Wondering in Silence
by Agaricus

Comment by citymars:
Beautiful location, but for some reason the image seems a bit flat or faded to me.

Wondering in Silence
by Agaricus

Comment by bassbone:
what a location! it is truly breathtaking - a very good place to wonder and ponder.

Wondering in Silence
by Agaricus

Comment by andrewt:
Would have liked the person to be in a different position in the frame. My preference would have been in the lower left corner. The backdrop is great. 6

Wondering in Silence
by Agaricus

Comment by CNovack:
You have got a really fabulous backdrop - the scenery is wonderful with the clouds sweeping over the mountain and the gradual layered rise of the landscape up to that mountain. The addition of the person adds a sense of scale - but also could help convey a mood of contemplation and/or introspection. What really kills the overall visual appeal, at least for me, is the odd slight green tinge with sepia like type tones. Color can help invoke or strengthen a mood or feeling. Converting this to straight B&W and then do a Color Balance to cool blue tones would give it a slight blueish tone would not only increase visual appeal but could convey a mood of sadness or feelings of calm or serene beauty(see Duotones IV challenge entries 8,10,17 ; Duotones III # 16 and Duotones II #1 for examples of what I mean). This would be such a stunning picture but color tones bring down its potential! One doesn't have to go the cool blue duotone route - even if this was a B&W with strong dynamic range in the shadows/highlights/midtones (sometimes a straight conversion to greyscale makes these areas flat so you have to do some adjustments) it would be wonderful photo.

Wondering in Silence
by Agaricus

Comment by Ter:
the best B&W in the whole challenge i can see this top 10

Wondering in Silence
by Agaricus

Comment by Senay:
A busy picture but it works! Makes you feel very small in this world. 8

Wondering in Silence
by Agaricus

Comment by mgarsteck:
what a beautiful place we have here

Wondering in Silence
by Agaricus

Comment by SandyP:
This makes my heart hurt. I want to be there. What a beautiful photo!

Wondering in Silence
by Agaricus

Comment by hotpasta:
what lets this majestic scene down is the actual pose of the person...it's great having her in there as it adds perspective, but she looks like she is saying 'please don't take my photo'... 6

Wondering in Silence
by Agaricus

Comment by NikonJeb:
Lovely addition to the mood with the solitude & grandeur.....7