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Last week my wife wanted to have a snack which had too many preconditions - not too oily, not too sweet, not too spicy, not too heavy, not too filling, not too far from home and something different than usual egg puffs, fruit bowls, idlis & dosas, pizzas or burgers. After much pondering over what else was left I took her to Shanti Sagar in Vijayanagar and told the cashier "vond pav bhaji kodi, haage vond extra pav" (an order of pav bhaji with extra pav) and coughed up 50 bucks for the most insipid pav bhaji I had ever eaten. I promised my wife I'll make pav bhaji atleast ten folds better than what she just ate and I lived up that promise over the weekend and here is how I did...
- pav bhaji masala (any brand is fine, I did with MTR)
- pav (ask for pav bhaji bread in supermarket, but can make do with Iyenger bakery ones too)
- 5 onions (3 for cooking, 2 for garnishing)
- 3 tomatoes
- 3 capsicums
- 3 potatoes
- mixed frozen vegetables (carrot + beans + peas combo works well)
- 8-10 cloves of garlic
- lemon sized ginger
- 3-5 green chilies
- coriander leaves
- butter (loads of it, some for cooking & some for roasting pav)
- lemon
- Over cook the potato so that it's really soft, peel and mash it well
- Make paste out of chillies, garlic and ginger
- In a wide shallow vessel drop a big lump of butter and wait for it to heat
- Add the aforementioned ginger-garlic-chili paste and roast till the raw smell is gone
- Add chopped onions and roast it till it turns golden brown (adding a pinch of salt speeds up)
- Add chopped capsicums and roast it for a while
- Add tomatoes, turmeric powder and pav bhaji masala; mix and roast the mixture for a while
- Add mashed potatoes and assorted vegetables; add water, mix well, cover and allow the mixture to get cooked
- Keep mashing the the entire mixture using a masher every now and then, so that the texture of the gravy becomes uniform more or less
- Don't forget to add salt wherever/whenever you feel is apt
- Add finely chopped coriander in the end
- Drop another big lump of butter once the baji is cooked
- Baji is ready now
- Roast the pav with butter
- Serve it with chopped onions and lemon
Eaters, dunk your pav in baji, sprinkle chopped onion on top and squeeze few drops of lemon and relish the dish. This one's particularly famous in the state of Maharashtra, I've never been there and eaten the authentic pav baji, but whatever I had prepared gave me lotsa pats on the back.

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Kradan Beach Resort
Functional but uninspired
A stone's throw to the beach
We stayed on Krada for a full 7 days this past Novemeber at the Kradan Beach Resort and found it to ...
By aejae212
What we say:
The oldest of Ko Kradan's resorts, Kradan Beach Resort is the first you'll see after arriving on the beach, and they appear to have stepped up their game since our last visit, as well as their prices. Overall, the resort has a generic feel and is poor value -- the rooms on offer here are basic, tacky and bland. Beachfront concrete and brick air-con bungalows, for some reason, are painted a shocking toxic orange; maybe it was meant to blind you, so that you won't notice the uninspired rooms inside. Fan rooms are less offensively painted, but no more inviting -- basic and musty, with thin mattresses and basic cold-water bathrooms. On the plus side, the newer wooden bungalows are of a better standard and they do have a good seafood restaurant and a relaxed bar situated right next to the ocean, which is Ko Kradan's best spot for a seaside cocktail. Also, while the rates we were quoted are very high, the resort has a plethora of space, and there have been quite a few reports of folks bartering down to a much better price. Note Kradan Beach Resort is closed for low season.
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|Type of room
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Usually found exploring Bangkok's side streets or south Thailand's islands, David Luekens is an American freelance writer & photographer who finds everyday life in Asia to be extraordinary. You can follow his travails here.
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Rated 3.5 out of 5
Based on 4 ratings and 4 reviews
A stone's throw to the beach
We stayed on Krada for a full 7 days this past Novemeber at the Kradan Beach Resort and found it to be just great. Sure the bungalows are orange, and sure they planted some plumeria out front (not a native plant and highly illegal on national park land), but for the atmosphere (read:the beach), this place works on every level. Staff is kind and will bargain with you (for the length of our stay, we paid far less than the rack rate during high season). And while the food in the little cafe was only ok, Wally's place (Paradise Lost) is only about a 10 minute walk through the woods. There were some major land disputes going on while we were there, so try to check in to the current situation as much as possible to avoid any hassle.
