The Heat in the Cold
by sjonni

Comment by C-town driver:
A commonly photographed subject, but your shot is far more interesting than most. Great use of backlighting and silhouettes to make it more interesting. The colors and composition is nice, especially with the people in the background it really dramatizes the scale.

The Heat in the Cold
by sjonni

Comment by CNovack:
I like the explosive action caught here in the photo. As added interest there are two people in the background observing this phenomenon - and because they are present it adds the human element directly into the photo such that we, the viewer, can easily inject ourselves into the picture as being a part of the group that stands there to watch. My only critique is that the framing of the composition could have better complimented the action present in the scene. The explosion travels up in a horizontal orientation. If you had captured the shot by framing it horizontally instead of vertically it would have complimented the action by 'mimicing' the direction and further calling the attention of the eye to travel up the length of the explosion.

The Heat in the Cold
by sjonni

Comment by mk:
Wow, this is amazing. The coloring and lighting are great. I like the people on the right but maybe not the ones on the left. Could also possibly remove the fencing on the left. Very cool, though!

The Heat in the Cold
by sjonni

Comment by bpickard:
Interestingly different from 129621

The Heat in the Cold
by sjonni

Comment by dw_photo:
good capture, with great color

The Heat in the Cold
by sjonni

Comment by whatdewuc:
Powerful. Great blues. Like centering with backlight and the way the sky,clouds converge in bg. Good luck on this geyser of a shot.

The Heat in the Cold
by sjonni

Comment by Jutilda:
This is great. I wish the gyser weren't quite so centered, but still it has wonderful impact and the colors are rich and vivid. The two people help give it some balance. 8

The Heat in the Cold
by sjonni

Comment by macrothing:
7 - Like the potential. Criticism; in my opinion, this would be much better without the people. Good colors, good view, although perhaps a slightly sharper (ground up) perspective, still capturing the top of the 'geyser', may have made this even better in my opinion. edit:spelling

Message edited by author 2005-12-08 18:13:35.

Foggy football
by sjonni

Comment by abhishekbiswas:
very nicely shot...10 from me

Foggy football
by sjonni

Comment by graphicfunk:
Very good work!