"Gateway Arch"

January

Photographer's Comments -

Photo cropped, color slightly saturated, shadows lightened 25%. Green frame added.

COMMENTS:
 

Karen Leonard	The green, black and white colors are timely and complementary. This is the St Louis Gateway Arch? It is usually seen from the Mississippi, but the view from the landscaped creek is more effective, as you have shown it.
Eleanor Helper	A beautiful image from an unconventional angle. I like the reflection. I would have made the sky darker with Burn tool, thereby deepening the blue.
Burt Hesselson	The arch is well placed and the reflection is a good leading line. I used Shadows/Highlights to open the dark areas somewhat, darkened the blues in the sky, and changed the hue of the blue which was a little purple on my monitor to a true blue and got this excellent rendition.
Donn Miertl	That is a great shot of the gateway arch. I have never noticed the reflection pond before. Could you have included the reflection of the complete arch?
Tim Christoffersen	Good composition. To my eye the lack of contrast in the sky and, in particular, the reddish/purple color in the upper left of sky is quite distracting from the overall image. I think you could also pull a little more detail out of the trees that go across the image just above the upper part of the water.
Larry Beller	This image of the Arch is well composed, making good use of the pond and shadows as lead-ins. It's a shame that the ducks aren't a little further away from the tree reflection. A fine image. I suggest that you use Color Balance command to warm up the image slightly. To me, the drop shadow of the frame makes the frame stand out in three dimensions, which is fine, but the image itself then looks flat. The frame's color is just right, but I think it's width calls too much attention to itself; it could use a narrower, non-drop shadowed frame.
Dean Hellinger replies:

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Dean Hellinger - Photographic Biography I have lived most of my life, after university and military service, in Montana, currently 74 years old.   My wife and I live on the family farm that my Grandparents started in l910.  This is north central Montana, 100 miles from Glacier National Park, 30 miles from Canada.  We raise mostly wheat, the work currently being done by two nephews.  My photographic experience started with one of the first Polaroid's while in high school, then graduated to SLR and years of taking slides.  I also had a B/W dark room where I taught myself a lot and attempted all the wonderful things that are now so easy in the digital age.   I just purchased the latest Canon Rebel XSi, use Photoshop Elements 6 and thoroughly enjoy the computer. I'm still learning and very much appreciate the helpful comments of everyone.