Nicely done. I love the graceful curve. I do wonder though if it would be more powerful with a tighter crop.

I agree, I think that cropping the sky a little bit would really emphasize the nice curve of the road here. Nice shot.

thanks, I apppreciate the comments - cropping does make a picture. thanks again.

I love the sky and the curve of the red light

Very cool shot. Well seen!

Best,
Jon

Tofu and Jaffa, my pet dog and canary.

El canario está encantado con su jaula. El perro está encantado con el canario. Y yo estoy encantado con su fotografia. Enhorabuena. Saludos

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!!!

I debated with myself whether this photograph belongs here... from my perspective, there are two "empty" spaces - the area under the elephant's trunk, and the ocean in the background.

Would be interested in what everyone thought.

I think it fits to this category.
Beautiful colors and good composition.

Under the Henley Beach Jetty, South Australia.

Henley Beach Jetty, South Australia. About 200m from my front yard.

Adelaide, South Australia. Viewed from the northern side of the river Torrens. From left to right - the Festival Centre, Hyatt hotel, and Adelaide Convention Centre. Boat sheds in front of the Convention Centre.

View of New York from the Empire State Building.

I agree with all points above but one I might add is, it'd be nice to see a very subtle gradient in the sky to a tiny bit of depth, just a thought :)

I agree with oz_sprog that you should try to create a sense of depth in this image, which may add more interest and retain the viewer's eye a bit longer. Otherwise it is excellent.

I must be the dissenting voice. I would have wanted more contrast with a darker sky - and maybe a star in the lower left strong point?
But still, I like it as it is....

Very nice, though I must agree that I wonder how it would look with a bit of a darker sky. But still very nice.

Just superb!

An interesting photo. I would maybe play with curves in photoshop a bit more to bring out the various textures in the image.

Terrific perspective on this shot. The curve of the stairs leads the eye through the frame. I do think the exposure is slightly off as the highlights are too bright. I think this could easily be fixed though as it's not too bad. If you work with Photoshop try using the shadow/highlight adjustment tool. Or if you shoot in Raw, adjust the exposure in raw processing so the highlights are correct, and then use curves to open up the shadows. In either case, with a bit of adjustments this would be a really terrific shot. Great textures in the stone work.

I agree, you can adjust the highlights and brightness to make this more interesting.

I agree with the above critiques. There is a 'wear' of time to these stairs that is unique and makes this photo good, but has potential to be awesome.