Dante's View
by LevT

Comment:
This is amazing! What a fascinating place! (I've been out on vacation, so just catching up on things. I replied to your comment on mine. :)

I need to study landscape photography more. None of my landscapes even remotely came across as "expanse". I think it's because I miss the foreground elements, or something like that.

This makes me want to go see Death Valley (ok, I already want to go for the night skies, but now I want to go even more. :)

The Great Expanse
by vawendy

Comment:

Originally posted by LevT: Very nice image Wendy, congrats on your ribbon! For me, for this particular challenge, it lacked depth a little bit. I myself was searching for a shot that communicates a huge depth of field. I know that sky is vast and limitless, it's just my visual impression that here it repesents a nice (but somewhat flat) background for the birds.

I agree with you, actually. I just didn't have anything else that began to fit it. It was only when I saw that the birds were so far away, and yet so clear, that I thought that it might work for the challenge. I was quite surprised at the outcome!

one eyed jack
by jmritz

Comment:
I was one of your sevens. I found it intriguing

Night drive into the city
by markwiley

Comment:
This is really cool -- but it looks tilted a bit... Is it? (oops ! forgot it was minimal editing, bumping up a notch.

Graduation Day!
(relieved and a bit proud)

by Lydia

Comment:
I forgot to vote on this challenge -- but I really like this shot. I like it better than all the ones above you. :)

Morning Glory
by cloudsme

Comment:
This is a superb capture and a wonderful shot, I just wasn't crazy about the processing steps in trying to lighten the egret. It seems like the lightening was done on such a small area -- the egret and a little around it, that it looked artificial. I've had this problem quite a bit. It would be interesting to see the original and see if there were better options. It is beautiful, and I gave it a 7, but it seems like the processing just wasn't up to the incredible capture -- which happens to me all the time! Well seen and grabbed!

Gotta blast
by pgirish007

Comment:
Hmmm... something doesn't feel right on this one. I'd be curious to see what it would have looked like if the person wasn't so far to the side. The face isn't quite out of focus enough, so it draws the eyes away from the interesting part of the photo.

tap
by jmritz

Comment:
It's really intriguing, but something just doesn't seem right. I'm wondering if it was a bit brighter if that would help? It seems like a beautiful song that's just a bit out of tune...

River Deflection
by NikonJeb

Comment:
Really lovely! I wonder what it would look like cropped in even more. The bottom 1/3 seems to draw too much attention, even though it's not in focus or not silky enough. It's the upper left/upper middle that are so gorgeous. -7-

hole
by Tiberius

Comment:
I find this quite intriguing. There's only a bit of splash, and yet it's a huge splash of light. The bits of sparkle on the right add instead of detract -- which surprises me. Not something I'd normally like - but it grabbed me. -8-