Heaven
by Ragga2000

Comment by brownsm:
great colors. should have taken care to straighten the horizon, though. probably the 20th person to tell you that, I guess.

Heaven
by Ragga2000

Comment by rayz1:
great colour, horizon on a slight tilt though

Emerged from the dirt
by Ragga2000

Comment by kausikmpi:
From the critique club.
Hi,
I like the image and the concept. Selective focusing is excellent and I cant think of something that can improve it.
If I look at the composition I think I have somethings to say. This is square framing and it goes perfectly well with the concept. To me improvement may have been possible by some assymetry in the image. The eyes bisect the frame horizontally and the nose verticaly. Except of the expression in the two eyes there is little assymetry present which provides the viewer with half the information than the canvas can hold. The face cannot be made assymtric (unless of course you beat him up) but the positioning can make the negative space and the shadows assymetric creating an interesting image. I would bet that this might score a ribbon with a little assymetry. I can also think of the same image having only one side covered with dirt, maybe the caption would change but impact might increase.

My criticism is based on my meagre knowledge of composition and photography I would be happy to have any feedback regarding the improvement of the critique.
With regards
Kausik

Heaven
by Ragga2000

Comment by John Pahl:
Great photo, but I see you in the top 10.
Good luck,

Heaven
by Ragga2000

Comment by BakerBug:
This is an amazing photo. Snow covered mountains, pristine lake, aurora, must be Iceland!

Heaven
by Ragga2000

Comment by pineapple:
Too cold to be hell, that's for sure. Lovely, elegant picture. 9.

Heaven
by Ragga2000

Comment by adrian232:
wow... this is a perfect 10

Heaven
by Ragga2000

Comment by gg3rd:
Can't go wrong with those outstanding northern skies.... Beautiful!!!

Heaven
by Ragga2000

Comment by SandyP:
Oh wow! I'm always in awe of these Northern Light photos but the composition of this makes it one of the best of the best for me! Beautifully done!! 10

Emerged from the dirt
by Ragga2000

Comment by Xilebo:
Nice one Ragga! The expression looks so real, having met your handsome hubby would never have recognized him from this photo :)