Rigged
by JuliBoc

Comment:
The overall colors here seem odd - especially the yellow clouds. Not sure what to make of that, as the red & white on the flag is right.

Unexpected
by rinac

Comment:
Unusual point of view on this. Crisp, clean and works well.

Buoyancy Street
by TonyT

Comment:
I really love the way each stand (gas pumps??) ar elit on top.
Great point of view here.

King Of The World
by nutzito

Comment:
Cute shot, though I'm having mixed feelings on the toning and vignette.

fishermans dawn
by dmadden

Comment:
Certainly colorful and a good use of diagonals in an image.
The banding in the sky is bit odd though.

...and the lovesick cow set out to sea under a blue moon, never to be seen again...
by snaffles

Comment:
Ok, made me smile on this one! Mooooooo...

26 Summer's Child
by SandyP

Comment:
Bravo.
These are some of the best kind of memories to be preserved forever.
I love kids playing in the water. I think your horizon is a bit off though.

hehehe - you KNOW I'm just kidding.

Gorgeous shot!

Ready for Take-off
by tamatama

Comment:
Beautiful image and congrats on the ribbon here.
These are just made for a dreamy shot like this.

Lady in Waiting
by timfythetoo

Comment:
Congrats on the 3rd place here !

I'm gonna' be the odd one out here and say that this image really hurts my eyes looking at it.
I know the punch was what you were intending on doing (I know your PP too well to know it wasn't an oops) but oh man this is a bit over the top. For grins, I took it into PS and did Image, Levels, Options (I set my defaults to enhanced per channel contrast, clips set to 0.5% shadow & 0.5% Highlights) and hit OK. That took the overall greens down enough and upped the black levels doing nothing more than that. Then in Hue/Saturation Red channel, shifted the Hue to +3%, Saturation to +3% and the Lightness to +12%. Still retains the glow, adds a bit of depth, pops the trees a bit better and eases the over-saturated greens a bit.

Take no offense to my 0.02 cents on this, as you knew exactly what you wanted, and seems the voters agreed. Glad you please yourself first on this and will be adorning the walls of your home with it.

ETA
I wish I would pay more attn to my spelling and wouldn't have had to edit this - was spelling only.

Message edited by author 2008-05-26 21:52:04.

Can Happiness Be Far Behind?
by annig

Comment:
And now as seen in Yankee Magazine

I knew I should have gotten an autograph from you when you were in San Diego.
:)