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Kradan Beach Resort reviewed by aejae212 (Total published reviews: 4) on
Kradan Beach Resort
Kradan Beach Resort is a perfect respite from the madding crowds, facing a beach that boasts a coral reef (a five-minute swim from the shore) with abundant clownfish, parrotfish, giant clams, etc. We took a non-air-con room for 950 baht in a detached bungalow overlooking the beach which provided twin beds with all the basic facilities. The staff were very friendly and service at the restaurant was good. We were lucky to have made this resort our choice to stay in and we felt it far superior to all other accommodation on the island we looked at(although we did not inspect two upmarket resorts). We were pleasantly surprised to find no charge to borrow a kayak or for snorkling kit, or even for a torch to guide us back from a trip to the other side of the island to catch a sunset (highly-recommended, as are the sunrises on the resort side). In short, we wished we had more time to chill out here. The staff (the owner's wife/manager - Waew, and boat captain, Pah) were extremely helpful.
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Kradan Beach Resort reviewed by tonydx (Total published reviews: 1) on
A few nights on Kradan
Spent 4 nights at kradan paradise late March 2007. Not so bad bungalows, but furniture is derelict but sheets were clean. not beautiful but staff charming and food good. remember that that beautiful beach disappears completely at low tide and there is no swimming. It looks like someone pulled the plug on the sea the water pulls out so far... The travel sites and brochures don't tell you that! Nice view over to other islands and karst formations. Kradan is a beautiful island. Lots of walks and jungle wildlife.
Kradan Beach Resort reviewed by islandboi321 (Total published reviews: 3) on
not a bad place
every guide book seems to discourage you to stay here. however, this place is not that bad. yes, you would say many 'could be'....could be better, could be cheaper, could be more atmospheric, could be cooler(beer)....but the rooms are relatively clean, all staff are nice and at least you can sleep comfortable(the mattress was nice). if you hate here, now there is another option inland. it's a little cheaper and more charming(lost paradise resort-look at the sign beside the amari beach club). anyway, i recommend to stay rather than a daytrip or you'll miss the most beautiful moment of this island-completely deserted beach after the crowds have gone and the sunrise.
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Critique Submissions
This page contains selected April 2001 submissions from photographers who wish to have their photographs reviewed by the publisher of this site, Michael Reichmann, as well as by other readers on our Discussion Forum.
Pascal Jappy
Pascal Jappy
Aubagne, France
Shot handheld on 120 Fuji Velvia pushed to 100 with a Fujica 645 folding camera, 75mm lens @F/11. The slide was scanned on a flatbed Epson 1640 scanner at 1600dpi.
The arboretum is located in Godalming (Surrey) in England. The picture was made in August, and most of the arboretum was green and yellow. One tiny sloping patch had red-purple trees in the shade. I had no tripod so handheld the shot. The F/11 aperture was needed to keep as much foreground as possible sharp, and that led to a 1/30s exposure. I had no filter. The picture has not been altered at all after the scan, except for a little unsharp masking and retouching.
Michael's Critique
What a striking image! Absolutely beautiful. There's little more that needs be said. It works on every level.
You can add your own comments on Pascal's photograph on the Critique section of our Discussion Forum.
Dennis McKenzie
Wasilla, Alaska, USA
Taken with a Mamiya C33 TLR and 180 or 250 lens, using Provia F100 pushed to 200 iso, using a tripod of course. Situation: While cruising in Prince Williams Sound last year we pulled into Long Bay in Culross Passage to anchor for the night and to shoot this waterfall that I had seen and shot the year before. The falls are a moderate size for Alaska, with many shots within the over all view of the falls. This is one I liked with the contrast of soft looking water and the rich black rocks with some reds and greens here and there. If the photo calls for it I always like to have areas of dark black in it to counterpoint the detail and feel of the image
Michael's Critique
There's a lot to like in this photograph but it doesn't hang together compositionally. The branches top-left are a distraction. Next, the square format is tough to compose for and by its nature it is static. The subject matter must therefore force the eye to flow. In this case there is no compelling center of interest and the large black rock on the right adds too much weight to the center of the image. It feels like it's about to topple over.
You can add your own comments on Dennis' photograph on the Critique section of our Discussion Forum.
David R. Gurtcheff
David R. Gurtcheff
Westmont, NJ USA
Photo taken on Long Beach Island, Feb 2001
Contax SLR, 24~85 zoom at wide setting. Kodacolor gold 200 scanned with Sprintscan into Photoshop 5.0. Sky and foreground put on separate layers, and levels applied to each separately. Burn, dodge and saturation tool used throughout image. Edges and corners burned in to simulate the way I would print this in my wet darkroom.
