Joey L. action photo

I love this photo. Everything about it. I would say the composition could be realigned to the third, but i like that the paddle and the splash in the water is on the third because that is what my eyes are first drawn to. Then they are led right up to the rowers face. I love the discoloration and the foggy haze in the photo. This is near perfect. The leading lines of the canoe, and the rower in the background, fantastic. This was taken by a young 21 year old photographer and director. He has shot for Verizon, nick, History channel, FX, Smirnoff, Kawasaki, and even the Government of Abu Dhabi, and all at the age of 21. Insane!!

Rob Simmons Divergence photo

Another photo of divergence. This one is a little more obvious from a gentleman named Rob Simmons. So, clearly the stream is going the opposite way as the road. However, I don't like it. It's so dark and ambient, which is not a bad thing, but here it is not working. Design 101, the viewers eye is drawn to the biggest contrast, so why is the biggest contrast a giant under exposed shadow spot in the clouds.  The trees and forest are way too dull and the mono-color street and bridge don't help the issue. The best part of the photo is the water, which isn't even that strong. I love the composition here, and the idea of the photo, but everything else needs some work.

McFarlane's Divergence

This is a photo of divergence from a man named McFarlane (no first name found) in the form if a futuristic house popping out of the middle of a forest. I like it. Its not perfect but its nice. The house looks great, but the trees and the cliff are a little too dark for my taste. Also, I just wish the house were bumped up a little bit to put it on the third and that would erase some of the empty sky. Its a great idea and a fairly strong piece, but just a little more Photoshop attention.

Child Portrait

I love this portrait photo. It just screams playful and childish. The messy hair and the slightly over exposed skin make this shot very powerful.  I also like how the f-stop is very low which makes a small window of focus so the eyes and face are sharp and everything else just fades off. I just get lost in this little boys dark blue eyes. I wish the composition of the photo was a little bit higher up to put his eyes on the third, but other than that its very strong. This is from a portrait photographer in Portland, Oregon named Marisa.

Willie Huang's Paradise Cove

If you want to talk about the essence of life, this photo pretty much captures it. Beautiful blooming flowers in the foreground, crusty old mountain tops in the midground, a breathtaking sunset in the background, and even a moving noisy sky all at the same time. Its flawless from Willie Huang in Paradise Cove, Hawaii. The levels work is great. The eye catching sunset is right on the top third and the field of flowers draws the eye right up to the foreground. Beautiful.

Miles Morgan, Mount St. Helen photo

I decided to look at some landscape photography because they tend to be full of color and I think my color photography is a little bit weak at this point.  I stumbled across this shot of Johnson's Ridge and Mount St. Helens from USA landscape photographer of the year winner Miles Morgan. Ignoring the copyright logo, this shot is extremely beautiful. The excitement of color in the foreground, matched with the dark movement in the background gives polar opposite moods, yet Miles managed to catch them together here. Also, the heat lightning in the back is just excitingly awesome for lack of a better term. The color is great, the composition is great, the movement is great. Fantastic photo.

Clayton Bozard portrait

This portrait is... eh. This is from Clayton Bozard, an ex-musician who found a new love for photography. This photograph is mostly bad.