Nature's Backlight
by shamer

Comment:
*another* personal best? Man you keep outdoing yourself shawn... awesome image

Carrier pigeon
by onar

Comment:
excellent clarity on the bird, nice job

The Observer
by Sheryll

Comment:
just following the comments here and wanted to note that this without question satisfies the 'negative space' element of the challenge and would fit into any reasonable person's concept of 'negative space' as an artistic tool. While its not as drastic as some other examples, your subject takes up <25% of the image and the rest is pretty much uniform color, it really works for this image. Congrats on the high finish!

Wilderness
by redmoon

Comment:
way to go dave, this is such a pleasing, serene shot- i really like the way you've isolated the structure. 'grats on the high finish

Cypher
by e301

Comment:
man what an awesome, offbeat image... fav'd, quite amazing

The Summit
by MAK

Comment:
the detail in the fur is just amazing, congrats on a very well-deserved ribbon. fav'd, easily

Kharunisia
by librodo

Comment:
your impeccable work continues to astound me, congrats on another ribbon :)

The black corner
by TOY

Comment:
you are a lucky, lucky man to have been able to work with such a model :) The lighting in the eyes is particularly haunting. A truly great portrait to add to an already amazing portfolio of images - congrats on the high finish.

Figureheads
by Imagineer

Comment:
this is truly an incredible photograph

Swan Lake
by De Sousa

Comment:
yikes this is just awesome