Prelude
by sher

Comment:
I kind of know the shot you're after ... I just wish you had more grace in that unfolding of the fern. In purely design terms, it's a favourite image of mine is this - the tonality and the depth of field are expertly done, and the composition, but that sense of the spring of the new isn't really here for me.

...and as the sea washes the shore, it turns every day into a new beginning.
by andri

Comment:
I would wish for a less blatant composition, perhaps: a wider-angle lens and a less forced concentration on the sand: there's just enough horizon to feel forced to appreciate the natural setting, but it's placed so as to be entirely subsidiary to the image: there's a hint of sunrise in your title, and not so much in your image.

A Teen-age Daughter
by e301

Comment:
Another fourth? A real surprise given the score - thanks for all the votes and opinions.

Father and Son
by e301

Comment:

Originally posted by Mephisto: really cool message.did you shoot this spontanious in daylife

Kinda - I was actually shooting an open day at a theatre. Daylife ... good.

Light Before the Storm
by Artan

Comment:
I think you'll win, out of what i've seen so far. Minor gripes about verticality of tower, placing of figure, and 'storm' in your title - it looks like a pleasant summer's evening, colour-wise. The figure is a masterful necessity to a sense of scale in the image. Where is this? What is this? It looks like it should be a Landmark Trust property (qv if you don't know them) - but not one that is familiar. More than anything, I think you'll win because it's just nearly impossible to vote this down for anything.

Twilight of the Gods
by fredandaud

Comment:
I really want something to give a sense of scale to this: nothing here says anything about how damn big the angel is. Other than that, i can imagine this selling, though.

Tuxedo with Boutonnière
by sparkly

Comment:
More tuxedo? I can imagine a composition with this button-hold placed strongly top right of frame, and showing much more of the structure of tux and waistcoat - this seems simply to be of the 'Bouttoniere'

the watcher
by muckpond

Comment:
His face, his face!

Symbol for the Times
by secondglantz

Comment:
Nearly ideal - though i could wish for more detail brought out of the shadow side of his(?) face. Photographically, as presented, I also think you could privilege him in fame more strongly - it looks like the body angle would sit well in a composition that moved him to the right solidly - and would give the buyers somewhere for their text, also.

Nature vs Machine
by dwterry

Comment:
I think you'll get hit by the quality police for this one - sharpening artefacts, and blocky sense of compression. It's a strong image though, which might allow some poorness of quality. I think you could successfully have allowed a bit more space around the main subjects however - never forget how easily the eye is lead out of your frame ...