a very abstract image. although it has impact, i would have a little more space around the subject - for it to 'breath'. very creative photo.

Thanks jKay, though its almost full frame no crop. What I think, if one keeps empty space for it to breathe it would be too much of white in an almost wite photo!

very interesting photo!
i love the simplicity yet effectiveness of the photo
great shot!

Simple but effective! Great idea!

Thanks ksenia, meyli!

the clouds and lighting are absolutely breathtaking
and i love the composition!

beautiful... I like how what seems to be trees lead your eyes up to the stunning clouds.

Best of all three.

I love how every line in the photo leads your eye to the beautiful colors in the sky. A really nice shot.

When I first saw this, I thought there was a fire.
Amazing shot ~ Love it!

Très particulier, mais j'adore l'ambiance.
Je suis même étonnée d'être la première à la commenter.

This makes me smile. Looks like the little girl discovers her shadow for the first time. Nice vignet-effect. The angle is a bit weird, I had to think twice before I knew how to look but that doesn't has to be a bad thing.

Nice take on a fairly ordinary scene, you have made it interesting. Nice job.

I agree with Tamara and Clyde in that you have made an interesting image from the ordinary situation. I would like to add that I also particularly like the capture of her red shoe. Well done.

Me gusta esta fotografía, original perspectiva. Saludos

Wow, a great, great one.
Tiny detail : the white spot on the right might have been darkened in post processing.

Anyway, congratulations Vincenzo.

Excellent !!

very striking. love the floor texture and long shadows. great contrast

Variation of a photograph already presented according to the idea of Didier ;)
Thank you for the preceding comments:)

I can't really see differences with the former version (which probably means that I was not disturbed with the dots).
In my opinion, the framing and colors are excellent, very well done Eric.

You know, this is striking, no matter which way you look at it. As a thumbnail it jumps out at you and as a larger version, draws you right in.
The colour is sublime!

Wow strong image! Excellent diagonal composition. That blue bites!

I have a special bound with cactuses and succulents. They're the only plants which live for longer then a year at my home... :P They're Tamara-proof. I think I'll try to make something like yours of my own plants.

Thanks for sharing.

I live in Southern California in one of the valleys that regularly get at or over 100 for days at a time. We just had 9 days in a row... One thing I really like is hanging baskets, but here they just won't live. A lady told me a couple of years ago to put succulents and cacti in the hanging baskets. Worked brilliantly. This spring I had to start over 'cause they had gotten so overgrown in the baskets, I had to take them and put them in pots or in the grown and start new baskets!! Give it a try.

Where do you live?

I live in the Netherlands, about 14 kilometers at north of Amsterdam. To get an impression of the enviroment over here: www.vazaar.com/user:sfkp/photos/id:29924/
or
www.vazaar.com/user:sfkp/photos/id:29883/

In other words: wet, sometimes sunny, sometimes not, no real winters with lang lasting snow but it freezes here a couple of days a year. 100 F or 35 degrees Celsius is max, maybe a couple of days a year. So... cactussen and succulents won't live at my balkony for a long time :)

I have to agree, this is well done. Beautiful shades of green and lovely textures. If we're playing the what I would do differently game.. I might burn in/dull down (not a lot) the highlights on the smaller green plant in the left corner. They keep dragging my eye down.. but I still dig this one :)

Beamer, soon I'll feel the temperatures of California (and Nevada, Utah, Arizona) wich you desciped... becouse in october I'm going on holiday!! We booked yesterday and when I logged on Vazaar I remembered this conversation.

This is a great look-through. I like the focus created by the light and the silhouette of the statue against the clear sky in the back. Well seen.

I'd possibly do a little perspective work, by pulling out those bottom two corners?

Otherwise, this is sweetness.

I like it. It's a good shot. Nice composition and use of the light and dark. (I was going to ask if the floor and columns in the foreground could be lightened just a tiny, tiny bit... but nix it. It's good as is.)

Thanks guys this is another one converted using Nik Software's Silver FX Pro, great plugin!!

@Ana, no you are sweetness!!

I agree with Jim that some out there might want to lighten the foreground ever so slightly. However, your control of light is wonderfully tight and moving from dark to bright is part of the real joy in the frame. Another image beautifully composed, well done Clyde.

really cool i like the angle from below and the cool shadow. really well found!

yes !!! nice framing !

Great PoV and composition. I also like your processing.