The road to San Gimignano, Tuscany
by jonpink

Comment by parrothead:
Gorgeous shot! I love the colors and the contrast, I just am a bit thrown off by the heavy burnt in sky! Still a 7 from me, and good work!

Me, Myself & I
by jonpink

Comment by graphicfunk:
You are certainly the champion of the self portrait. very good light usage.

"ZZzzzzzz"
by jonpink

Comment by graphicfunk:
A wonderful image that accentuates the title but the lighting takes it beyond the mundane.

Soft Waters
by jonpink

Comment by graphicfunk:
This is a very nice shot but there is much that I must tell you about night photography and how to improve this erea. Fisrt, the problem of the capture. As you know the brightest areas will create burn out. Open apertures will have light reflecting inside the camera and the end result is that the smallest wattage will not register in true proportion. Back in the film days this required the making of an unsharp mask to decrease the intensity of the brights. Here is a system I use to improve these images. I select all ultra bright areas with 3 pixel feathereing and place them on their own layer and then change the mode to multiply. Select the opacity that best serves the purpose. Merge the layers and then activate your burn tool to about 6 or 10 percent and select shadows. Bring up your image to actual pixel size and lightly work the tool around the bright lights to return definition. You can do the same for reflections, but the secret here is not to overdo it. Look at your image and also touch upon those areas that should be solid black lines or shapes. Done with love and ligthness of touch will bring your image closer to how the eye sees it.

Storm clouds over Tryfan
by jonpink

Comment by graphicfunk:
What makes these compositions interesting, besides camera setting to get the desired feel, is first and foremost the framing. Selecting the interesting angle of view. This is where most photographers faulter. These shots are treacherous because the rock formations are generally dark. Here the the flow of the rivulet is used to great advantage, it defines the main bolder in the center and the left flows right down the image. The sky, the myst and the lonely bush, slowly bring the eyes down. A superb comp snatched out of an otherwise busy subject.

The road to San Gimignano, Tuscany
by jonpink

Comment by lsmart:
Wow, I love composition, colors..... The tree being not the most spectacular object is the key of the picture. Congratulations!!!

The road to San Gimignano, Tuscany
by jonpink

Comment by Gatorguy:
Too saturated for my tastes.

..you can't catch me I'm the gingerbread man
by jonpink

Comment by Sonifo:
Run!

Great shot!

Whilstleblower Farm
by jonpink

Comment by DougPaz:
Awesome colors and nice framing shot. I really like this one.

The road to San Gimignano, Tuscany
by jonpink

Comment by PhilipDyer:
This is such a beautiful shot. The only thing that is distracting for me is how light the sky is at the bottom and how dark it is at the top. If you want to edit that, you can select all of the blue parts of the sky, adjust curves until just the top looks good, then apply a gradient mask downward to apply the change more to the top of the sky than to the bottom. But that could be a lot of trouble to go through to marginally improve an already beautiful image.