Sea Mermaid
by dirkjan_denelzen

Comment by KaBooM:
Maybe it's my monitor, but wasn't the idea to NOT make a Sillhouette?

Sea Mermaid
by dirkjan_denelzen

Comment by kiwiness:
Good! But your main subject is a silohuete.

Sea Mermaid
by dirkjan_denelzen

Comment by visual28:
I like the image but had to knock off a point because the rules state "the subject must not become a silhouette because of the backlighting."

Sea Mermaid
by dirkjan_denelzen

Comment by dartompkins:
the subject must not become a silhouette because of the backlighting.

Sea Mermaid
by dirkjan_denelzen

Comment by t_korecki:
unfortunately the light created a silhouette would have been nice to see the features on the mermaid

Sea Mermaid
by dirkjan_denelzen

Comment by BKerr:
Here's the catch: the subject must not become a silhouette because of the backlighting.

Railway station 'Leiden Central'
by dirkjan_denelzen

Comment by Gatorguy:
kind of boring to me. That thing that's going up and out of frame is distracting because it is such a powerful element in the composition - it grabs my attentiion and then abruptly stops when I come to the the edge of the frame. I think this photo would need to be recomposed to minimize this element.

Railway station 'Leiden Central'
by dirkjan_denelzen

Comment by Philos:
Are they finaly finnished building?

Surounded By Flowers
by dirkjan_denelzen

Comment by phoensoul:
This is a nice shot, but all of your 'action' is in the top and left of the image. The lower right quarter is entirely empty, and it gives this image a lopsided, top-heavy feel. A couple things would have really helped here. First, you could have taken this shot (assuming no interference) from a slightly higher angle to bring the fountain and buildings off the top edge. Then, a bit of greenery peeking out of the right (even if it's just a couple blades of grass that you snatch up from the ground, and hold in the composition while you take the picture) would really complete the balance.

Surounded By Flowers
by dirkjan_denelzen

Comment by dartompkins:
I just didn't find the composition of this photo very appealing. It seemed like a stretch to try to find something to frame for the challenge.