Comment from RedRockArt
Good Catch, getting in close to show the details of the cave, and structure give it a lot of impact. Too often many try to show it all, and lose impact as attention is divided..

Details from Highlight to mid-tones and dark areas to blacks, give it a VERY good tonal range.
It is best to set the blacks first, and sharpening, during pre-processing. It is evident you have done this.

Reviewers can only review what we see. As my time is limited, only review, subjects or images I like first, and try to give helpful suggestions. But, this needs no help.

These Points were considered in the rating of this piece:
Initial impact
Creativity
Color harmony
Center of interest
Technique
Technical excellence
Story telling

A challenge for an artist can be to make their work look as good online as the original subject or better. Its like Im right there looking at the cave myself.

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Comment from wildfangsdigitalart
wow wish I had a 6 this photo is amazing. such depth,and color along with texture and balance , intial impact is wonderful love the colors of brown and the texture from the rocks. thanks for sharing cyper 6

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Comment from Godsgirl
Wow!!

What a beautiful photograph you got here!!

The colors are so crisp.

Focus is spot on.

Lighting is great!!

Story telling ability is good.


Thanks for sharing this with us all!! :)

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Comment from xennia
Excellent photo of this amazing place, you did a great job here. I love the low angle for this shot, natural colors are outstanding and lighting was beautiful. Great focus and depth of field to show the beauty. Perfect contest entry, best wishes.

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Comment from Sandra c. valentini
this is a fabulous photo of a cave. this one looks so large. i can imagine living there in the summer, natural air conditioning.

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Comment from PoohBear
Very nice capture here however, I think I would have shot this in the vertical mode to show more of the area below the entrance. Nice work.

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Comment from derrylynne
Good artist notes that added much to the image and told a story. Clear clean image with good focus, colors and clarity. Well framed and love the detail shown of the large cave.

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Comment from tedmunro
i think this is a very nice looking and interesting photograph. its very clear and has nice color and detail showing. a pleasure to review and ty for sharing

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Comment from Polly Brown
That opening looks rather high to be an entrance, unless the ground in front of it has fallen away.
Nice photograph. I like the tree growing in the cave entrance.
Good detail and colours.
Good luck in the contest.

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Comment from GaliaG
interesting piece of history and a very good photo of it

good light handling, initial impact and composition

good luck with the contest

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