Michael's Critique
What immediately catches my eye is the monochromatic nature of the image and the subtle bit of fading light on the horizon. The tire tracks add a bit of mystery and the sky is certainly interesting. But I somehow feel as if I'm looking at two separate photographs — consisting of the top and bottom halves, as nothing is there to tie them together.
You can add your own comments on David's photograph on the Critique section of our Discussion Forum.
Butch Hulett
Butch Hulett
Springfield, MO, USA
Hasselblad/50mm, Plus X film/normal development
The negative was scanned using a Minolta Multi, then corrected and manipulated in Photoshop 6.0. The final print was produced from Photoshop 6.0 and printed using Jon Cone's Piezo inkset.
Michael's Critique
This is image a knockout. I'd love to see a Piezo print in the flesh. The tonalities appear to be gorgeous. The cross in the lower left adds just the right amount of weight to the composition to counterbalance the white clouds, and the few bright stones in the mid-ground do a perfect job of preventing it from becoming too somber. A first rate photograph with the square format perfectly utilized.
You can add your own comments on Butch's photograph on the Critique section of our Discussion Forum.
Donald Dixon
Donald Dixon
Wausau, Wisconsin
Sunset, Big Pine Key, Florida.
Nikon D1 w Nikkor 80-400mm F/4.5-5.6 VR, Exposure: 1/320 sec - F/5.6, Focal Len: 400mm
Michael's Critique
All of us who own long lenses enjoy shooting dramatic sunrises and sunsets over water. Why not? It's enjoyable and the photographs are often quite lovely. Don has done a great job here and the bird flying so close to the sun lifts this from being a JASSS, (Just Another Sunset Shot). The drama added by dark sky is the other ingredient that makes this photograph stand out.
You can add your own comments on Don's photograph on the Critique section of our Discussion Forum.
Hans Lindkvist
Trollh"ttan, Sweden.
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Michael's Critique
I like this image but it misses for several reasons. The dark area at the lower-left is a distraction. More importantly the swan needs to be brighter. This could have been done with fill-flash or attempted digitally in post processing. As it is I miss both the uninterrupted symmetry and the visible detail that the image cries out for.
You can add your own comments on Hans' photograph on the Critique section of our Discussion Forum.
Jonas Gjertsson
Jonas Gjertsson
Canon F-1, 80-200/4,0L (at 200 and probably 4,0), Kodachrome 64 exposed at 80ASA.
Michael's Critique
There's a lot wrong here and I think a bad scan is to blame for some of it. The first thing is, of course, the colour — a nasty cyan cast pervades the whole image. This could easily have been fixed. Secondly, there is a lot of vignetting. The Canon 80~200mm f/4 is a very fine lens and can't be the source, so my guess is a poor scanner was used. Thirdly, the light is boring. What could have been an interesting image is let down by poor tools and having been shot at the wrong time of day.
It's important that we keep in mind that all our audience sees is the image that we present — be it a 5" JPG on a web site or a 16X20" print on the wall. They never see the idealized memory of the time and locale that we often harbour within us. I don't mean to sound like a harping mother, but if a photograph is worth showing to others, it's worth doing so as well as possible, otherwise, why bother?
You can add your own comments on Jonas' photograph on the Critique section of our Discussion Forum.
Phil Goble
Michael's Critique
I've been to Death Valley several times and have always been thwarted by closed roads in my attempts to get to the Eureka Dunes. This photograph nicely captures the sinuous feel of long dunes and interplay of light and shadow. Very nicely done.
You can add your own comments on Phil's photograph on the Critique section of our Discussion Forum.
Gary Beck
Michael's Critique
This photograph has recorded what was in front of the camera, but the composition does nothing to treat the eye. The rock and tree are one entity, the green field another and the town in the valley a third. They are not integrated in any way.
Aspiring landscape photographers need to spend time looking at landscape paintings and photographs by masters to try and develop a feel for composition. As I've written before, photography is a process of exclusion, removing everything that doesn't contribute to a final cohesive image. If that isn't possible then the final image isn't there.
You can add your own comments on Gary's photograph on the Critique section of our Discussion Forum.
Barry Hinschen
Barry Hinschen
Sheffield, UK
Taken at Alternate Bay, Fiji, at sunset with a Fuji GX617.
