Greetings Alan! I very much enjoy seeing what you come up with, and this month is no different. This is quite an other-worldly experience you have created. It's like she's watching a parade on Mars.
The shadowing of the objects and woman seem well-placed and bring the pieces together nicely. The texture of the 'planet' came through as well which guides the eye along with the UFOs.
I often add some dodging and burning on my dune images and that's just an idea for a bit of dimensionality.
Super work.   Posted: 07/05/2025 12:16:33

This is an intriguing image, Alan. I feel that there is a stillness about it, even though there is a receding line of spheres. I think it's because there is so much distance between the woman and the spheres, and her body language is that of someone looking in a fixed manner. The stillness feeling works for me because it's in tune with the vast empty space.
I like how the color of the sky complements the landscape and the woman's outfit.

Perhaps it's my sense of humor, but it might be interesting to have some additional spheres curving around at the vanishing point and coming back at the woman.   Posted: 07/05/2025 21:31:13

Hi Alan, like, Peggy, I can see the stillness and peace in the image: there is something hypnotic in the slow movement of the spheres through the space. - I tried to figure out what makes me feel that the orbs are not just hanging there stationary, or moving fast: is it the perspective and the way the nearest of them seems to appear/disappear through the corner, and the roundness of the shadows they produce? The serenity of the watcher certainly plays a role, too?   Posted: 07/07/2025 14:31:53

Alan, I like this image very much. It has a calming and mesmerizing quality. My only feedback is the 4th sphere doesn't seem to have a matching shadow. There is some type of shadow but it doesn't look proportionally placed, suggesting it may be associated with the dunes. The 5th sphere doesn't have an obvious shadow either and I suspect that was intentional given the distance, although given how strong the shadow is for sphere 2 I'd expect 4 and 5 to have shadows.   Posted: 07/12/2025 21:23:55

Hi Alan,
Thank you for pointing me to the work of Jan and Nadia - they are truly inspiring, and I really enjoyed admiring their images.

I like the simplicity in your image and how the warm tones are complemented by the cooler ones. Your composition works well, with the girl on the right and the globes disappearing to the left. As always, you've handled the shadows beautifully, which makes the placement of the elements feel very realistic.

My only suggestion would be to play a bit with the light and shadows in the mountains to add a touch more dimensionality.

  Posted: 07/13/2025 19:08:30