Reflections
by lensman67

Comment by tome:
Not much to add to Peter's opinion. For me, the oversaturation is ok if you convince the viewer that it was your intention. The composition could be improved - looks like you needed to pan to the right a bit :). Also, the water seems much more interesting than the sky. In such cases I would get closer and aim at the pool to get a strong foreground (just water with the inverted tree, look at that fabulous reflection) leading to the colorful boat. The 10-20mm is probably perfect for such a wide shot.

Dragonfly on lily bloom
by lensman67

Comment by bassbone:
Gary - this one looks great! Be careful of those saturation levels - you have 'blown' out a bit of the detail in the flower, but the dragon fly looks awesome!

Reflections
by lensman67

Comment by bassbone:
Gary - you sure put a lot of color into this one. It does pop when on the monitor. In some way, I worry that you may have pushed it a bit on some of the processing techniques. This is noticeable when you bump those saturations up, especially in the blue and cyan channels. If you look closely around the treeline, you can see the start of some halo-ing (light areas around the trees -both in the sky and in the water). It is subtlein the sky, but is pretty obvious in the water. This really gives the shot a less polished look.

Regarding the composition, the boat being so far to the right gives the shot an unbalanced feel. I think trying to compose the shot with the boat more at at the right 1/3 mark would make the boat more the subject, rather than an afterthought. It is a very cool object and worthy of the setting.

Water Works
by lensman67

Comment by MaryO:
Lovely, sparkly bokeh :-)

Grasshopper
by lensman67

Comment by bassbone:
A handsome fellow you found. He looks very interested in posing. A agree with John's assessment that the focus is more on the leg than the face and eye - but I still think it is pretty darn good. Your aperture was already pretty closed down at f7.1. Handheld, it may not be possible to get it tack sharp if you had to slow the shutter speed down much more. Nice shot!

Grasshopper
by lensman67

Comment by jagar:
Color is good, the only fault that slightly takes away from this is that the focus is not on his face but on his leg, it's still a good shot in my opinion.

Water Works
by lensman67

Comment by bassbone:
i really like the arc of the water and how the background seems to follow it's lead

Water Works
by lensman67

Comment by galatia_n:
Nice work.