the Madness
by moondoggie

Comment by briphoto:
If the STOP sign were not clipped at the top I would have given a higher rating. I thought this was a very nice concept and picture.

the Madness
by moondoggie

Comment by Cub:
Great shot. I can\'t think of anything to improve it! 9 Cub

Viewpoint
by moondoggie

Comment by KickDrum5150:
This is a nice image the only thing that I'm sure you've already heard is to maybe wait until your foreground would be lit. I know this is hard but it is a huge payoff. Nice photo.

Viewpoint
by moondoggie

Comment by mcrael:
Very pretty view, and nicely captured too.

Viewpoint
by moondoggie

Comment by agwright:
the sheer size is amazing, and composition ... 10

Viewpoint
by moondoggie

Comment by Turbotech:
Wonderful

Viewpoint
by moondoggie

Comment by Gracious:
Wow! What a viewpoint it is!!! Just wonderful! Unfortunately there isn't enough detail in the shaded part and the highlighted part could use a filter to clarify a bit. I still like it, but would score higher with those details fixed. It is a very beautiful scene.

Viewpoint
by moondoggie

Comment by DougPaz:
Wow, what an awesome view! I really like the building on the point. The lighting works great too. I wish it wasn't quite so hazy but don't think you have much control over that.

Viewpoint
by moondoggie

Comment by vestanpance:
Wow. That certainly is a good viewpoint. If I had to pick one flaw it would be that the area on the right of frame is in shadow, maybe you have tried this again at a different time of day. Congratulations on a very striking photograph.

san jacinto
by moondoggie

Comment by moondoggie:
Thanks for the review Andrew. Glad you liked the photo.

Most people are not familiar with this song from Peter Gabriel (it's off of his "Security" album, btw). It's a very powerful, primal almost spiritual song. When I took the photo I hadn't even seen the new DPC contest for that week yet, but when I read about it I instantly thought of this picture. It really had something about it that I liked - mostly just the simplicity of the lines and dark rich colors. I was concerned that it might be too dark, but on my home monitor where I prepped it, I must say it looked a little lighter than it does on some monitors here at my work, and probably lighter than what most people saw. Still, I knew it was on the dark side, and I knew the song was not well recognized, so I figured there was a good chance that many people would not "get it." But hey, I liked it, so what the hell.