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by salmiakki

Comment by dafletchr:
I love it! Great shot! Love the tones, crop, border and to top it off, it's a neat looking chair! I guess that just goes to show you, if you always look around there's something interesting to capture no matter where you may be. Faved!

Lomo-(Light-Vignette).jpg
by salmiakki

Comment by joynim:
Lomo perfect for the shot, fabulous image ;)

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by salmiakki

Comment by Jedusi:
Sarah - this is a tremendous shot - the processing and tonality going from the whites of the boat to the blacks of the rocks and frame, the lightness of the sand and the sunlight dancing on the water, the angle of the shoreline cutting through the picture chopping it into the two halves of land and sea with the boat bridging the divide both literally and metaphorically. The oar on the boat mimicking the angle of the shore line. The tension of opposites with sand on the left, rocks on the right, land at the bottom , sea at the top . .

Heck - you even look to have hit the rule of thirds sweetspot with the positioning of the boat - just up from the bottom, and just in from the left. And do you know I think I even like the writing on the boat . . it doesn't exactly roll of my tongue . . but on the other hand it's back to contrasts. Here is a beautifully, almost delicately shaped boat with gentle feminine lines - and huge solid dark writing across it in a straight unsympathetic font, almost like the branding and ownership of this delicate wild animal, a statement of 'This is mine' without any empathy to the object of it's environment.

What's not to like ? This is up with the very best.

A Whiter Shade of Pale
by salmiakki

Comment by sherpet:
Nice, very nice indeed.....love from shez

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by salmiakki

Comment by pixelpig:
I prefer a vignette created by an overlay, like this one, if a vignette is what you want. You did a very good job on this.

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by salmiakki

Comment by Ja-9:
Gillian's Isle here we come...love this

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by salmiakki

Comment by Alicia:
This conveys a sense of heat (which I'm sure is a total illusion). Excellent with the contrast between light and dark. I love the vignette effect you have here.

Are you sitting comfortably?
by salmiakki

Comment by liberty:
Nice colors and focus, not too happy with the comp.

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by salmiakki

Comment by Maggye:
Beautiful b&w, and great combination with that overlay.

Rose bud
by salmiakki

Comment by sherpet:
Simple and very effective.....love shez