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avatar still26
still26 says:

LOVE IT....like the ray of sunlight atop, the blue is crisp well saturated and it is so well centered. Top marks!

(5 years and 642 days ago)

Floating In The Clear Blue Yonder
avatar still26
still26 says:

I think this image could improve without centered crop...keeping the men in boat to the right with more room for them to float into would help...however, that is strictly artistic prerogative and I bow to yours.

(5 years and 642 days ago)

Three Men In A Boat
avatar still26
still26 says:

Love the patterns and the focal pop is perfect. Nice silhouette.

(5 years and 642 days ago)

The Bin Man
avatar still26
still26 says:

Lovely Zen like calming image. You do have some ghosting around the tree branches and a fair bit of noise. That orange reflection of the sun is placed artistically on the branch making it look like a burning bush errrr branch.

(5 years and 642 days ago)

Mekong Morning
avatar photonut
photonut says:

Sort of peacefull look about this,would level horizon a tad though

(5 years and 644 days ago)

Mekong Morning
avatar rturnbow
rturnbow says:

Congrats!

(5 years and 647 days ago)

The Morning Jog
avatar still26
still26 says:

Congrats Adam, it's a great shot, worthy of Photo Exhibition material

(5 years and 647 days ago)

The Morning Jog
avatar photonut
photonut says:

like the title in this and a well seen photo this

(5 years and 649 days ago)

The Bin Man
avatar photonut
photonut says:

The curve of the distant landscape together with the trees combine well,well seen and taken photo

(5 years and 649 days ago)

The Clouds Are Building
avatar photonut
photonut says:

The curve of the distant landscape together with the trees combine well,well seen and taken photo

(5 years and 649 days ago)

The Clouds Are Building
avatar photonut
photonut says:

Simplistic subject but done well

(5 years and 649 days ago)

Floating In The Clear Blue Yonder
avatar Denlig
Denlig says:

All I hate: running and fog :-P

(5 years and 649 days ago)

The Morning Jog
avatar Denlig
Denlig says:

I agree with photonut, there are many things to look at this picture: motorcycle, bike, taxi, monument, statue, street scene... this photo could have participated in multiple contests

(5 years and 649 days ago)

Nandi Bull and Motorbike
avatar photonut
photonut says:

yes I would crop them as well

(5 years and 651 days ago)

Painting The Town Red
avatar still26
still26 says:

I guess due to the smog in your area you are staying indoors and going through your stock of images. I like this one too, the focal point, the title, simple and strong following the KISS principle nicely.

(5 years and 651 days ago)

The Midas Touch
avatar still26
still26 says:

Not only is the POV grand but I like the heavy saturation on this one, it is an OH WOW image.

(5 years and 651 days ago)

Stairway To Heaven
avatar still26
still26 says:

What is especially nice in this sharp photo are the ghost like people shrouded in the mist as the side. The is also Photo Exhibtion material

(5 years and 651 days ago)

The Morning Jog
avatar still26
still26 says:

I do think this is Photo Exhibition material and your title rocks!

(5 years and 651 days ago)

A Pool With A View
avatar still26
still26 says:

I think we need a "from behind" contest. I like the exotica of this photo, technically sharp, has anyone mentioned those wires yet?

(5 years and 651 days ago)

Nandi Bull and Motorbike
avatar still26
still26 says:

I love images like these that take us to faraway places and show us lives of others. This image has a lot going for it ....the colours and the absorption of the people into their work....they are oblivious of you and we get treated to see them au naturel, not posed.

(5 years and 651 days ago)

Garland Factory
avatar still26
still26 says:

sharp sharp sharp as a woman's tongue...What do you think about those red reflections at the base of the image....do they weaken the overall shot or add to it. I personally would have cropped up to get rid of them then there would have been no visual competition for the viewer.

(5 years and 651 days ago)

Painting The Town Red
avatar still26
still26 says:

Nice bucolic shot. Have you tried blending in a cloudy sky into the image by way of layers?

(5 years and 651 days ago)

Windmills Of The Mind
avatar still26
still26 says:

This is such a pleasure to view, it is full of excitement , warm glows, and your point of view rocks. You were walking on water to get this shot.

(5 years and 651 days ago)

Kalkara Festa Malta
avatar still26
still26 says:

This would have done well in the blow out contest too. Nice high contrast image but you seem to have banding in the sky. Banding happens when in post processing you push the values too high. I like the two focal points acting like mirrors, each boat playing off the other.

