a fine art print in a gallery. Not to mention it makes a fantastic b/w. I couldn't imagine it in color. GREAT work. :-)

Hall of Shadows
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Comment by dwterry:
A perfect place for a bridal shot! :-)

Palm Sunset
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Comment by theSaj:
i like this one a lot....nice job

Palm Sunset
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Comment by Bear_Music:
The horizon is not level. If you want to maintain the vertical orientation of the palms and level the horizon, do this: drag down a guideline to the horizon so you an see true level. Then "select all" and choose edit/transform/skew and actually skew the image up on the right side until the horizon levels out. Crop as needed.

This iamge, too, is seriously oversharpened; you can see distinct haloes around the dark/light intersections. You need to fine-tune your shartpening process. One thing that helps is to blow the image up so a light/dark intersection is prominent at significant magnification; then you wille asily be able to see when the haloing starts. It also helps to create a new layer from BG, name it "sharpen", and do your sharpening on that layer; youc an then fade the layer as needed to get the perfect amount of sharpening, if you oversharpen a tad to allow fading. It's what I do.

R.

Three Bamboo
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Comment by Rikki:
The lighting is a bit harsh on the sides. The DOF works well with me as well as the border though I prefer not placing borders in my images.

Three Bamboo
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Comment by Bear_Music:
blown-out highlights and afressive oversharpening make this image a little harsh for my tastes. The compositon is nice, and the sense of "circular blur" on the BG surface is really sweet.

Hall of Shadows
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Comment by Bear_Music:
Very tidy! I know that arcade well :-) Consider cloning out the little black protrusion on the right pillar, and maybe try to bring the rear light ficture out of the shadow a tad more, an easy fix. The image feels alittle oversharpened as well; see the haloes around the light fixtures. This kind of stucco is a pretty soft stuff, visually, so I'd back off a tad on the sharpening I think.

Very nicely composed.

Anvil Head
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Comment by RonBeam:
This is called a cumulonimbus cloud, the classic formation of a cell of cumulus clouds building higher and higher until severe winds aloft (30-40,000 feet) start spreading the top of the cloud into a fan shape. This is the condition in which severe weather is formed ie. thunderstorms, hail, high winds and tornados. Usually we don't see this much extreme broad top-front of the approaching cumulonimbus because of other clouds normally in the area surrounding it. This isolated single-cell is unique and unusual in that sense.

The Drapery Falls
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Comment by OdysseyF22:
Very well done. Brings to mind images of the deep south

Simian Solitude
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Comment by Caltrop:
I really hope this photo does well - 9 - but I have a feeling people won't 'get it.'