the sky looks great! the bottom could been croped a litle
(the bright straws at bottom doesnt do anything for the picture),
i know you dont supposed to have the horizon in the middle,
but i never listen to stuff like that... i think equal amount of sky and ground would be nice in this shot.
=)

Great shot, very nice one indeed liked the mood a lot!
8+/8

Very nice lighting and composition!....the bright straws work well for me.
I would crop a little from the top.
Carlos

The rule of thirds would say that horizon should not be placed in the middle, but thats only applicable if one half is more dominant in my opinion. This photo has equally dominant halves, so horizon in the middle works. The composition of this is really fantastic. You did an awesome job framing this scene up. I love how you got the grass in the foreground and a bit of the road which leads my eye right up the photo. Great lighting. My only complaint is the cloud in the sky looks like its a little over sharpened and is a bit distracting, but this may just be because of the strong light behind it. Overall awesome photo!

Really great Pic! The bright straws are ok to me (I was thinkin it was a HDR pic lol ) Amazing sky! Well capture! Good work! +10

I'd back Carlos up ie cropping a bit from the top of the sky.
Rules of third is for me a stronger presentation format in this one.
You keep a wonderful depth and leading lines from the road. This would be lost by having a half-half presentation.

That is my 0.02 cents

Great picture.
Top Mark

The sky looks just AMAZING! I love it!

Great job, would be better if you had used HDR IMO.

I like the bright, dark contrast and the overall lighting. Well done!

AMAZING!!! Love this picture!!!

That sky is flooring me, awsome ..

I would suggest blending two exposures here, but not with photomatix or that kind of crap, just a bunch of layers so it would still look fairly natural.
I like the composition and the greenish cast, nice clouds.

perfect, my fav of all your photos

Impressive work!! I love it!! +9/9

Very good! Beautiful sky!

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 plutorange wrotethe bright straws at bottom doesnt do anything for the picture

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Totally disagree ! Infact it provide a starting point for it being the brightest point & good use of flash (if i am right ?) !!

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 Madanapale wroteI would crop a little from the top.

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The wise old man isn't ever wrong !!
Agree with Carlos, A crop just a bit from top so that the daigonal cloud line end at the right side of the frame instead of the corner will really help. That automatically get ur compo in RULE OF THIRDS !! Should add more depth IMHO !!

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 Poohblah wrotewould be better if you had used HDR IMO.

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Might be worth a try !! But its already is perfectly exposed for me & has this stark quality to it !! So even the extra sharpness is helping in this case !!
HDR if used well might help add more depth, but will surely mess up the clouds !!

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 moserArtist wroteYou keep a wonderful depth and leading lines from the road

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Totally agree with him !!! Just brilliant work to keep the midground in mild light as well !!

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 Slapo wrotephotomatix or that kind of crap

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agree totally !!!

Overall a brilliant image for me !!! the use of curves, colors & the whole stark quality to it are all awesome !!!

Great job!

thanks for all the comments and critiqe!
since  dakoo already answered them all, i'll just comment on his points and  Kurlowski.

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plutorange wrote: the bright straws at bottom doesnt do anything for the picture

Totally disagree ! Infact it provide a starting point for it being the brightest point & good use of flash (if i am right ?) !!

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i disagree with  plutorange too. the grass is a starting point and the foreground. without it the photo would be empty. but it's not a flash i used, it's just the odd light i had there. plus i was filling light in lightroom 1.0 (raw converting software), which made it brighter. btw, lightroom is a great software and enables to achieve almost hdr effect to a single photo.

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Madanapale wrote: I would crop a little from the top.

(...)Agree with Carlos, A crop just a bit from top so that the daigonal cloud line end at the right side of the frame instead of the corner will really help. (...) Should add more depth IMHO !!

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well, this might be kind of a good idea, but i wouldn't crop it totally to make the sky light diagonal. why? because it'd make the crop too tight imo. like 1cm off could actually help a bit tho, i agree.

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 dakoo
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Poohblah wrote: would be better if you had used HDR IMO.

Might be worth a try !! But its already is perfectly exposed (...) HDR if used well might help add more depth, but will surely mess up the clouds !!

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there was no use of hdr in this case. first off, it would mess up the clouds, making them less contrasted. besides, like i mentioned, what i did with this image during conversion is already close to hdr. anyway, the whole charm of it lays in contrast and dark areas. making them lighter would destroy all the ambience of the shot.

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 Kurlowski
The rule of thirds would say that horizon should not be placed in the middle, but thats only applicable if one half is more dominant in my opinion. This photo has equally dominant halves, so horizon in the middle works (...) My only complaint is the cloud in the sky looks like its a little over sharpened and is a bit distracting, but this may just be because of the strong light behind it.

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i agree, there are 2 dominant halves. making it totally according the rule of thirds would make it poorer. and yes, it's so sharp because of the strong light.

thanks guys again. this must be the biggest comment ever now. i should get an award for it.

Hey I deserve half of the award too !!!!
BTW 1cm is exactly i wanted to say, just used way too many words !!!

damn it !! Now i go on & do a triple post !!! Sorry !!!

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yeah you made up for it with these 3 let's split the award in halves (no rules of thirds this time), if it ever comes.

Really good exposure ! Excellent composition !
I like it a lot ! +9

Amazing shot! Your strongest piece imo. The colors and harsh contrasts. The curves and the haunting sky. Amazing work!

Wow!

I never said it but yeh 1 cm off from top was the obvious request!

Damn after almost 2 years on GFX I still don't know how to include other members comments in my own. Please someone do pm me on how to do this....

beautiful shot and colors ! looks really cool ! +10

erdi

nice job yvy, I cant add to whats already been discussed, other than nice work!

PerfecT..!

excellent picture
+9

Beautiful sense of depth and lighting.

wow! AMAZING shot!

Excellent shot! A real eye catcher!! ++

great sky! excellent capture! +10

It's beautiful ! like it very much !! +10

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Hah! Great coincidence. And beautifull photo, like the one, mentioned above.

how that could be a coincidence we were there together, of course

This is an awesome photo. I love the clarity of it. I find the light to be very intense, which is a good thing.

So much posts here that mine is indifferent...
I like the composition , think its wonderful....but the underexposure is what's disturbs me here...If you could do some other combination with shutter speed and F.no ...

the shot is showing (express) the feeling of a fresh air and alitle cool... +10
its magical...