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!!!

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 :)

sehr, sehr schöne perspektive!

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...

nice minimalism, but I think the sand is to much grey

Great shot. You still up?? I'm in California shooting the lunar eclipse. One shot every 15 mins. 3:15am here.

thank you!
i'm again up ;) it's 1pm over here in germany ;)
curious bout your eclipse-shots!

Christian, check out:

www.vazaar.com/critiques/id:14915/

Very nice.
Makes you wonder what the chair is doing there!

i like it overexposed, gives the feeling as if a nuclear explosion has taken place a few seconds ago.

@all: thanks! :)

@methan: it was a little bit like a nuke blast must feel, because of 118 degrees fahrenheit and perceived humidity like 120%... ;) the sun was burning so hard that i had to interrupt my shots every few minutes to cool down in the car...

Love it!!

Well, it had to be this one! It's awesome. Is that a house that had to endure a storm?
cheers
robin

Wow, what a stunning rendering !

One word, Awesome.

Excellent job Christian.

thanks to you all! :))

the first words out of my mouth when i saw this aren't typeable here. simply amazing.

amazing!

nice shot, congrats

thanks! :)

Und damit Sonne putzen fahren...:)

Oh, this is very nice. The composition is so well done that I'm going to forgive the out of focus window on the floor in the foreground.