I don't know what it is but I am really enjoying this picture. I am getting an Elephant/ dog feel of the green on the right. I would love to see this wil a bit more of the red color coming through (i.e. a photoshopped version).

Thanks, Bowden, I actually had this more saturated at one point but felt it looked fake. It's the same impression you get when you look at these little guys at the plant store, they look painted or fake. This was an interesting approach to the color treatment that I had read about but never tried. I first developed this as a fairly high contrast B&W and then using the original color layer and the "Color" transfer mode I put the chroma back on top. It gives this nice grainy/high contrast look. I kinda like it. You basically control the saturation by the opacity of that "Color" layer.

I like this a lot. Have you considered cropping just maybe 10-15 pixels at the top? I am not sure about it but I have a feeling it'll have better balance overall without the top 10 pixels. Great image regardless!

j'aime cette photo pour une raison, elle me raconte une histoire, la rencontre de deux plantes, une caresse, de la tendresse. j'aurais peut être fait un cadrage plus serré sur le bas. Tout ce noir en haut de la photo, noie un peu la photo.

I wonder if the one on your blog is better liked because of the dark background colors of you site vs. the white background here. I am not so sure the color depth is that much different, but the colors against the dark background do pop a bit more. Great shot never less.

@0Jim: It's both. I regularly do 2 conversion one for Vazaar and one for my blog and OnExposure both which have gray or black backgrounds. But, this one is really a case where I did a whole different approach to the one on my blog, including a vignette and some film grain added.

Thanks for the comments everybody.

I didn't see much difference, either, aside from a bit of shadowing in the top/right corner.

It's a great shot. Would maybe like more 'ground' if it were possible, to give a more 'empty' feel.

Love the shot but I would like to see you crop out from the bottom of the blue graffiti down. The reason is that it adds a surreal feeling to it (like Eschers stairs) where you don't know if the left side is reall the horizon or the right.

I have such a fascination with graffiti. I think this is an art all on it's own. You've captured this well, as usual. Love the colors and grittiness (is that a word) of the photo. True Urban Art...

I like it a lot but I would love to see the shot without the human legs because it would add more depth to the image of the dog.

I am not a fan of the legs either. the dog is great though. I'd say either crop out the legs or see if you can do a good job of cloning them out.

Thanks. I keep the legs :-))

Don't you dare clone out the legs - without them this would be just another snapshot. The legs (and the shadow from the legs) ae what makes this interesting and makes the viewer curious.

Thanks a lot Stefan !

I agree with all of the observations made above. I would like to add that the darkness on the left side of the frame adds to the unbalanced feel.

I appreciate the comments above, but am not so troubled by the opposite planing of the rows in front. If the main subject was at the vanishing point of the rows, then I might think differently, bu the fact is that there are differences and not everything goes the same way and is uniform. I quite like the feeling of vastness that the foreground gives within the context - and can almost hear the silence. The slightly disturbing thing for me is that the horizon cuts the image in half, perhaps that would be a reason to crop a little from the bottom. Otherwise, tops.

Great. I like such fields! Sky is amazing!

WOW! the DOF (Depth of Field) is enhanced by the rows in the ground. Just beautiful.

Agree with most of what has been said already. I would have walked further in and tried a 2/3 sky - 1/3 land composition.

Love the light, great job!! Looks like some torture chamber, maybe that scene in Lethal Weapon with Mel Gibson hanging by his hands... I do think you could crop off the bottom just above the block holding up the pole. That bright area in the lower left draws the eye a bit.

Nice job with the exposure on this one - looks like it might have been a challening shot! The colors are good, but I would love to see this as a black and white.

Cheers,
Jon

Thanks for the suggestion, I will have to give it a try.

Exposure is amazing. I agree with Beamer about the Mel Gibson. I have been trying to get this effect myself. Nice job.

very creative

I am assuming a leaf but it could easaly be a close up of a frog or other animal. Great shot.

Nice framing. Was it cropped by you or is this the original picture?

Nice work. A suggestion - I would present it in the reverse view (upside down) because I think it would give more power to the yellow spikes but Nice Shot.

My first lightning capture.

this is excellent...great job!

I look foward to trying to capture more throughout the summer.

Nice Job. Very difficult time capturing lightning But I love how you did not crop out the shot and kept all the negative space. It helps to build up the energy of the bolt.