Thorns
by ErikV

Comment:
nice b/w - excellent subject!

Winter Ivy
by banmorn

Comment:
Gorgeous - I love how this fills the frame - great light and dof. 8

Searching for landmark...
by minime850

Comment:
excellent perspective.

Master of the Garden Feeder
by dtallakson

Comment:
terrific color and compostion. 8

The Yellow Victorian
by caseyface

Comment:
I love the blur. Great colors - I will have to figure out what the Orton effect is.

De Minimis
by benee

Comment:
very cool..

Blur 8
by benee

Comment:
Wow, these colors are so pretty - almost looks like tissue paper because of the wonderful light!!

DSC_0798_edited-1.jpg
by Ja-9

Comment:
This is hard. I love the frame (sometime I have to figure out how to do that) so, whichever one of these pictures you use I hope you frame it like this.

If I had seen this one first I would said it's terrific!!! But now I'm divided.
This is so different from the others.
The blues in this bird are so spectacular - in this version there isn't the variety of hue that I see in the other two. But, on the other hand, there is a consistency in the processing of this one that I like.
I'm enjoying the way the eyes in the feathers are positioned in this one and that the bird is straight into the middle. But with the light in the other two, the details of the bird's eye and the little tufty plume are better seen.

DSC_0562_edited-3.jpg
by Ja-9

Comment:
1. I can't decide if I like the blue tint alot or if it's not working for me.
2. This would be great for the parallel lines challenge.

In the end, I would probably score this a 6 for composition (which is excellent) and subject, in general, but I think it might be oversharpened/contrasted a bit.

My average score lately has been about a 5.4.

Beach Bubble
by Paul

Comment:
I can hear Barbara Streisand, but I know she didn't write the lyrics.
Great, great picture - the bubble is fantastic.