Very strong image. Almost belongs under the topic "a shot with a story" and I'm sure its a sad story. The lighting for me, is perfect. I love it.

A very powerful and moving image.......it tells a story.

Great composition...
Love the wok on lights !
Very powerful !

excellent composition, tones, lighting and subject..

I like the lines in this picture..

what's the story behind the image?

Like others already mentioned, a crop in the top, or bottom but..... this scene is so beautiful....

Shot on a Yahsica 124G on Provia 100 and cross processed and almost zero post processing

I love this!
It's so incredible on many different levels. :)

I agree with Thelma. Stunning image!

excellent cross-processing, really!
one for my fav's :)

great processing,i love the colours..!

@lolly: Yeah, your right. I had to play with the red ones a bit... Barely felt like I knew what I was doing that night.... Once the moon went into the full eclipse mode, I had to go to longer exposures and you'd be surprised how much the moon moves in 2 seconds...

Yes, I do! It's a bit like taking sunset cloud shots, the sky changes very quickly. At least you had a go; I certainly couldn't do it!

This is just beautiful! Just amazing!

So are you ready for the next eclipse?

Fantastic !!!

great image, the whispy clouds mirror the tree, fantastic landscape, i love deserts

great photo, so intense - the tree shadow on the ground, the clouds twirling on the sky... like it a lot!

thx to all! :))
joshua tree np is always a good location ;)

black shadow with a white cloud ... great

WOW!!

EXCELENT!!!

Thanks again everyone.

This boat is a bulk carrier called the Pasha Bulker. It ran aground on Nobbys Beach in Newcastle, NSW Australia on 8th June this year. On the 8th & 9th June Newcastle had its worst weather in 35 years. Plenty of damage, some loss of life etc but this was the most talked about event.

Newcastle is a harbour city and we are used to seeing these huge ships off the coast. Just not ON the coast.

Great shot. Have you use HDR rendering ?

Tones are awesome here !
really

personnellement, j'aurais noirci un chouia les tons sombres du ciel
mais ca aurait été moins naturel je pense
félicitations !
tres belle photo !
Shine on

Great photo !

Really powerful.

Where is this building?!

(The Arch-geek in me wants to know:)

gina, this building is called "tulpenfeld" and is located in bonn, germany. it is one of the former government-buildings left from the time bonn was the capitol of germany. here is another view:

www.tageswerk.net/index.php?showimage=129

Beautifully repelling! I love it.

Oh, I like this one!

Hi There...

I'm currently runnign a photgraphy exhibition on the theme of "Mass" & I find this photo of yours just perfect for that. The exhibition is set to present nearly 60 photos by pro, amature & photographers all over Iran. It is sponsored by Hitachi, so it wouldn't cost you at all, it will be run by www.moosville.com & www.parkingallery.com

Just let me know if you're interested to particiapte.
Thanks :)

Congrats on the feature, long time coming but still well deserved...

Yes! Wish it were one of mine ;-)

I love the sun reflected off the floor tile, the grainy feel and the deep, brooding shadows. Impressonistic I'd say.

Congratulations on the feature. The light is very special and the framing is excellent.

Amazing shot, and so lovely in b&w. Congratulations!

Gorgeous light.

Amazing composition. I love the focus on the corn leaves!

no the image is the image is the image. ;)
i had made this shot at f2,8.

Congrats on the feature, well deserved!!

Love the focus on the corn and the B&W.

Quite eye catching, yet not too jumpy!

amazing, can't say any more

Great composition - reminiscent of days gone by. The ones make it a little foreboding almost like bad memories.

When I grow up I want to be able to make photos like this one.

Holy cr*p this is a great image. Could you share some technique with me - is this a straight image, or a composite (meaning HDR)? Is it tone-mapped? If it was originally digital, what B&W conversion process did you do?

Sorry to get so geeky, but I'm frustrated with my B&W process, and I want to learn....

@all: thanks so much! :)

@flatline: i usually convert all my monochromatic images (so this) with the new b&w-function of cs3, which is amazing! it's far better than anything i used before.

it's neither an hdr nor any tonemapping popped in here, what i did was several (in this case 7) different layers with curves and tonal range adjustments over some particular areas of the image like the sky, some parts of the ship, the landscape in background and so on. i'm quite happy with the result but i'm still learning...

While I was on the West coast I spent a couple days down at the ocean and was constantly entranced by these guys, it is just amazing to watch them dive.

great shot tray

i have to agree with the others, you catched the perfect moment! shots like these are pretty seldom, great!

Excellent Tracy! I love it!!

Tracy, when you were taking this image I was in awe of your sense of timing. These pelicans dive so quickly at the very last minute and capturing this one just before entering the sea is remarkable. The additional element of the pelican's pal hovering above is such an added element to the story.

Your warming layer and the composition adds much to the image. Well, well done.