A California Pasture
by sherryk471

Comment:
Somewhat similar to my photo but with those cool cows. I'm getting killed for my border, and I'm guessing you've got a couple who like it and several who don't. Looks like the focus is sharper on the grain than the poppies, but that could be intentional...

I'm no longer going to use any red/orange/yellow/green borders except as 1-2 pixel accents, and will just frame stuff like this with a really dark color or black.

Ozzie Beach Life
by andrewlr

Comment:
A brighter color than the variety I'm familiar with, but it looks like a mighty inviting locale anyway...

California Gold
by autool

Comment:
It's so hard to get them to hold still if there's any breeze at all...very nice job with the focus and exposure on the poppies (better than mine). I think I like the deep DOF on this image (grain, hill and clouds in reasonable focus) but it would be interesting to see a version with those highly blurred also...

Flora
by robbieh

Comment:
That's a lotta blooms! Might make a nice flag design...

Cactus Bloom, Sonoran Desert
by kirbic

Comment:
OK! I won't pick it! Did you use a polarizer or other filter on this?

Sand,Sea & Coconut Trees
by KingLok

Comment:
Cool bridge too.

Swirling Green
by timj351

Comment:
Looks "painterly" already, but would love to experiment running this through a canvas filter or something anyway. Excellent abstract with elements of Escher!

Viole(n)t Yellow
by chuck

Comment:
I like the layering of colors, but the difference in sharpness between the fore- and background elements is so stark it looks almost artificial or compositied. That adds to the feeling of depth, but seems a little jarring -- I'd like to see this with a softer overall look. Not sure it would be better, but would be interesting to compare.

Let Freedom Ring
by floyd

Comment:
I really like the multiple levels of meaning in this photo. Unfortunately, one of your's was somewhat obscured by my own color-blindness (ophthamological), and so I didn't make as strong a connection with the speech. Yet another time I would have liked to read your notes before voting...great job.

Ivy Xing
by Gotchya

Comment:
I think I'd have tried to get the "No Parking" sign sharper or else crop it out entirely.