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 dwterry:
Beautiful. Good luck on the challenge!

Surounded By Flowers
by dirkjan_denelzen

Comment by Keith-:
nice shot

Surounded By Flowers
by dirkjan_denelzen

Comment by e301:
I'd have liked for there to be more flowers - this way they're perhaps more of an occasional intrusion than a framing device. I also wonder whether you might not have placed that fountain slightly differently within that frame of flowers - there's rather a lot of open water, and it doesn't have the interest to hold the eye, for me. Approaching a good shot though.

Surounded By Flowers
by dirkjan_denelzen

Comment by lawree:
Beautiful picture, I love the red flowers. They help bring attention to the fountain.

Hope for better weather
by dirkjan_denelzen

Comment by clictacamera:
they really like the rainbow

Hope for better weather
by dirkjan_denelzen

Comment by monzer55:
Good picture