Action Asia: Lakeside views
by starblazer

Comment:
GORGEOUS. I like the way the sky/land/water balance, the softer look of the sky with the brass and shadow of water and land. And the birds - with both bird and shadow visible as a shadow on the near two - are wonderful.

Popular Mechanics - History of Printing and Graphic Arts
by DJLuba

Comment:
Now that is a lovely photo. Good choice to do in a more monochromatic look, and I like the way the eyes can follow the gears, flowing down the picture. It's busy, but because it's all busy with the subject, it holds together and works nicely.

National Geographic
by ashwin

Comment:
Does National Geographic show their own magazines on their cover? The use of sunlight and shadow on the floor frames the photo really nicely, though - attractive.

Hi-FiChoice
by The Kid

Comment:
The angle's a bit awkward and the right side of the picture is "blank" enough to feel empty/wanting, unbalancing the photo. Lovely detail on this one, though.

"Outdoor Photographer"
by lykofos

Comment:
The trees/lake are a bit dark and hard to make out - I wish more of them could be seen - but the sky is nicely dramatic. (The shadowing of the trees would work better if there were some sunset/sunrise colors, I think, as it's more expected then. As it is, it looks like a bright day and yet the details are all hidden.)

New Scientist
by Paulk

Comment:
The light on this is awfully bright/glare-y - I assume that's deliberate, but it doesn't seem to fit in, and I'm not sure what it's supposed to tell me. With the high angle on (beaker?), it also is too tall an image, with the bottom part sort of dragging on and leaving it feeling imbalanced. Cropping it at the bottom edge of the glare (taking a distance off the bottom about equial to the distance between the right edge of the photo and the right edge of the beaker) seems to balance it out a bit more.

China Populara
by Tiberius

Comment:
Nice shot - nice control of the lighting, to get that level of exposure and only as much glare as you did aroudn the lights. This is a very striking, and lovely, picture.

www.cuartoscuro.com
by diegohs

Comment:
Fascinating subject - the background is somewhat distracting, though, especially the tree; a shallower focus might have drawn the eye more completely to the man in the foreground.

Our State -- North Carolina
by karmat

Comment:
Nice, nice use of the vivid foreground trees to "frame" the mistier background. Nice division of the frame between the foreground, the misty area, the clouds, and the clear sky. This is the sort of picture that just makes you want to step into it.

Birder`s world magazine
by marbo

Comment:
I find it hard to imagine a chicken on a magazine about birding, but it's a gorgeous shot - the framing, the background, the lighting are all just perfect. (If the rooster we had when I was a kid was looking like that, however, he'd have been pecking the camera and photographer very shortly after.... :)