Beautiful !

i just have one thing to say.
this is absolutely stunning
theres so much detail and yet it still remains simple yet effective.
wonderful.

This is such a fantastic photo!

It's difficult to do a truly different take on the flower picture, but this is really striking. Simple, but striking.

thank you ;)

Fantastic color and perspective. Very well done.

C'est sur quelle planete çà ? ;) Mars ?

May Mars when there was water? Very nice, well deserved feature.

Beautiful portrait, I love the colours. Do wish there was a bit more light in the eyes is all. Nice work.

Tammy, thanks for your thoughts - much appreciated - was an overcast afternoon with great light, but it was a spur of the moment session away from the studio, and I didn't have an umbrella to throw just a little light into the eyes! - jon

I wouldn't have noticed any of the mensioned "problems", if they were not mensioned. They're right, but anyway this is a great portrait.

Along with the dark eyes comment, I think that the face in general is too dark and a bit soft. It seems that the focus was on the wall behind and not the girl.

i love her expression on face! maybe the color can be warmer.

stunning!

That's really good. Did you use photomatix?

"When I walk beside her, I am a better man"
-Eddie Vedder

Muchas gracias por ponerle voz y sentimiento a esta composicion. Saludos

This is a difficult choice... I like both, but I think the coloured version has more impact. You know, the yellow tones really stand out against the blackground.

The B&W version is very good too, but I feel a slight lack of luminosity or contrast, compared to the coloured version, I mean.

I really like the lighting of the 3 flowers against the black background.

Beamer, for what it is worth, I prefer the B&W version. Although they are both strong images, I am not so sure that the inclusion of the yellow colour is of greater impact that the overall shapes and tonal range that is achieved by abstracting the shot to b&w.

I agree Boyd, thanks for the comments.

I prefer the b/w

PRINT!

Looks like a really special place to capture sunsets.

Si que lo es, es una playa muy típica de esta ciudad mediterranea que se llama Portman. Saludos

2 hearts beat as 1

Thanks to all for the kind words.

@Beamer: Not a waterfall - just the Gulf of Mexico - jon

Very nice black and white conversion and a great composition. I also like how the background darkens towards the left. Nice work Jon!

Thomas,

Thanks for taking the time to comment - much appreciated.

Jon

Jon, there is lots to like about this shot and agree with the comments above. I would like to add that I also like the selection of square format here to really lift the compostion to another level. Congratulations.

Excellent composition. I've always held the opinion that wildlife photos work best in color, but this one works in B/W as well.

Ah, my least favorite things to see in the sky, contrails. But they do make for some interesting sunsets don't they. This could easily be a Southern California sky. I've got a shot that looks sort of like this:

www.vazaar.com/user:Beamer/photos/id:21469/

You have a nice capture, well controlled exposure, nice job. Might have worked just a bit better with a little more panoramic composition, loosing some of the top? Not sure...

I would have loved to have done a panoramic of this. I'm still a pretty new photographer, so I was to busy making sure to get the right settings that a panoramic didn't cross my mind, but next time I will be ready.

Great sky, clouds and colors.

Wonderful work and an instant fave for me!

Cheers,
Jon

This could not have been any better. Keep it up!