I like a crop line that drops vertically right between the gap in the bands of light on the stone, and cuts across between his hand and that major fold corner of his robe. There's also this strange blue that seems stronger around him, and more grey the farther it goes back. Not sure what I think about that, but it's cool. Is the top of his head missing some saturation? just looking with piercing eyes, poking holes, sorry. ;) Lovely photo, I also spent a good time looking at it peacefully.

very nice photograph, a little more contrast would do it for me.

I appreciate all the time everyone has taken to critique the image. thank you.

I really like this picture, but I agree with brandon that the hand and stones (?) in the back ground are a bit distracting. A tighter crop maybe, but the orange and face are great.

I disagree with jsmanseau. I find that the stones add value to the composition and so does the hand.
A bit more room over his head and a bit less of it on the left would have been my preferences, but that's an invalid format I guess. :)

Thank you very much!

I also like that he's not looking directly at the camera. I wish both eyes were in focus, but everything else is great.

Great shot!

nice comp. i would like to see him looking at the camera too, with both eyes in focus.

an excellent and powerful portrait

Nice atmosphere, great light!
Almost looks tilt-shifted / miniature ...

how happy you must have been to get that red roof in the photo, to have the mist only in the back, and then to have the sunlight in the foreground!

Either you must be really lucky or you camped there till you got this great light!

Either way, congratulations!

Wow, so crisp you can feel the frost, excellent capture! Almost feels like a model...

This image is just only sublime -

I love the sharpness & feeling you captured. It's hard to relate the grade of slope in a photo without a vertical reference but you've pulled it off nicely. Everything about it makes it a favorite for me.

Like the others, I really enjoy this photo. Very nice work!

This is awesome. I love the misty quality, and the pov is rare and not often seen.

congrats!

I'm glad this was featured, I still keep voting for it. Really nice work.

Beeeautiful!Great angle and very moody. Love the tone you are using

What a great expression, very well composed with this nice lighting.

Very cool (and funny) composition. Great portrait. I'm almost saying "nice textures" (Ops!) 8-)

excellent

lovely

Preciosa fotografía. Felicidades!

Great, great processing. The details are amazing as well.

Great picture Vernon! Please tells us something about the post processing techniques you used.

thanks everybody :-)

well, nothing special on this one.
taken with my canon 350d and 17-50/1.8 lens@17

raw to tiff with capture one.
duplicated background layer, mode overlay.
then applied high pass filter to enhance the details and give a "shiny" bright look.
added another gradient layer b/w
then another layer for levels and boosted the mid tones.

changed the look of the license plate.

convert to srgb, save for web. done :-)

cheers,
v.t.

Nice one, just spotted the license plate!

Great job Vernon, thanks for explaining your post processing technique!

So I've heard....thanks for the comment.

stunning photo!

great view! magnificient use of light!

Thank you so much!

Truly outstanding composition & processing, Dave...........a real "keeper."

The lack of detail in the wall really doesn't bother me... I feel it adds to the abstract feel to this image. The only thing I can really notice is that line (faint) running horizontally through the image about 1/3 of the way from the top. Other than this, is is about as perfect as one can expect.

I love this -- so Escher-like. I wouldn't change a thing either.

I've given it a little thought and here's the thing...does it really say "industrial?" It is beautiful...no doubt. And I was so taken by my first reaction to it that I overlooked the topic.

This one is awesome!

Lovely one!The line on the wall distracts me a little, but it is still wonderful.
Well done!

Awesome image Vernon. The intense contrast and lighting is great for the subject matter and theme. Terrific composition as well.

Great all around, Vernon. You are amazingly consistent! I expect to see this featured for certain.

Fantastic tones! Well done.

This looks very impressive, the metal colours and grease are great!

nasty grain - i like it!

The grain adds so much power here.. Great work vernon..

I just love this image

grainy goodness! nice work.

wow, I'm glad you like this a lot. is one of my favs taken in 2006.
taken with hasselblad 503cw and a planar 80mm 2.8 on slide film medium format (orwo 400 b/w expired 1983)
I LOVE GRAIN :-)

do you want to see more?
checko out this link
www.xoverip.info/pb/index.php?showimage=367
under the image, click on related images :-)

*cheers*
v.t.