Michael's Critique
I'm always a sucker for a well done panoramic. The sky here is lovely and the foreground has some interest. Frankly though, it needs something more. We all shoot pretty sunsets. But to create an image that communicates something more than just the beauty of a fading day a stronger foreground is needed.
You can add your own comments on Barry's photograph on the Critique section of our Discussion Forum.
Jeffrey Goggin
Jeffrey Goggin
Scottsdale, Arizona USA
This was taken this past February at the Lost Dutchman State Park, located just east of Phoenix, AZ, 10 minutes after sunset. I used a Minolta Autocord and Provia 100F, and the exposure was 4 seconds at f/11. No filters were used and only levels adjustment and minor sharpening were performed using Photoshop 5.5. The colors of the original slide are slightly warmer still than those shown here and the image appears slightly sharper as well but this is the best I can do with my vintage Microtek scanner.
I like the colors and especially the sky but I'm not totally satisfied with the composition and don't know what it is about it that bothers me, hence the reason I've submitted it for critique. Any comments will be greatly appreciated.
Michael's Critique
There's a soft mystery to the light and therefore the subject matter, and I like it. But the image fails to be compelling. There are several centers of interest, but the use of the square format has created a static composition — as Jeff himself points out. I'm not sure how to correct it at this point.
The square can be a very satisfying format but it requires much more careful attention to the rules of composition than does the traditional rectangle.
You can add your own comments on Jeff's photograph on the Critique section of our Discussion Forum.
Miles Hecker
Miles Hecker
Casper, Wyoming
Contax Aria 35-70mm zoom, Fuji Velvia, Polaroid 4000 scanner. Curves command used to enhance contrast.
Taken near Moran Junction Wyoming.
Early spring in the high country of the Rocky Mountains is different than spring at lower elevations. Colors tend to be more more yellow than green. The lack of green and lingering snow make photographic composition a challenge. On this day the golden color of the willows was beginning to deepen as temperatures climbed above freezing. That color and positional relationships between several roadside Aspen caught my eye. After awhile I noticed a pattern. The Aspen seemed to dance into the distance, much like the water carrying brooms in Disney's Fantasia. I took a few quick shots not knowing if I could record what I saw on film. Luckily, the shot worked.
Michael's Critique
Overall I find Miles' photograph very appealing. It works well on almost every level. I say almost because the two foreground trees are somewhat disconcerting — the way they are framed almost equidistantly from the edges of the edges of the frame.
As I look at the photograph I find my eye jumping from one side to the other, not being able to find a place to rest or a path to follow. It would be instructive to be able to see some variations on this composition where there was, say, just one foreground tree, or where one of the two was further to the side of the frame.
You can add your own comments on Miles' ph
Larry Adkins
Michael's Critique
One of the classic rules of composition is to never let the horizon line run through the middle of the frame. Larry has broken this rule and should be punished (joke); except that the reflection adds balance, and the tips of the reeds at the bottom of the frame further modify the frame. Overall it's a successful photograph.
You can add your own comments on Larry's photograph on the Critique section of our Discussion Forum.
Ken Newcombe
Ken Newcombe
Dundas, Ontario, Canada
White Tail Deer feeding; Shot at Dundas, Ontario, Canada
Konica T3, Hexanon 50mm macro, Kodachrome 25, remote camera and dual flash. This was a remote camera setup with dual flash. Shot on a cold winter night.
Michael's Critique
There's appeal to this photograph but it's ultimately let down by two things. Firstly, the use of a single flash from an oblique angle makes the light simply too harsh. (Ken indicates that a second flash was used, but I don't see its contribution). Secondly, I find not being able to see the deer's mouth disconcerting. The image is too obscure in a number of ways to be really successful.
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Lynn Morehead
Lynn Morehead
Englewood, CO
Kodak VS, Canon A2, exposure data unrecorded
This shot was taken in Moab, Utah in mid March. We had spent four days chasing the light. We never quite got the perfect light except for a few fleeting moments the last evening we were there. The colors and quality of light were amazing.
Michael's Critique
People who have never done photography anywhere on the Colorado Plateau find it hard to believe that the colours that they see in photographs from the region are real. Lynn's image nicely captures the remarkable quality of the light and the red sandstone. If it wasn't though for the small break in the clouds above the ridge I'd be less complimentary, but with it the image holds up well.
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Collin Orthner
Michael's Critique
Collin's aurora photograph is quite something. The intensity of the reds is remarkable and the inclusion of the city lights adds needed perspective. Nicely done.
