Mirror Image
by HikerDude

Comment:
Congratulations on your first ribbon, this is a wonderful shot!!

Behind "Blue Eyes"
by Givemeashot

Comment:
Interesting shot, I like the use of selective desaturation to enhance the blue in the eyes and pants.
The composition is too centered though, I think a tighter crop eliminating the space to the left and the hand at the bottom would make the composition more interesting.

reflection #2
by azuractive

Comment:
Another underrated image. It really deserves a higher placement. Congratulations on such a beautiful image.

Birds Eye View
by landcamera

Comment:
What!!!! I thought this was going to be at least within the top 10. Highly underrated, this was one of my 10 scores in this challenge.

Missing you
by LalliSig

Comment:
Highly underrated!!! A duotone as rich as this straight from the camera deserves at least a top 10!!!

bloem
by crayon

Comment:
Wow!! Really underrated!! I like the lighting you created for this shot, it gives volume to the flower, also the DOF, colors and sharpness are great! Congratulations!

Among the Mist of the Morning
by Rgarcia

Comment:

Originally posted by crayon: a lovely capture (what bug is that anyway?) I've also seen your edited version (as shown thumbnail above). Since you asked for a comparison - the edited one definately show a stronger colour and sharpness. Might wanna try the Fuji Vivia settings on your camera, and bump the in-camera sharpening a little higher, if straight-out-of-camera is what you do :)

Thanks Crayon, this is one of the many varieties of Shield Bug (also known as Stink Bugs) than can be found in Central America.

I definitely agree with you regarding the edited version, nevertheless I prefer to do the editing with Photoshop and try to use the RAW function in the camera as much as possible. I think that the image processor inside Digital Cameras is limited and that Photoshop offers a richer variety of choices to post process.

summer
by ursula

Comment:
I knew it!! Congratulations on such a great photograph and your new personal best. Very well deserved blue ribbon, as I commented during the voting period.

Here's Looking At You, Cindi!
by Art Roflmao

Comment:
Cool spider, nice focus in it's face and great exposure.

Lone Bluebell
by Ben

Comment:
Interesting picture with shallow DOF. Nice boke and composition.