Edgy
by HRoxas

Comment:
great shot, one of my favorites!

Burnished
by elsapo

Comment:
excellent shot, my pick for a blue!

Butterfly Catcher
by kteach

Comment:
nice photo! I used a similar technique in this shot

but enough 5th placements already, move up! you deserve it!

Experiance
by egillbjarki

Comment:
so much character in this shot (and the man)! Love it. Congrats on your ribbon!

speedo
by Skip

Comment:
fantastic shot, skip! congrats!

Do I Have To Say The Words?
by edmeng

Comment:
Valera,
do i have to say the words? :)
congrats on your first ribbon (and blue to boot)!! that was a lucky sunset at the La Jolla beach, wasn't it? two ribbons!
L

Steady Does It
by talmy

Comment:
Your blurring the background resulted in a noticeable halo around the foreground subject, which makes it look artificial. A better way to do it in cases like this when the foreground is easily selectable is to select the foreground, copy it on a new layer, invert the selection, copy the background on another later, then clone the background into the empty area formerly occupied by the foreground (not all of it, but around the border), and THEN do blurring. Then of course place the foreground layer above this new background.

Walk The Line
by TTraxx

Comment:
this i definitely off topic

Curve
by e301

Comment:
great work.

LLOYD STREET
by WaysOfSeeing

Comment:
congratulations on your ribbon, and a great shot! Nice lines leading to the focal point of the composition. I would just crop it on the left a little bit farther from the street sign.