This year sees a maximum of the 11 year solar cycle and there have been many intense aurora displays, some this year as far south as Colorado. I'm looking forward to doing more aurora photography myself when I go back to my place summer place in northern Ontario this June.
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Nick Thomas
Wales, UK
Michael's Critique
Nick's photograph nicely shows that expensive and bulky equipment isn't necessary to accomplish good landscape work. A point-and-shoot digital is all that was used here, and if you visit his site link above you'll see more fascinating panoramic photographs taken with this camera and stitching technique.
The image itself has some flaws. The foreground bush at left is a distraction and the snow on the mountain on the right is burned out.
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Philip Harle
Philip Harle
London, England
Minolta 600si, Minolta 50mm f1.4 @ f8, on tripod. Fuji Velvia. Scanned by
Kodak Photo CD service, colour balance tweaked in Photoshop 5LE.
This was taken at the Pinnacles Desert in Western Australia. I got there just before sunrise (about 4am) and kept photographing until the hoardes of tourists started arriving at 6am, by which time the pinnacles were transformed into a bright yellow and the sky to a deep blue. You can see some of my other images from that day at my website: www.virtualtraveller.org
Michael's Critique
This photograph is well composed, and the subject matter fascinating, but it misses because the contrast range is simply too great. Possibly a higher quality scan would capture some detail in the shadows and highlights, but as it stands it's simply too harsh.
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Alan Kerr
Michael's Critique
An impressive and enjoyable image. The dappled light on the hills creates a soft warm feeling even though the image consists solely of greens and blues. Well seen and nicely executed.
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Clayton Mansnerus
Clayton Mansnerus
Santa Cruz, CA. USA
Pentax K-1000 35 mm camera, Sigma 24 mm f2.8 lens, approximately f16 at 1/8 sec. with tripod, Fuji Provia-F 100 film
A thick patch of clovers grows beside a small creek in the lush forest of the Santa Lucia Mountains in Central California. This creek is one of many beautiful creeks and rivers that flow briskly out of the Santa Lucia near Big Sur. This photo was taken on a cloudy Winter day and the overcast sky provided near perfect lighting for photography. Photo taken in February, 2000.
Michael's Critique
A nicely executed photograph of a classic subject type. I'd have taken it myself, (where I live doesn't look like this is February), but I have to say that like the red rock canyons of the southwest that I enjoy so much, such fare is becoming a bit of a clichÈ.
I think as landscape photographers we all need to stretch ourselves a bit more to uncover new subject matter seen in new ways.
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Erik H. Pronske
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Yucca cactus taken at sunset at Guadelupe Mountain National Park in west Texas in March.
Minolta Maxxum 9, Tokina 28-80/2.8 at about 28 mm, exposure about 1/30 sec at f/8, Kodak Ektachrome VS
Michael's Critique
This is a graphically strong image that nicely captures the light of sunset and the character of the Yucca plant. It might have been enhanced by showing a bit more of the mountains in the background as silhouettes. As it is, it feel a bit constricted at the bottom of frame.
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Andy Biggs
Andy Biggs
San Francisco Bay Area, CA, USA
Nikon D1, Nikkor 18-35 lens.
This picture was taken in Grand Stairacse-Escalante at dusk, as my wife and I were driving to Colorado on vacation. Unfortunately, my microdrive was almost filled up, and all I could get off was 2 exposures taken at the 'jpg fine' setting. I normally shoot in RAW mode (NEF), but space was limited. The dynamic range would have been better. Minor levels and saturation adjustment.
Michael's Critique
I like this image, but it isn't completely successful. The concept of juxtaposing the cloud with the cliff works nicely, but the top of the frame is too dark. A bit of a shift to the left would also have moved the main subjects slightly off center and made for a more dynamic composition.
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Patrick O'Neill
Patrick O'Neill
Fort Worth Texas
ElanIIE Canon EF 20-35 USM, 1/8 F/11 Manual, Velvia, Tiffin "p" XL 2stop GND, Tripod & MLU, 10% crop off the right
Taken not far from Quail Ridge in Sedona, AZ
Michael's Critique
A strong image, well seen. I'd be tempted to crop the right of frame even more though as both the ridge line and the cactus seem to peter-out, detracting from the tightness of the composition.
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G¸nter Haika
G¸nter Haika
Vienna, Austria
Canon A1, 17mm, tripod. T-Max 100. Arches N.P., July 1988
Some climbing was necessary to get to this "double arch" location. When I revisited Arches recently, I wanted to re-shoot this scene in MF, but could not find the spot again.
