The lights are out, but that didn't stop something magical from happening. All that was needed was a brief moment to cast a great shadow. Well done.

Nice composition but in particular I like the texture of the cement.

Brilliant!

Very interesting. What's it of?

I think it is some sort of cactus, isn't it? Interesting photo, but I know You can better even this cactus!

Ouch...

very interesting abstraction

Looks great! The shadows add to the population of twigs. Nice sandstone background too!

Nice shadow work!

Thanks Apruva and Scott. The background is actually sand at the beach. I cloned out 2 footprints because they were distracting. (A lesson I learned from JVGPhoto.)

You should also enter this in the shadows category.

good idea scott... "done and done"

Hey, thats cool!

Thank you, Apurva.
/Jan

Unfortunately this image doesn't really have much impact to it. The leaf is centered against a rather dull background. So tough to give good advice on this, I think I would have walked by and never taken a picture. I see you've entered this in shadows so if you use the shadow as the subject, then you got one. :)

Scott
I agree with you it is not the best background. The shadow is what drew me into taking the picture. To me the leaf was acting as the canvas for the shadow. It just caught my eye. I am always looking around for something different. I value the comment. Thanks.

Ok, if using the leaf as the canvas how would it look if you zoomed in enough to still tell it was a leaf and enhance the shadow as more of the subject?

Excellent point. Something I will think about next time.

My first feature. Thank you very much who ever voted. Makes me want to continue to get others featured.

Cheer and congratulation koo88 for this featured, and I am glad that encourages you to continue to show us your work. Greetings.

Big congrats! Keep up the good work! Your work is getting better all the time:-)

jon

Thank you Eric and Jon. I am very appreciative of all the comments and advice that is given.

hey misu,

thanks for stopping by :) the end of the hand should be dark because she is "touching the shadow" :-)

cheers
vt

Yes, I understand the idea ;) But on my monitor I not see the hand, it is too dark... but may be it is only on my monitor ;)

guess your monitor is too dark. :)

Very cool shot!
I like the dark feeling that it conveys!

Hey Vernon, nice to see you here as well. I love this shot, well done buddy.