The composition does a good job of making the lens distortion work. Nice photo.

Great shot =)

can you please tell us the setup for this HDR shot ?
and what program you used for merging & noise reduction!!!!

@m0nm0n: I shot the image using RAW files at the lowest ISO possible (100 - 200) and use Lightroom to create 3 different exposure images (+2, 0, -2). +2 to reveal the detail of the shadow, -2 to reveal the detail of the hightlight (sky). Then use Photomatix to merge the images creating the above image I hope that's helpful

Congratulations on second, lovely view and very good HDR effect

Thanks Orientallad

Good overall composition.

Are the aliens leaving??

Very good shot and composed very well.

Great composition, nice overall image!

wonderful abstract

What a beautiful shot! Relaxing indeed!

It seems a bit too "target centered," with the dark values over dominating the image. Cropping off about half of the dark shape on the left, and a bit off the bottom would give this a lot more visual movement, and make the dark tree on the right in the background more dynamic.

very creative!