(5 years and 651 days ago)

Into The Unknown
avatar photonut
photonut says:

Really strong image this and really like the angle in this one

(5 years and 651 days ago)

Stairway To Heaven
avatar photonut
photonut says:

like this one,but think b/w would be better and would crop some of each side to make much more of the focus on the couple

(5 years and 651 days ago)

The Morning Jog
avatar photonut
photonut says:

Think there is to much going on in this one,needs to be more of a focus on one point

(5 years and 651 days ago)

Nandi Bull and Motorbike
avatar photonut
photonut says:

again a good display photographed well

(5 years and 651 days ago)

Painting The Town Red
avatar photonut
photonut says:

nice firework display,reminds me when I went and one of these displays many years ago

(5 years and 651 days ago)

Kalkara Festa Malta
avatar photonut
photonut says:

Well nice one this,like the whiteness behind the boats

(5 years and 651 days ago)

Into The Unknown
avatar still26
still26 says:

Top notch.

(5 years and 655 days ago)

The Lure
avatar kyricom
kyricom says:

I'm not sure how this photo, as interesting as it is, demonstrates the idiom

(5 years and 670 days ago)

What a Pallava!
avatar kyricom
kyricom says:

"glistens"

(5 years and 670 days ago)

All that glisters is not gold!
avatar photonut
photonut says:

Certainly an idiom,but not sure that suits this image as such

(5 years and 671 days ago)

Let sleeping dogs lie.
avatar photonut
photonut says:

yes do agree with olga on this one,tighter crop would be better

(5 years and 671 days ago)

All that glisters is not gold!
avatar photonut
photonut says:

Funny enough I disagree with olga,think it would have better had they both been working,but that aside I still like it

(5 years and 671 days ago)

A stitch in time saves nine.
avatar still26
still26 says:

I think a bit of a tighter crop at the sides would have enhanced this photo, although the "gold" does titillate. You have fantasticated this image well with exposure and saturation.

(5 years and 671 days ago)

All that glisters is not gold!
avatar still26
still26 says:

A heartwarming shot and the fact one of the fellows is looking at us (you) connects us more closely to the photo.

(5 years and 671 days ago)

A stitch in time saves nine.
avatar still26
still26 says:

Like the darkness of this which frames and highlights the good pieces which are delicious eye candy.

(5 years and 671 days ago)

Cut your coat according to the cloth.
avatar still26
still26 says:

Bwahhhhhhhh I know that phrase and this upload really shows the fuss. A great idiom and great image.

(5 years and 671 days ago)

What a Pallava!
avatar photonut
photonut says:

Well done Adam

(5 years and 675 days ago)

Yuanyang Rice terraces - Yunnan Province
avatar Zizounai
Zizounai says:

Congrats Adam

(5 years and 675 days ago)

Yuanyang Rice terraces - Yunnan Province
avatar still26
still26 says:

My better half and me think this is photo exhibition material Adam!

(5 years and 675 days ago)

Yuanyang Rice terraces - Yunnan Province
avatar still26
still26 says:

Yes, it's a nice site but rather narrow minded as they do not give free breathing room for photos/art such a dog meat...on another site anything goes. It is what it is...and best of all it is free with nice prizes, just wish more people would review.

(5 years and 675 days ago)

Haiku - Bird, Branch, Bloom
avatar still26
still26 says:

I like the marginal space at top, glad you didn't crop too much.

(5 years and 676 days ago)

Big Brother Is Watching You
avatar still26
still26 says:

HOLY GUACAMOLE....top marks.

(5 years and 676 days ago)

Yuanyang Rice terraces - Yunnan Province
avatar still26
still26 says:

Minimalism, strong in b/w, artistic too. I think a bit more detail may be needed in that rock wall.

(5 years and 676 days ago)

The Peak District - UK
avatar still26
still26 says:

Mmmmmm, I love the story here, it adds to the rural tale...cooking pots, now only a photographer would shoot this. I like it and you perhaps monkeyed with the saturation, it works as it provides visual juxtaposition ...vibrant colours against mist...ahhhh.

(5 years and 676 days ago)

Rice Field and Cooking Pots
avatar still26
still26 says:

Ahhh vast, rural and flooded rice paddies. The black and white helps pop out the patterns, the bright sky at the top might benefit from a bit of a nip as it is overpowering.

(5 years and 676 days ago)

Thaton Valley, Thailand
avatar still26
still26 says:

Next time take a bottle of red wine, Brenda and you drink it, they you can lay down on the hallowed grounds of Siam Reap and shoot Brenda! hic

(5 years and 678 days ago)

Doorways to Heaven