Bearded Dragon
by bvoi

Comment:
Oh, this is wildly good! A perfect case where 720 is a Godsend, I daresay. The OOF foot at bottom is a bit of a distraction, but not too much. The border isn't helping you a lot because it's so "coarse" compared to the delicacy of detail, but it won't effect my score on this at all.

Message edited by author 2006-04-14 01:36:03.

View from Chimney Rock Lookout Red River Gorge (Half Moon)
by goldenhawkofky

Comment:
That's a pretty scene. You will get much better sharpness if you don't stop down so far. When you use very tiny apertures (you used f/32) the lens does not perform so well due to various forms of diffraction. Optimum sharpness for that lens is probably at f/11 or f/16.

The Bear Family Portrait
by kari1

Comment:
gotta approve of this one on basic principles :-)

Hydro-Static
by MQuinn

Comment:
Hey, way to go Mr. Quinn!

Standing Tall
by zeuszen

Comment:
Stupendous image! New favorite!

Force Field
by vtruan

Comment:
Oh gawd, this is hysterically good. New favorite :-)

R.

9.jpg
by Travis99

Comment:
This image has considerable interest, but it's not working for me compositionally. I find I like it better when crop from the left to eliminate the enclosure around the small tree.

5.jpg
by Travis99

Comment:
This one is amusing :-) If it were mine I'd clone out the bright support post behind his leg, though; that's an eyetrap, and easily gotten rid of. Maybe burn in the lower left too, to contain the foreground.

3.jpg
by Travis99

Comment:
This appeals to me very much. It's overprocessed in a good way, it's very evocative and enveloping.

the churning surf
by coolhar

Comment:
I just now realized this was yours, Harvey. It was one of my high-scorers. I think it's a very powerful image, made even more so by the matter-of-fact rendering of it, by the way you chose not to use contrast enhancement and dodge/burn to "pump it up". It's a fine example of the basic philosophy you espouse often in your posts :-)