Pensive
by quiapz

Comment by jerowe:
lovely image! i like the setting, shows you what she's looking at. i would have changed up a LITTLE more to get the person / boat(whatever it is) out of the background. but overall good shot. 5

Pensive
by quiapz

Comment by puranjaym:
The idea is nice, but the picture looks a bit rough, needs a photo shop job ?

Searching for Bobby Fischer
by quiapz

Comment by rennie:
Good eye for a story. I like the angle of this shot, candid feel, clarity and detail. B&W is a very good choice, making the viewer focused on the chessboard. Very, very good picture.

Searching for Bobby Fischer
by quiapz

Comment by lunensa:
Such a great photo, with their bare feet and the intense mood. I really like this one :o)

Searching for Bobby Fischer
by quiapz

Comment by islcb:
this is an excellent photograph.

Searching for Bobby Fischer
by quiapz

Comment by CarpeLumen:
does not express title.2

Searching for Bobby Fischer
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Comment by one2one:
Great shot! Great idea!

Breaktime
by quiapz

Comment by dafletchr:
I like it. Nice composition to this.

Grande Sunrise
by quiapz

Comment by Citadel:
I'd say that while it fit the challenge, centered was not the way to go with this shot. Moving the horizon down would have helped. A polarizer would have helped with the lens flare which would get rid of the green spot. Make sure your lens is clean too. Oil from your fingers will create flares like that too. (I'm painfully aware that I am bad for that). Its too bad there wasn't more symetry in the hills as it does (as mentioned previously) really add to the feeling that this isn't level.

One thing to try would be a narrow vertical crop. The reflection in the water creates nice leading lines to the sun but it would be more apparent with a tighter crop. Yes, landscapes aren't usually in portrait orientation but then they are generally composed centrally either.

Grande Sunrise
by quiapz

Comment by Tez:
There's not much I can say that hasn't been already said, but I can offer you my first impressions: nothing here grabs me or pulls me in. The colours, although nice, are nothing special, neither is the composition, the setting, the processing or anything else. I bet every member on DPC has at least a few shots like this on their hard disk somewhere. The thing that bugs me though is that is does have potential and a little pre-planning, post-processing could have capitalised on that.

For example, by moving the horizon line up or down by about 20-25% you would make a clear subject out of the sky or the sea, whichever you choose. I persoannly find central crops boring as hell to look at. Also, if you had put the sun at maybe one of the rule of thirds intersections, the composition might be a little more interesting and not just a basic snapshot.

The processing: I appreciate that in basic there's not so much you can do with the green spot, but since it's now out of the challenge you can do whatever you want to the picture. Just black it out with the brush. Also, it looks like there's a whole host of detail in the clouds and some cool formations that are swamped in the meaningless blue, if they could be brought out (maybe with shadow/highlights?) then again, it would be a bit more interesting. You could probably bring them out with some nimble control of the curves command too. I don't mind the colours though, they're quite nice... but i can see mroe things I would change with this picture than more things I would keep.