Elements
by Nald

Comment by hanneke:
nice lighting & compo. could use a bit more DoF

Elements
by Nald

Comment by Melethia:
May not be "abstract" enough, but I like the warm tones and difference in textures.

Elements
by Nald

Comment by Man_Called_Horse:
This is close, but this is not an abstract IMO. Cropping the top would of helped out alot in this pix.

Definition 1= Art that departs significantly from natural appearances. Forms are modified or changed to varying degrees in order to emphasize certain qualities or content. Recognizable references to original appearances may be slight. The term is also used to describe art that is nonrepresentational.

Definition 2=Not realistic, though the intention is often based on an actual subject, place, or feeling. Pure abstracion can be interpreted as any art in which the depiction of real objects has been entirely discarded and whose aesthetic content is expressed in a formal pattern or structure of shapes, lines and colors. When the representation of real objects is completely absent, such art may be called non-objective.

Nice lines, good light, blacks need tweeking, whites good, color good, nice comp, good texture, a little soft, overall an interesting attempt but not for this challenge

Off in the Distance
by Nald

Comment by sfalice:
Nice b&W subject in the foreground; good rendition of the vastness of the desert, but those contrails are tough to look at.

From out of the clouds...
by Nald

Comment by beaflies:
quite Anselesque!

From out of the clouds...
by Nald

Comment by Beagleboy:
Border seems uneven from side to side and top to bottom.

From out of the clouds...
by Nald

Comment by Man_Called_Horse:
excellent comp, b&w need tweeking, good texture, interesting angle, great flow, great light, excellent dof, nice atmosphere, overall could be a masterful print

From out of the clouds...
by Nald

Comment by alternarule:
The two trees in the bottom left are too much a distraction in this picture.

From out of the clouds...
by Nald

Comment by Zoomdak:
Wow, awesome image, love the reflections in the creek. And capturing it breaking through the clouds, just rad. The shadow on the bottom botthers me, maybe cropped off it would be better. Great picture.

From out of the clouds...
by Nald

Comment by kari1:
This is interesting, but I find it confusing as the black and white melds together the image and the mirror image.