Waiting for the Rain
by Cantique

Comment:
This is very cool--a good idea, and well carried out. I like the painterly feel. You might try to increase the contrast here--I did with an S curve in curves and it really pops. I downloaded this shot and tried a quick S curve using Mehdi's Curves plugin (//www.mehdiplugins.com/english/curves.htm), if you use the plugin and choose the S curve you'll see what I mean. You can also run it a second time and it even gets prettier! Nicely done.

Bad Boy
by dahkota

Comment:
You are finding some really interesting locations to shoot! I like this a lot. One idea I see for this is to perhaps try it with some grain or some grunge processing to make it a bit "darker" in mood.

Dark & Light
by Travis99

Comment:
Great shot--incredible capture of the sun, that's hard to do!

Congratulations on your first ribbon. Hope you see many more.

Dawn Light (St Michael's Mount)
by Falc

Comment:
Great job Keith--it's a wonderful shot. Congratulations.

Delicate & Lovely
by librodo

Comment:
Great! Congratulations

The Beauty of Motion
by bobdaveant

Comment:
Now that's my kind of shot! Very nicely done. If you want to see other examples of movement blur type shots, check out my portfolio.

The Aurora
by SCI 009

Comment:
Wow, so many colors--very nicely captured!

One suggestion: You might try sharpening the CD edges a bit in your image editing program.

Chocolate Kiss
by Strikeslip

Comment:
Good idea! I didn't vote but indeed this should have done better.

What might have been better here though is a slightly (even) closer perspective. I think the crop could have been stronger. Perhaps just the eyes, nose and mouth (make an L with your hand there and look at that crop). It's worth playing with some more unless you are 100% satisfied! After spending all the time and effort to rub chocolate all over your face!

How to interrogate crackers
by Pedxer

Comment:
Very funny! Nicely done. Perhaps making the photo a little "dingier" and "darker", ala Joey Lawrence style, might have moved you higher in the rankings (sorry, I didn't vote on these!)

Message edited by author 2005-08-31 11:49:01.

Milk Made
by scalvert

Comment:
Clever Shannon! And well done, though I admit I needed your link to see the cow! Congrats on top 10!

Message edited by author 2005-08-31 01:12:33.