The Face of Pride
by phinbob

Comment by bcoble:
Good capture here. Not real sure about the angle here? Well done.

Reaching
by phinbob

Comment by SandyP:
Nice photo -- and I don't even like cactus. but I love this.

Reaching
by phinbob

Comment by scalo:
I like it and gave it a high score (too early to say what score exactly; I go back and normalize everything at the end). Three nit picks: 1) There's something at the bottom left that could have been cropped or cloned out. 2) For a B&W, I would have liked to see a little less contrast and sharpening. 3) Well, nothing you can do about this most likely, but the hazy sky doesn't make for a good background. Did you think about a duotone here, maybe with brown highlights?

Reaching
by phinbob

Comment by Cantique:
This works very well in black and white.

The Face of Pride
by phinbob

Comment by RonBeam:
I agree.

Reaching
by phinbob

Comment by philup:
wow, very pretty...!!! Great job..!!

Reaching
by phinbob

Comment by stare_at_the_sun:
Not very interesting...maybe if it was in color?

Reaching
by phinbob

Comment by AndersOstberg:
I'd have loved to see the ground and the root of the cactus too

Celebrating Ethnic Culture
by phinbob

Comment by hanneke:
they sure look very proud of their culture :)

The Face of Pride
by phinbob

Comment by ayumesky:
indeed!!