Beautiful work. Lovely photo.

Would have been nice if the person down the hall was in focus, but I can imagine how difficult that would have been....

I love the feeling of this photo!! its the type of conversation piece I would blow up large and have framed in the living room. I agree with "beamer" this would have been REALLY fantastic if the person at the end was still in focus, and the floor leading to them.

Very cool shot, nice idea but I think having a closer and clearer person would have helped this image.

Love it, love it, love it! And while having the person in focus could add an interest point to the photo, I actually like it as it is. Slightly artistic and a little abstract.

I think having the person in focus might be a matter of personal taste, because it certainly wouldn't have occurred to me.

I'd turn it into a poster just as it is. Stunning.

It has an amazing sense of movement. The framing is perfect for the depth of the hallway and to give the sense of scale with the person. I think it's excellent the way it is.

I like the effect the longer exposure has given to the water.. I'd be interested to see the same kind of scene a little closer to the water to get more of that effect..

like the rich blues here, with the touches of light on the rocks

thanks to everybody
It is Kinneret lake, Israel

I might have tried just a bit longer exposure to really add to the blur on the water. The longer you leave the shutter open in this instance, the smoother the effect on the water.

Very cool shot, nice clearity and colour. Good DOF.

I think the flash and the purple sky makes the whole image look so spooky. Thats a fine effect, I like it.

That is amazing! What a great shot!!

I appreciate everyone's comments and advise thus far. I will give some of them a try. :0)

Awesome capture. I agree that the forground is too in your face and does take away from the power of what should be the focal point.

This is well done, but I would like to see a bit more contrast.

Lovely. The ghostly water is excellent. It looks like ghostly hands carressing the rocks.

Thanks Daniel! If anyone is interested in checking out a somewhat humorous related image, check out the original post here and scroll down:
www.outofthedeepblue.com/blog/?p=87

This is an absolutely breathtaking shot!!
Nice job.

stunning!

I think this is an excellent composure. The swirling waves have sortof a bokeh effect and make the starfish the star of the show. Wonderful.

awwwesome.... I tend to turn my head to look at it though, maybe a more natural gravity obeying angle would make it even more trippy? I dig, nice concept.

Very nice effect! Amazing shot!

Fantastic

Wow this is extremely creative!

ahahahaha, i dont understand how you did this at all.. somehow I think it was an illusion that this light was coming from the can..

Incredible.

WOW! icredible...

No star trails, Amazing. iso 1600 wow, very crisp.

Wow amazing how many stars you can see without light polution of big cities

O.O

as mentioned before.. UNREAL..

The photo is great, and the experience of being there at that special time with a camera must be very memorable.

Wow, this is an amazing picture. Absolutely awesome.

Thanks for all!

I do really like the "warm coldness" of this, as others have mentioned.

And I've always found it amazing that ducks (probably must) find it comfortable to rest their heads on their backs like that.

brilliant!

Great job, Jason!
I wonder why the b/w, though. Maybe because of the textures in the lighthouse?

Hi Phil,

I had two cameras with me that night, one color, and one black and white (film). So, it was really just the luck of the draw I guess that this one ended up black and white...

Thanks for your comments!

Very nice. I wonder if we can do a 17 min exposure with out haveing any amp glow problems and noise. Excellent shot.

I love this photo, the stars look awesome! The lighthouse is very sharp and I cant really find anything to complain about.

Great composition and the b/w works perfectly here

If I hadn't have read your explaination of the shot I would have said that the shot is too flat - a real lack of contrast - that said it's a nice idea and It's amazing actually how much detail and colour is there given the conditions, but I can't help feeling that it doesn't really work as a photo for me - there's not really alot compositionally happening ... although I find myself wondering what it would look like as b&w?

What a great exercise! I think the more you experiment with this, the better you'll get. Great start.

Then you'll start painting trees with light, and more... I just found the same world recently Craig (vazaar.com/user:Topher/photos/id:13474/) and might be trying to perfect it at your same rate... I like this pic as the start of something more and appreciate the experimentation. Fun.

I really like the detail and color. I too wonder how it would look in b&w.

The muted aspect gives a rather melancholic feel,
I like it because it has an individual personality and atmosphere...not just another techn. perfect picture...reminds of an old masters painting that hasn't been restored...