drown in the sea while watching the stars

[niels]

Excuse my very long absence, had a load of things to do and really forgot to inform you .. Hope you're not angry with me.

[aprilS]

I enjoy the challenge of this image -- a different way of seeing. And love the concept of dualities. I'm not sure if I'm on the surface of the water seeing what's reflected above, or below looking up to the sky, or falling into the water/sky alluding to life and death.

But oh how I wish that technically the subject(s) were more sharply rendered, so I wouldn't be distracted by that element in the image. I feel like I'm stretching to see your intent.

[eob]

Hi, Niels. Our forum is really relaxed and nobody will be angry with you for not showing up every day. We all have lives outside of photography and outside of the Internet...

I like the overall composition, in which the square format plays the main role.

I could live without that small twig floating separately from the plant. Another thing - I think this image would benefit from blending two or three exposures: one for highlights, one for mid-tones and one for shadows. You don't have to actually shoot with 3 different exposure levels. If you have the RAW file, you can extract 3 different levels of exposure from it and then blend them together or use masks to get one perfectly rendered image.