Michael's Critique
G¸nter was right to want to go back with medium format. This is an appealing subject, well composed, but it cries out for the detail, texture and micro-contrast which 35mm just can't provide.
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Horst R–dding
Horst R–dding
240 M–dling
Hasselblad 205 TCC Planar 2,0/110mm Kodak GPX 220. Scan: Imacon Flextight Photo, Photoshop 5,5
If I remember right, it was in the south of Utah, on the way from Glen Canyon to Blanding. There was about three thunderstorms around me and the light changes every five minutes. I never saw anything like this. I changed the colour a little bit into more red, like I did it in the darkroom, but not more.
Michael's Critique
Wonderfully dramatic. The large expanse of black sky creates tremendous mystery and raises this photograph above the pack. Also scary. Beautiful though.
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David Magahy
David Magahy
Gold Coast, Australia
Canon EOS3, 28ñ70mm 2.8L at the 28 end. ü/22 at about half a second exposure using Provia 100F. I think I used a polariser and a 81B warm up filter, and of course, a tripod. I focused on the Banksia (Bottlebrush) flower on the bottom left and let the depth of field do the rest. It is taken from South Nobby hill looking north up the Gold Coast towards the Surfers Paradise skyline. Taken mid-winter 2000 at dawn.
Michael's Critique
The shapes of the land and water masses and warm light make this an interesting image. The foreground flowers are a bit lost though with the earthen cliff above them taking too much attention. I'm not sure how best it could be re-framed though.
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Steve Bromley
Steve Bromley
Austin, TX USA
Canon Elan II, Canon 17-35L lens at 30mm, f8. Kodak E100VS film. Scanned with HP Photosmart, then adjusted via layers & curves in Photoshop 5.5 to match the original. Yosemite National Park, El Capitan. My first trip to Yosemite. Early November morning after the first snow of the season. What a treat!
Michael's Critique
A classic scene, nicely captured. My only observation is that the shot might have benefited from the use of a split neutral density filter to tone down the sky a bit.
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Rick Popham
Michael's Critique
A nicely seen and well captured image. The mist surrounding the tower is beautiful. The reflection is strong as well, but I find the vegetation at left distracting. For this reason, and assuming that standing in the river wasn't an option, I'd have been tempted to use a longer lens and crop-out most of the bottom half of the frame.
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Fred Quod
Fred Quod
Auckland, New Zealand
Vaucluse coastline at dawn, Australia, December 2001.
Canon D30 with 28-105 USM zoom.
Michael's Critique
A lovely location and dramatic sky. I find the foreground distracting though and would have been tempted to step a bit closer to the edge and cropped it out — allowing the receding cliff to dominate the lower frame.
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Vincent Soden
Vincent Soden
London, UK
A late afternoon sunshower at Galway, Ireland on holidays a couple of years ago. The combination of the gloomy bay and the burst of sunshine caught my eye. Camera was Nikon F4 with 28-85 AF Nikkor, on tripod.
Michael's Critique
I like this image a great deal. But, two things struck me immediately — the top cloud level is a distraction because it makes the whole image look un-level, and as submitted the image is too dark.
I've taken the liberty of correcting these two issue so that it can be better seen. For some reason the shot is somewhat splotchy as well, but this may be the result of a poor scan. Otherwise a strong landscape composition, well seen.
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Ralph Gyoery
Ralph Gyoery
Clapham Junction, England
I took this image on my EOS3 somewhere on the coast of Spain. It was about an hour after dawn, as the sun evaporated the last of the early morning mist. Scanned into Photoshop and sharpened.
Michael's Critique
The classic "S" curve at work. The warm saturated colours and appealing composition make this a striking entry. Very exotic. I wouldn't change a thing.
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Common wisdom is that once someone molests a child, that person is doomed to repeat this crime over and over again until the criminal justice system stops him or her. And while the position that child molesters deserve to spend the rest of their lives in prison is certainly an understandable one given the terrifying harm they do, the reality is that most child molesters will eventually be released from jail. There are also some people with attractions to children who may seek help before they harm a child. Psychologists differ on whether to define pedophilia as a sexual orientation, a mental illness, or a behavior, making child molestation one of the most difficult social problems to understand. So can child molesters be rehabilitated? There are several perspectives on this issue.
What Is a Child Molester?
