Golden Shadows
by Phocal

Comment by tvsometime:
Lovely shades of silhouette.

Golden Shadows
by Phocal

Comment by dahkota:
Overall, a pleasing photograph. I score on a sliding scale and this a one of my higher picks. Bumped8

Golden Shadows
by Phocal

Comment by grahamgator:
Love this sweet image.

Golden Shadows
by Phocal

Comment by PennyStreet:
Beautiful against the light.

Dragons Breath
by Phocal

Comment by IreneM:
In my top 3. Good luck.

Dragons Breath
by Phocal

Comment by Kodak:
Very atmospheric. Perhaps a little underexposed but perhaps that was what you were going for.

Dragons Breath
by Phocal

Comment by Lydia:
8 from me. lovely colors.

Golden Shadows
by Phocal

Comment by jomari:
So very pretty. Top two.

Winters Eye
by Phocal

Comment by sidpixel:
Hello from the Critique club

An appealing image that meets the challenge

There's no denying that clouds are definitely the subject here! I like your extreme composition it certainly captures the sunrise moment well, the start of a new day and new opportunities. I also like the resulting distortion from the fisheye lens but it feels unbalanced with the bulk of the land features on the right. In this situation where you are dealing with an obvious distortion like this a better option would have been to tilt the image to give it more balance, it really doesn't matter that your original horizon is way off level. Its good that you have captured some water to enable some reflections too.

Well done, thank you for your entry.

Amazement
by Phocal

Comment by sidpixel:
Hello from the Critique club

An appealing image that meets the challenge

It is always rewarding to capture a natural expression of awe in a candid shot and to that end you have achieved just that here, I just wish that expression had been created by something much more worthy. Your choice of position and composition is excellent. The interior lighting is good but the outside is harsh and overexposed but the most important part, her face, is well exposed and thats what matters most here. I think you could crop the bottom to the level of her red garment for the benefit of the end result.

Well done, thank you for your entry.