High Water
by cryan

Comment:
That's a lot of water on the move! I like that you got the little misty rainbow in the center fall.

the littlest witch
by Jutilda

Comment:
This is beautiful! It's great that we can all have cameras that do this nice of a job around all the time now. The even light suits her nicely.

Cajun Sunset
by eyeart

Comment:
I also noticed the sharpening. This may be from a setting in your camera menu. If you have your camera set to max sharpening, you can't undo it in processing, but you can always shoot mild and sharpen in processing.
I like the way that the reflection is showing the tree on the island while the dark background hides the actual tree.

Storm over Florence
by LevT

Comment:
This shot deserves the ribbon!
Thanks for the tip about quicker shooting. I have noticed that in many of the storms in this area, that the bolts come at fairly regular intervals. For instance, if I count seconds between 1st and 2nd strikes, I have found that the 3rd strike will occur roughly at the same interval. I then adjust shooting to match that. If the strikes are coming at 15 sec intervals, I wait 12 sec or so after a strike to open the shutter. Sometimes you miss a bolt that comes in the interim, and have to restart the countdown, but the technique helps on the average.

Have fun in life and LIVE!
by Judi

Comment:
This is not only an awesome photo, but the title fits your lifestyle perfectly. Well done.

"Poor devil had his tongue cut out, so he trained the parrot to talk for him"
by Tammster

Comment:
Hi Tammster! You needed a small sword or dagger for him to check out while you were shooting this, to connect it to the challenge a little better.
Nice looking bird, and that's a good pose. The wrinkles in his face make it look like this was processed a little "hard", but they do look that way from some angles ,esp with flash.
My Jules says "Howdy, bird!"

P1000594copy
by spiritualspatula

Comment:
Nice perspective shot. Somehow I seem to be waiting for the scarecrow from the "Wizard of Oz" to pop out of the corner. : )
No need to "crop" this one, it's already a crop. Ok, it was a corny joke.

Message edited by author 2010-09-29 00:16:37.

P1000600
by spiritualspatula

Comment:
That's a grand looking cloud. I like the way the light falls off from R to L in this. The lighting poles seem to be set in a curve, maybe an off ramp or something like that. They add a good element to connect the ground to the sky in this. The "birds" are ok with me, because I keep a few in my camera too.

bite me
by daisydavid

Comment:
The eye contact is the strong point in this shot. Nicely done, and B&W helps keep it simple.

Prowl
by cgino

Comment:
This is a fine panning shot. The overall motion blur makes Mr.Tiggs' head and eyes grab your attention. B&W keeps the distraction that color would cause under control too. He looks like a content kitty.