Psychological perspectives on child molestation vary greatly, but experts do agree on one thing: there are at least two types of child molesters. True pedophiles are people with sexual attractions to children, while opportunistic child molesters may prey on available children in an attempt to feel powerful or out of misguided sexual urges. In the latter case, treatment may focus on self-control and anger management, while in the former case, treatment is likely to focus on eliminating the attraction to children.
Talk Therapy
Sex writer Dan Savage has published several accounts of people, mostly men, who struggle with attractions to young children but who avoid children and have not molested anyone. It seems that it takes a great deal of self-control to avoid offending and that pedophiliac inclinations typically mean a person will never have normal adult relationships. Savage points out that, in several European countries, people with attractions to children are able to seek treatment and receive confidentiality, whereas in the United States seeking treatment may mean arrest. Some European countries also do have lower child molestation rates than the United States. It may be that pedophilia is a misguided sexual inclination that, with a willing participant, can be redirected.
Chemical Castration
Chemical castration has replaced actual, physical castration as the final punishment of choice for preventing child molesters from reoffending, and many states in the U.S. offer voluntary chemical castration in exchange for earlier release. Chemical castration has had mixed results. For people who have already molested a child, it may actually increase violence toward children, perhaps as a result of extreme frustration. For people who have not yet harmed a child and who are committed to avoiding doing so, however, it may provide some relief from their desires. It's important to note that sexual desire cannot be completely eliminated by castration.
Group Therapy
Many therapists use group therapy for people with pedophiliac tendencies. Groups provide a safe environment to discuss inappropriate urges and may give people the strength to avoid reoffending. However, when someone is involuntarily enrolled into group therapy, the group may actually provide a set of peers who provide support for inappropriate sexual behavior. Thus group therapy should be entered into carefully, and all participants should be carefully screened prior to entry and during treatment.
Aversion Therapy
Aversion therapy pairs an unpleasant stimulus such as an electric shock, pinch, or flick along with a pleasant stimulus. Sex offenders may use aversion therapy to attempt to eliminate their attractions to children. While this therapy can be effective, it poses ethical problems. Therapists cannot shock their patients, and it's difficult to maintain consistency with aversive treatments. Further, when aversion therapy does work, it is unlikely to cause people to be attracted to age-appropriate adults if they do not already experience these attractions; rather, it merely eliminates the attraction to children.
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Psychologists have still not reached an agreement about whether pedophilia is a sexual orientation (albeit an inappropriate and immoral one) or a behavior. Among those who believe it is a sexual orientation, fake porn using animated or computer-created children is often advocated as a way to provide sexual release. Some therapists have reported success with using this method to reduce desire for children. However, other therapists point to studies demonstrating that sexual images affect sexual desire and have expressed concern that such pornography may actually create or increase a desire for children. Further, there are substantive ethical questions about whether it is acceptable to make such pornography, even when it does not involve real children.
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Never thought about things from a molester's point of view.Its like a criminal right? Everybody says put him behind bars but nobody wants to know why the crime occurred or what the problem was.
If we are able to investigate and derive something from this I am sure it will have much better results than any stringent punishment ever can.
as much as it is a complex thing,we should try to send a firm NO to child molestation as a society. it starts right at home. most molesters are known to kids before hand and effective parenting can prevent a lot of those cases.effective parenting not only means monitoring your child but also making them aware of thing and talking to them about possible issues and asking them to alert you invade anything even close to the warning signs happens.
Look, you can try to rehab them all you want, but from my point of view, there ain't nothing in the world that you can ever say about or do to one of these skanks that will ever make me trust them around my kids. How could you ever be sure that they are not gonna turn on your kid and harm them? There is just not enough of a guarantee that this wouldn't happen for me to ever feel safe around them. You can say that's harsh, but I feel that way about pretty much any criminal. You do the crime, you do the time, and that needs to be times 100 for anyone who thinks its ok to hurt a child.
Let's just say that the potential is there for rehabilitation, then what? What I would like to know is what therapist is going to want to serve this population and how will you ever really be sure that they have been completely changed? It's like trying to change someone who is gay. If this is what he really is to the core then how are you ever really going to change that?
If you feel that this is your calling, to rehab these sick minds, then feel free to do it. However just know that you are doing this without the blessing and encouragement of most of the rest of the sane society members. I think that any of us with half a brain think that you should just lock them up and throw away the key. From my perspective, there are far more deserving people who could use some free therapy then these guys who use kids and then throw them away.
