Ominous encounter
by markwiley

Comment:
Great work, sends a strong message.

Revolution
by gyaban

Comment:
I think this is the only shot in the whole challenge that made any sense to me and was fun to view. But not voting.

The Honey Factory
by vawendy

Comment:
Thanks for providing the background setup info Wendy! Makes a big difference to know that info. Congrats on a great shot and the Blue!

Horseshoe Park
by hahn23

Comment:
Very beautiful image Richard and Congrats on the front publishing! That's really exciting!

The Autumn Keeper
by rooum

Comment:
This has so much emotion, was one of my 10s Very, very good work, big congrats on HM. Knew it would do well. Hope my poem came close to what you were going for.

The Missing Lighthouse Keeper
by Sunshine86

Comment:
This image is so good! I'm wondering if my poem in the comments came close to what you were going for? Either way, wonderful work and congrats on the Red Ribbon!

Swimming in Wineglasses
by sjhuls

Comment:
Congrats on a very excellent image. Knew this would do well!

Swimming in Wineglasses
by sjhuls

Comment:
This just makes me laugh and laugh. Love it, love it. 10

Ok, I have been inspired by all the great works in this challenge, and I have been leaving story/poems as comments on some of them. This one deserves that as well. I didn't enter, so this was my way of inserting some creative energy.

Hours and hours of fun in the sun. Flowers and flowers as far as the eye can see, but no sign of a single bee. We kids borrowed my fathers glass and ladder, hoping he would not become madder. Climbing, laughing, jumping, over and over again, till the sun shone no more. Tomorrow a new day will begin again, what new wonders will be waiting for us kids to explore?

My Tree of Life
by Dennisheckman

Comment:

Originally posted by bergiekat: Double trouble! What great detail and curious if you used flash on this.

No flash was used, just that massive ISO of 12800 and the rest was done with careful processing. I also used my 2X extender which takes that 70-200 lens aperture to f/8. Not much light comes through with that. I also used the spot metering setting since it was actually fairly darker inside the tree trunk. I didnt want to take the chance of the evaluative setting with a challenging exposure like that.

Thanks again everyone for all your great comments! Very Happy with the outcome of this shot.

Just around the corner
by ThingFish

Comment:
Wow, really cool place to live! Congrats on HM and a really great shot and the processing brings it all out so well.