Original Sin
by smyk

Comment:
Did you use 2 strobes? One strobe set low (the 'bottom one) and the other set at perhaps a 45 degree angle (the 'top' one)? I ask becuase I think lighting is probably my weakest skill right now so I try and figure out what lighting was used for pictures I really like, such as this one.

Riverfire
by MichaelC

Comment:
I really loved the sky in this picture. The dodging was a bit obvious on the buildings, may not have been needed in this case, hard to say.

Remnants of Hurricane John
by LevT

Comment:
I thought pacific storms like hurricanes were called typhoons

A little Peace and Quiet
by xXxscarletxXx

Comment:
Nice picture and composition, but I suspect this one will get DQ'ed :(

Do You Sssssee Me?
by modurn

Comment:
Thanks for the kind words! I agree that its over noise reduced and the lighting was not the best. The fact is that I wasnt even thinking of the challenge when I took this picture. I had taken a different picture to use in the green challange but it hadnt come out. This was the only other thing green I had taken. Had I planned the shot better I would have zoomed in much closer and worked at a better composition. As it was I had to crop so much of it that the final image was incredibly noisy and needed some extra passes, which obliterated some of the detail. A great learning experience tho, the words of my high school photography teacher still ringing in my ears; "fill the frame". Now they actually have meaning for me, Photoshop cant fix everything ;)

Portrait of a photographer
by DemonLlama

Comment:
This looks very very familiar... A fine profile of what is obviously a focused and professional photographer.

Crash-Landing-Montage-Final.jpg
by hokie

Comment:
Did you do this by combining multiple shots? I really like the effect.

02.jpg
by HBunch

Comment:
Did you take that with a polarizing filter? That sky looks so blue!

Ej hittin 2
by jdannels

Comment:
I kinda like this shot. It might have been interesting to have shot it in silhouette, with the light shining thru the water.

Variable geometry
by Montague

Comment:
If you had rubbed olive oil on the apple slices they would not have turned brown as quickley, a thin layer of mayonaise would do the same thing.

Still a great picture and one of my favs! The above tip is something I learned on the Food Network :D