This whole Penn State scandal has really put this issue in the limelight once again. I am not sure how I feel about whether or not they can get treatment and benefit from that, in that they will never harm a child again. But I think that for most of us who can in no way ever understand or condone this behavior it is so hard to rationalize even trying this. I think that as a Christian I want to say that I don't judge and it is not up to me to condemn, but it so hard when it comes to situations like this.
As a child who was abused by my uncle, I feel so torn because there is a part of me that really does not care at all what happens to him.
Then there is a part of me that does care, because that is family and my mom's brother. It feels weird to even say that, and I am not sure that I have ever told anyone that before. definitley not my parents.
But what can I do? I have to accept that this happened to me, work through my own demons and move on. I can't stay in the past reliving it all of the time because that does not get me anywhere.
We are only as strong as our weakest link. What we do to the least of our brother we do to ourselves. Get it?
No, ok let me explain this way: The way we treat others has a direct link on the kinds of energy that we as a collective society create. Hating what we can't understand will only insure that it won't go away. If we really have any sympathy for our children and our future children we will care to solve the problem, ask the questions "where does this desire, behavior originate?"
When you treat the underlying cause in individual as well as society, you treat the whole. You have to remember that energy doesn't die it only changes form. When you cut off what doesn't fit, you create the kind of energy that creates monsters that sprout up to infest and attack the weakest of society. And that is why anger wont fix any kind of evil. Only love with wise actions behind it will do anything of value. I understand the desire for revenge and feelings of anger but logic shows that responding in a way that spiritually creates more of what you don't want is illogical. And that is why more must be done to solve the problem rather than add to it.
Yes its a bit different isnt it…we say that peodophiles shouldnt be near children..Yet again we allow bank robbers to vist banks?????
This has given me hope.
My son was molested by my brother, and no one believed me. All I could do was keep him away. Now he is back in my son life thank to my mother how gave my son number to him. I have been told that I have not got proof of anything, again. But in my heart I know what with all the grooming and manipulation that my brother has done.
But I need to know there is hope because was I can brake the bond that my brother has with my son.
My son will need all the help he can get.
We must focus on the children to hell with the abusers.keep kids safe and abusers dead or locked up"
Yes, I ruined a life by molesting a young teen. porno, drugs, depression, an unhappy marriage… my fault. I blame no one else for my act. And when I came to realize what I had done I wanted to take my life. But that was too easy.
Twenty years later I am an advocate for the abused. And while I avoid all the things that led to my moral collapse, I believe it is like alcohol addiction. One slip and I could descend again. I would take my life before I ruined another.
So I guess I am not cured. But I lost my family, my friends, my self respect, and carry around the knowledge of what I did. Life has never be the same.
The story of what I did has been ballooned. Things I never did… its still no excuse. I did not deserve a second chance but I got one, and I am not going to blow it.
That's the stupidest thing anybody has said about child molestors in a while comparing them to bank robbers
my father has not been in my life since I was 3 I'm in my 20s now he is out of prison and he wants to meet me I'm definitely would not consider meeting him by myself I would go with someone else but I'm trying to think of if he even deserves to see me. My mom never let me write to him he has no idea how I look…I just got in contact with his mom my grandma that lives in a diff state she is really nice n cool….she gave him my number the phone conversation wasnot what I expected but he is just near me until he gets parole to move….I would like advice =/
All criminality originates from sex.To be precise,childhood sex taboos,inhibitions,deprivations,rejections,especially of this kind we're discussing here.Every human beimg is capable of doing one abominable act or the other,but for the fear of God,or man or both.We are all living under intense self control and should look with pity towards convicts as those who failed to control themselves.I am better than you attitudes,expressions and purnishments towards criminals,only breed new ones.Yes I agree that criminals must pay.But it all depends on what man calls a crime.A victim feels injured later,because society says it's wrong.So was sodomy,now made legal.My advice is that all sexual acts should be monitored,guided and tutored.Just like sex education in schools have succeeded immensely to curb teen pregnancies.I mean,since we cannot stop them and won't be there when it always happens,show them how to do it safe.I tell you,because this is the begining of all crimes and is treated well,we might just have discovered a great way of curbing crimes,make society safer and living on this planet most blissful
What has happend to our is children is hurtful and tragic. Does anyone know or understand that there are all kinds of illness . Remember satan is the cause o sickness and death God is our father of love this world is in this condition because lack of love. The molester himself is in pain and is suffering because of some form of abuse that has happend to him maybe at a young age where is his help.It is our responsibility to protect our children and help them when there is an abuse situation, and if it is a family member, don't we want our loved ones to get some form of healing without being hated, did God say love is partial?
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