VERY clever lighting! I love the hidden strobe lighting the umbrella. You've been posting some great shots with your strobes lately, and this certainly no exception.
Thanks, spitfireijd. I really appreciate everyone bearing with me as I explore this path I'm on with creative lighting. I know a lot of people don't really respond to photos that lean toward the conceptual/concocted, but I'm glad there are a few of you out there.
Here's something a little different than my usual...
CnC appreciated.
Always happy to respond to a request for C&C, for what my input may be worth: I wouldn't know this was a tire if it weren't for the caption. I thought at first that it might be a rock surface. So for me it reads as a textural abstract, and I really like those kinds of photos. I think the trick with them, though, is to have a shape or region that serves as a home base for the eye, much as a "subject" would in a representational photograph. It's also great if you can capture some kind of path for the eye to direct it around the frame. If you could find some angle on this tire to accomplish those two things, I think it would hold more visual interest. Nice texture, though. It would appear that you added some light vignetting in addition to some focus vignetting (?); not sure the latter is really helping here.
can post it now

C&C appreciated

This was clicked from the Empire State Building.
I agree with NintendoChick about the tilt of the horizon. It's either too much or not enough--it's in that in-between place that seems unintentional and therefore distracting. I think there is probably enough variation in the buildings to make the symmetry of the photo work, but I'd really like to see more detail in your central tower; it's very much the focus of the composition, yet it's basically a void of crushed shadows. Nice choice of black-and-white for this shot, though.
I love the whimsy of this photo. It's amazing how much feet alone can communicate. Nice one.
Taken at night on a safari in south africa
Was at about 120mm.
If only we could see the leopard's eyes, it would be a simply outrageous photo. It still has a compelling intensity about it, though.
An sad old man strolls slowly down Broadway. Drowning in nostalgia, he yearns for the good days in the past.
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I'm really enjoying your street scenes (especially the proposal, where your timing was just perfect). You're finding some really interesting subjects to capture. I'm not convinced we need your supplied narratives, however; shouldn't the images speak for themselves?
The obligatory bumblebee picture that every photographer has...
Large View.
Very nice. I love the light outline created by the fuzz on the bumblebee, which picks him out nicely against the lovely purple background blur.