Much better. The little bit at the bottom left of the shot still shows that there is more height to the tree than actually shows.

I think you could afford to lose the shadow, or at least most of it. maybe crop it out to just below the top of the burr lump to the left of shot.

it is not the glider, it is the feeling when you are up there.

you fly free as a bird.......that is usually the answer I get from those who do it.

I agree......

I think the author means the apparent shape of the building!

sorry??.........what's this about

not much road in this shot

agree with that, and I am no animal lover........

so not free then!

as this is in a church garden, is serenity what the author had in mind.

there are many who would certainly not consider a family reunion one of the best things in life!

...............but if it's not obvious, make sure to mention in your description what good free thing/feeling you're trying to show with your photo. .............. am I missing something here, what is free. are you being given this cake for nothing. it is not obvious.

I go to many moto events, and I know there is a lot of debris in the air. It just looked to me like a high tonal contrast shot, I didn't say it was though. There is a heavy haze in the background, but the motorcycles in the foreground, along with the debris, are very stark. It is still a great capture whatever way you look at it.

great capture...... plenty of emotion in this young lady, well done.

ok, the macy's sign is neon, but there is a glow around the other buildings, is this the result of neon. they don't have neon signs around them.

what's with the halos around the buildings

not really a stunt, this is a sport.

not really an 'amazing' stunt is it.

at gopankarichal.......... isn't that what has been done here........... it looks pretty darned real to me.

this is a great shot, but it looks like a lot of tonal contrast has been used, or maybe high clarity. It sort of takes some of the reality of the shot away for me, and makes it more 'poster' like.

these are hand made engineering bricks, they are quite old, maybe around 80 or 90 years, maybe even a little more.

have to agree, nothing amazing about this, the boys in the villages here do this on scooters all the time.

I don't see this as a stunt, more of a circus act!

cannot see enough of it to see what it might be.

the focal point is in the centre where the shot is straightest, there is no particular area of dof, but, imo, this image does not need it.

looks like you took this on a bad day.

not sure hip hop is classed as a stunt. good catch though.

How do we know it is out of focus?............is that a serious question, or are you playing with us?
Cropping and zooming the shot will not alter the focus.
Reshooting will alter the focus, by getting the focus right in the first place.

zoom will not improve the shot, it is out of focus!

a fan?

k5683, the guide says for example!..................years ago, before cars, there were asses ( there are still a few around now! ), these were much narrower than cars and so did not need such wide roads.

the hard line, I think, is to do with the DOF, and yes, it does look like a stuffed animal. it doesn't look angry, it looks like it is smiling.

what emotion is being displayed here please

I understand your sentiment author, but it does not look so much like that in this image. This, imo, is a shot of peacock feathers, no more, no less.

superb capture, well done author.

nice capture, and a nice crop, well done author.

author, what are we seeing here?

great capture. imo, the girls help to make the shot, and there is enough of the road to make it the dominant subject.

good effort, a shame about the dark area in the middle sky.

you also need to look at either your lens or sensor, there are grease spots in the image.

and either your lens or your sensor is dirty, there are grease spots on the image.

the horizon needs to be straightened before all the water falls out the side of the shot.

I agree, there some images that don't need stuff like HDR, and I would imagine this is one of them.

I agree. Don't be shy with the controls, but at the same time, don't overdo it. One of the downsides of HDR is the images can stop looking real, and it is so easy to do that.

One of the downsides of HDR is the images stop looking real. this a great effort, but, imo, this falls into the 'unreal' trap. good effort for a first try though.

One of the downsides of HDR is the images stop looking real. this a great piece of art, but falls into the 'unreal' trap. IMO.

whatever gave you that idea.................

I think you'll find this is a seed, or at least the carrier of seeds.

all cats look like this close up.