Nice tones and good point of view.

i like the point of view and the use of lines in this photo. the tones emphasize the loneliness of the scene, and the lack of human element.

Ha ha!! Another one from you walk on the bridge!! I would have waited just a bit to allow the sailboat to clear the cable a little more.

Hey this looks great! Only had the background had more detail and interest, this selective sturation would work better.

The coloration works very well, I only think the background's a little too busy, all them sailing boats.

Guido and Mike, thanks for your comments. I added a new one with some selective saturation:
www.vazaar.com/user:sfkp/photos/id:33047/

About the eyes, I like right one covered, she looks a bit dark and mysterieus this way. I like this pic in general becouse it's just the way my little sister is. Or, like wrote in the description of this topic: "really bring out the unique character of the subject".

I have stayed away from this discussion, not sure why, but here goes:

Having met your sister, how be it briefly, I find this to be a very nice portrait of her. She has that same look on her face that I remember. I am not particularly bothered by the guy in the red shirt or her hair over her eye. If anything I would take this version and just do a graduated lowering of the saturation and value towards the upper left.

The other version is not pleasing to me. The selective saturation is, imo, not the answer. And your other treatment did something weird to her cheeks??

Hope this makes sense and helps, anyway, cheers!! And say hi to you sis and mom for me!!

I agree with the eye issue. Its patially covered and at first glance looks like the subject is winking.

no feeling in her face!

Thank you all for your comments. For this one, I didn't ask the model for sitting nice and still and smile, but I waited for the right moment: she was reading a restaurant's menu and I waited for the moment she would rise her head. It worked really well and exept for that red shirt and lights on the left I'm proud on the result.

@ kombizz: kind a funny you say about no feeling... I've said before this picture shows my sister's real caracter, and she hardly shows her feelings at any time, like I said: she is a mystery. However, imo she actually does show some expression only you can interpret it into many ways.

@ Apurva: I don't know what you mean, do you agree it's a shame her right eye is covered, or do you think it adds something special?

I like the idea, but for my taste the foreground is too dark.

@ Bastian: Well, it was almost dark. Of course, I can do some HDR-like pp but then it won't be straight-from-cam, isn't it? :)

It almost makes me feel like the left fork of the river is evil and the right fork is good, based off of the lighting. I don't see any problems with this picture, as the darkness gives it a nice realistic feel to it.

the composition is good, and i like the scene itself, although the horizon is a bit skewed. although since it's a straight from cam photo, i think it's a pretty good shot. thanks for sharing.

Nice shot Tamara. Typical Dutch! And indeed "straight from cam". Try to "HDR" it a bit and submit it again to the "HDR" pool ;)

a bit a copycat of beamer's: www.vazaar.com/user:Beamer/photos/id:33257/

:)

Nice job Tamara!! Imitation if accepted here always, I consider it a complement.

In my memory the Golden Gate Bridge wasn't more red then showed on my photo... Becouse I have an old monitor, I've visited Vazaar on my workplace and the colours are not very diffrent (and those monitors are a lot better).

Anyway, I appreciate both your comments. Thanks.

Nice contrast between the reds and blue sky, I like their tones.

@Tamara, it just probably what we are used to seeing in photos and video. Most images I've seen of this bridge were quite a bit more saturated than this. I haven't been up there is years, so my ole man memory is not very accurate either.

I like the weight and balance that you have in the composition here, Tamara. Your control over exposure is very pleasing with the sign not being blown out and the sky and very nice blue.

It seems a bit flat to me, I'd try boosting the contrast by resetting the 0/255-point in the histogram.

Is that you headed west??? Hope to see you in SoCal soon, check your email. I like the "God Rays"! The image feels tilted, runs downhill on the left? Hard to tell for sure, the pole look pretty straight, maybe it's just a downhill section of the road. This might be a good capture to try a little tone mapping using multiple raw converts. You do shoot raw with your new camera don't you. You could develop on image for the foreground and one for the sky and blend them with layer mattes in PS.

I love the sunlight coming through the trees. Good picture!

love the rays

Thanks to all of you. I shoot most of my pic's in raw, indeed. I don't have a real version of PS and the skills to blend two layer together, if I do some real photomanipulation I use a program that came with my scanner. When I buy a new computer (and I think I also need a new monitor) I'll buy myself a version of PS elements, too.

beautiful capture

I did some selective saturation after a few comments on the original one. This is the original: www.vazaar.com/user:sfkp/photos/id:32929/

Yes, this is a clear improvement. She stands out much more now.

I like the texture that you have captured with the back of the truck. Can't help but think that the whole composition could be a little tighter - perhaps a crop of the plain dirt at the bottom might balance it a little better and take the truck a little more off centre (but what would I know???).

I agree with boyd's comment. I think you should sharpen the truck a bit too...

The perspective/composition are boring, the sky is washed out. I think there is a great potential in this object, but the execution is not so good.

I'm curious now about your monitor calibration?? This and the new Joshua Tree pano both have a similar "thin" tonal range. Do these images look "rich" and contrasty on your monitor?

Only thing I know my monitor is really old (it has nearly a wooden wrapper). But yeah, I like this image becouse of its great contrasts. I agree the Joshua Tree pano is a bit flat.

This is Hidden Valley, in Joshua Tree NP (California). We went there on our trip trough the USA, Clyde Beamer recommended this spot.

This is one of my first attempts making a panorama by stitching multiple images. So.. be kind ;)

So you're home safe, good news. This is a lovely spot, nice pano, what software did you use? If you look at many of my landscapes you probably know I like a little more contrast than you have here. This feels a little flat, but this was taken near midday with a high sun angle so there won't be as many shadows to give the image punch.

Looking forward to more...

I agree, and in general this is not one of my best. And no, the circumstances where not best... but I couldn't plan everything like I wanted... I didn't make the trip alone :)

Right now I am wrestling with my 1800+ pics (omg what did I do????!), but I'm sure I'll show some more of my trip.