bigboroboy (971) [2007-03-28 22:00]
Well composed and engaging image I think. The girl's expression is wonderfully melanchollic. Her sandals are a little anachronistic but this is a minor complaint with a generally strong image. Good work, PHIL

singuanti (15255) [2007-03-28 22:00]
Hi Jean. You're depth and use of leading line is tops in this one. Also the use of f/22 helped with the awesome starburst from the sun. You handled the exposure perfectly. Great shot Jean!!

gneufeld (10367) [2007-03-28 22:01] - [workshop] [compare]
Hi Brad,
This is one big boulder and I wouldn't want to be the owner of the Nissan! I like this image but I can see the challenge you had with getting the color and contrasts right. I took the liberty to do a workshop so see how you like it. Thanks for sharing this incredible shot. Gerald

bigboroboy (971) [2007-03-28 22:01]
This is a very interesting, engaging image. It is wonderfully stitched together, well done. The colours are excellent and this is exactly the kind of image I would like to hang on my wall were I living in Chicago. Excellent.

PHIL

asajernigan (8394) [2007-03-28 22:02] [+]
Jackie,
The old streetcars are great. Your composition is good showing the streetcar coming toward us. The lighting and colors are great with nice sharpness and detail.
TFS,
Asa

japiey (9337) [2007-03-28 22:03]
Hi Santiago, Welcome to TE. The image you have shown is called "CATAMARAN".

A catamaran (from Tamil kattu "to tie" and maram "wood, tree") is a type of boat or ship consisting of two hulls joined by a frame. Catamarans can be sail- or engine-powered. The catamaran was the invention of the paravas, a fishing community in the southern coast of Tamil Nadu, India. Catamarans were used by the ancient Tamil Chola dynasty as early as the 5th century AD for moving their fleets to conquer such Southeast Asian regions as Burma, Indonesia and Malaysia.

Catamarans are a relatively recent design of boat for both leisure and sport sailing, although they have been used for millennia in Oceania, where Polynesian catamarans and outrigger canoes allowed seafaring Polynesians to settle the world's most far-flung islands. Catamarans have been met by a degree of scepticism from some sailors accustomed to more "traditional" designs.

The English adventurer and buccaneer William Dampier, travelling around the world in the 1690s in search of business opportunities, once found himself on the southeastern coast of India, in Tamil Nadu on the Bay of Bengal. He was the first to write in English about a kind of vessel he observed there. It was little more than a raft made of logs. "On the coast of Coromandel," he wrote in 1697, "they call them Catamarans. These are but one Log, or two, sometimes of a sort of light Wood ... so small, that they carry but one Man, whose legs and breech are always in the Water."

While the name came from Tamil, the modern catamaran came from the South Pacific. English visitors applied the Tamil name catamaran to the swift, stable sail and paddle boats made out of two widely separated logs and used by Polynesian natives to get from one island to another.

parbo (6909) [2007-03-28 22:03]
Ciao mio amico,

Beautiful Italian architecture is easily recognizable from your photo. You excellently captured its geometry and wonderful colors while your view is giving great depth. Congratulations.

Friendly Regards,

Ertugrul

singuanti (15255) [2007-03-28 22:03]
Hi Daniel. It looks like a super wide-angle would have been handy here to fit that big hotel in. The warm cast to the light and colors is a good thing. It seems level but I might have tried to fix more of the perspective. tfs Daniel.

ollie59 (748) [2007-03-28 22:04] [+]
hey youve been busy rene and about time !!!!! only joking ,lovely shot rene ,youve caught it reaaly well
your friend
ollie

singuanti (15255) [2007-03-28 22:05]
Hi Pascal. I like this daily life shot a lot. I think the composition is good but part of me wants to work out that zoom lens and get a closer look. tfs Pascal.