A picture of the Devil's Marbles, from the center of Australia. My favourite photo taken whilst on our 4,500km road trip from Adelaide to Darwin (via Uluru). Some more pictures at luan.com and the Flickr photostream. What do you guys think?

Great! It shows the lonelyness of the desert and on a good way, it gives me a strange feeling. It looks like those two rocks are picked up and arranged this way. I like the level of saturation you choosed, it fits the scene.
Only thing I don't like is that branch on the left. It doesn't has to go all the way, but I wish it was placed even more to the left.

If I was you, I would add this one in 'Duo', too.

Hi everybody, this is my first critique and I hope to do it constructively fine! Well, as the comment above, yep, that branch on the left, I dont' like it either. I think it would have been better if you had moved a little bit to your right, or maybe closer to the two rocks and make them fill most of your frame, trying to avoid those branches, and giving the rocks even more importance. Of course, I don't know this place, so I don't know if this movement was possible. Anyway, for the rest, I like the desaturated/contrasted tone you gave the picture, and the dark vignetting on the sky. However, you should urgently consider removing that little spot in the sky that seems from dust in your sensor... a simple cloning touch would be enough.

Take care. I

I agree with the above positive comments about your choice of post prod treatment here, it is very effective and unexpected given the natural colours of the area. I think that the branch touching the marble is a little distracting, but it is a strong image nonetheless. Well done.

Thanks for your comments. I had never thought of the branch as a distraction before, but now it sticks out as a sore thumb.

I did see the dust before, but thought that no one would notice - how wrong I am. I really need to upgrade my camera (D70s), but can't really justify it at the moment, as my skills really don't match the camera's ability yet.

The Devil's Marbles are really interesting formations - there are dozens of other similar rock formations in the region. Unfortunately, it is in the middle of literally nowhere.

I'll update the picture and submit to "Duo".

This is just wonderful. Great composition, great subject, nice processing. The issue about the branch on the left IMHO is trivial and just does not detract from the quality of this picture.

This is a very cool shot. IMO, I think more color or more saturation for that matter would give this a lot more punch. It's very well-shot though :)

.moses.