Bear River Marshes
by dsidwell

Comment:
I really like how the reflection of the two-toned sky runs right down the middle of the channel. Excellent composition/timing.

Parrot Portraiture
by buzzrock

Comment:
Your bird is a more cooperative model than my kid, and good-looking too!

Awakening
by kirbic

Comment:
I've been trying (without much success) to capture some low-lying fog like that.

The Girl With A Pearl Earring
by sher

Comment:
Before I read your notes I thought Rembrandt or Vermeer ... super job!

Message edited by author 2004-10-06 17:01:13.

Cat O' Nine Beans
by GeneralE

Comment:
This finished ranked quite a bit higher than I expected, and with a pretty positive response from the commenters -- about the opposite of what I expected. Thanks to all of you who took more than a moment to look and comment!

Crazy Maize ("Indian Corn")
by Elemmennope

Comment:
I also took a shot of some maize, but decided to enter something else. From the look of your finish I should have entered the corn!

When I was a kid I took some and planted it and grew quite a bit -- this kind gets 6-8 feet high; most of the ears would come out multicolored, but a few would be a beautiful solid red or purple. One or two ears is enough to sow a sizable plot.

RAMBUTAN
by Rando D300

Comment:
Very nice -- these are quite a different color than the ones I've seen previously. Congratulations for a fine finish!

Dirty Windshield
by GeneralE

Comment:
Here is a link to the resized original. This gallery at pBase shows the steps used.

Photoreception
by JPR

Comment:
I find it fascinating that no one has commented on your two-toned border.

Are you going to explain the set-up for this? (Even if it's the "hard" way -- I guess you can keep the secret shortcut to yourself for a while.)

Taking a Break
by saintaugust

Comment:
I wasn't sure if it was intended to be "disturbing," but took it as a positive factor if it was ... this was one of my highest-scoring photos.

Maybe you were composing with your subconscious ... something to do with your username perhaps ...

"An interview with Simplicianus, the future successor of St. Ambrose, who told Augustine the story of the conversion of the celebrated neo-Platonic rhetorician, Victorinus (Confessions, VIII, i, ii), prepared the way for the grand stroke of grace which, at the age of thirty-three, smote him to the ground in the garden at Milan (September, 386)."