Iceberg Watch
by Nusbaum

Comment by carlacryptic:
Cool shot. - 6

Iceberg Watch
by Nusbaum

Comment by edb001:
Yup. Nice job

Iceberg Watch
by Nusbaum

Comment by drgsoell:
They do look like they are trying to avoid running into something.I like the composition. Too bad you couldn't get the two rowers in focus and the background out of focus.

Iceberg Watch
by Nusbaum

Comment by StevePax:
The lighting has left your shot quite flat. Perhaps a little contrast boost could help.

Gray November Morning
by Nusbaum

Comment by Quadrajet:
I was just sitting here looking at that picture saying "that looks exactly like the river at Oxbow Park...there's the gravel road and..." I then looked and saw that it was taken in Rochester, MN. Small world.

Freedom is never free
by Nusbaum

Comment by Nusbaum:
There were several lessons learned on this one:
1. Don't change your mind and submit a different image at the last minute. I decided to go with black and white 20 minutes before deadline and then submitted a working draft rather than the final image.
2. Look objectively at an image and evaluate it's impact to other viewers rather than the impact to me during the creation process. You had to be there - just doesn't work with photographs.
3. I've never liked titles on photographs and I'm not good at creating them. From now on the image will need to speak for itself.

Here is the color alternative that was abandon 20 minutes before the challenge deadline:

It's still not a great image, but probably better than the black and white draft that was submitted.

Freedom is never free
by Nusbaum

Comment by GeneralE:
Good job integrating the reflected flags into the composition -- too bad they weren't a couple of feet farther apart so they'd clear the left column of names.

Freedom is never free
by Nusbaum

Comment by Imagineer:
Very true.

Freedom is never free
by Nusbaum

Comment by faidoi:
Looking straight at the monument isn't interesting enough. Try getting a different view. Like a side shot would give the piece more interest.

Getting in closer would give you some shadows in the lettering and make the viewer feel the texture of the monument. Some really nice pictures of monuments gets in really close and you can see the rought spot of the stone and makes you almost feel it.

by Nusbaum

Comment by vonautsch:
I really like the sense of calm in this scene. I think it could be lightened up a little and the reddish tones brought out some, but otherwise it's a very nice photo.