De nuevo un excelente trabajo. De nuevo dos sensaciones contrapuestas dentro de la misma composicion. De un lado la ternura, calidez y suavidad de la chica jugando con la arena, dibujando un corazon; de otro la fuerza del mar rompiendo contra la playa. Enhorabuena. Saludos

Gracias juanantonio :)

excellent! bravo

Thank you Elaine :)

Superbe

Aaah been there, miss it!!!

Thanks Pixim and Ana for the fav, much appreciated :)

Good choice for a square format, Pradeep. Very pretty light - so delicate - well done. The comp. is nice - did you have a difficult time with the crop on this one - just curious...

Best,
Jon

Thanks Jon, and yes, I had also liked this one with in a vertical format.

Me gusta mucho este tipo de tratamiento. Veo que lo tienes en varias de tus fotos. Desde hace una temporada intento practicarlo un poco.

Muchas gracias por tu comentario Darco TT, me alegro te haya gustado este tratamiento. Saludos

Love the format and your processing! The off-white/white area in the lower right is a bit disconcerting and within that area there is an inverted U shape which looks like it needs to be cloned out.

Saludos,
Jon

Muchas gracias jon por su amable critica. Saludos

Nice shot and nicely treated J.A. I agree with Jon, I would have dodged that a bit. This could work nicely in b&w for the High Key Topic.

Muchas gracias por su critica Beamer, agradezco su amable observación. Saludos

again a wonderful shot. i like the simple way you'd captured the landscape.

thanks for all the comments, but please note that this photo is part of a series:
www.flickr.com/photos/malana-lars/sets/72157604383...

Maybe it's just because I have taking to the square crop more and more in my own work, but I think the square format works for this image. Sure a landscape cropping might emphasize "empty space" more, but I think that still comes across the way you've done it here. It's a really nice photo.

Lars, thanks for sharing the link to the collection. I would make the same composition comment about the whole series. This type of subjects, it seems to me, feels "cramped" or restricted in a square format. Just my opinion.

Lars, very interesting series. Although this shot is strong on its own as is (colours, detail and foreground are fabulous), I would also prefer the main subject to be offset from centre to give the feel that it is a bit more isolated (preferably to the right so your eye has to travel across the frame and up the stairs). It just seems a bit too contrived with the current composition. Looking at your comments above is interesting given that you have invited critique.

Great picture, I love the isolated feeling of the shot. The fact that you can't see the tide anywhere adds to this i think and i especially like that...

I still love the colors in this photo, I like this crop (I would say it is equal with the larger crop imo). I like this crop because it really shows the detail in the coloring! Well done

wow i really like this!

I like this crop better! You left a tiny space between the four leaves of the front fower, that's a bit risky sometimes but in this case it works well.

I agree with Noah the other cropping is much nicer. This one is too tight at the edges, no "breathing room".

See me response on the other image. Also, I think this crops takes a little away from the sense of sharpness you had in the other photo.

Great idea; square crop works here; I miss the texture of the table, which would be here with greater DOF.

Hey, very creative! I only noticed because it's around 4 right now. I guess it needed my mind set ;)

@ Soreks: although I used a large diafragma (F=5), a larger DOF wouldn't show any texture becouse it's completely smood of it's own. It isn't real wood, but that laminated stuff.

@ Huub: wake up, you need some coffee!! ;)

Very nice.
Great creative idea with awesome execution!

Great, simple composition. Makes me wonder what's going on besides sharing a drink!

Coffee-time part 2 :)

see also: www.vazaar.com/user:sfkp/photos/id:30674/