Memories of Autumn
by L1

Comment:
i love the colors here, laurie, but think this image would probably have a lot to offer without quite as much processing.

Orchids
by aznym

Comment:
beautiful image, excellent bokeh. i wonder, though, if this will catch with the voters...there is something about the saturization that makes it feel a tad over processed.

This is going to be close........duck! ! !
by Sailingduck

Comment:
this is an attention getter, but you also would have done well with something from the nude beaches... ;-)

Stillness
by Bud

Comment:
i may be wrong, but this has bud written all over it...even so, it is beautiful. nice work!

Zen Garden
by breckinshire

Comment:
this seems to be a pretty popular model ;-)

The Stalker
by aznym

Comment:
most excellent choice! at least in my biased opinion ;-)

Silenced
by KDO

Comment:
while i appreciate your effort here, i think your background is more of a distraction than an image-enhancing element. i love the colors and basic composition, but believe that if your background had been sky and clouds only, without the mountains, this would have rocked!! good luck.

Holding on to life
by mattrix

Comment:
excellent entry, all the way around. lovely colors, detail, composition, and great bokeh. i just hope the voters don't kill you for not providing a more \"technical\" bokeh. good luck!

"Nevermore"
by zeuszen

Comment:
this had all the potential in the world, but i don't think this entry is going to fare to well. compositionally, there the subject is looking away from the negative space, which draws the eye away from all that space, which makes it basically useless. so, to start with, you could crop off the left 40% of the image and it would be stronger. the lighting is just a tad too strong, which is giving the image an artificial feel, almost as if this was a stuffed bird. the dof is a bit too shallow, making the transition from the brightly lit feathers into the oof ones a bit disconcerting. and, to top it off, even though you have achieved bokeh (in that you have a background that does enhance and compliment your subject), i imagine that it is not the type of bokeh most voters are looking for. at this point, let me say that i hope this helps, and i wish you good luck!

Red Rock Benches
by jjbates4

Comment:
yes, you have achieved a bokeh effect, but i don't find that it is really enhancing your subject. as for the subject, something about the lighting is throwing me off. if this was shot at red rocks outside of denver, shame on you...there is such incredible backgrounds there that you surely could have found a shot that would have rocked the voters here...