Amethyst Sunbird II (PAW 3/52)
by HarveyG

Comment:
Terrific capture! I really like the motion blur and colours. A suggestion would be to isolate the background and reduce the intensity of the fluorescent green. The bokeh otherwise is beautiful.

2. curious
by PennyStreet

Comment:
A very interesting and appealing image. Great title too.

Waiting for the Recital
by vawendy

Comment:
What a beautiful image. The lighting is perfect.

The Halfpipe's Song
by Bear_Music

Comment:
Wow Bear, did you just achieve one of your goals of getting the Brown with a legit image? This is a wonderful image.

School's out for Summer
by Neat

Comment:
Congrats on the HM Anita! You're on a roll this year, there's no stopping you. Hehe, good to see your educating some of our northern hemisphere friends.

In and around Balboa Park - Week 2 - The Tree
by Ann

Comment:
That tree looks like it has grown with the one purpose of having a tree house built within it. The colours and textures are nice and you did well with the manual focus.

Week 2 - Textures
by BeckyT

Comment:
Amazing patterns. I'll have to have a closer look at my palm trees when I get home.

IMG_3670-The-Design-tree-800
by sfalice

Comment:
What an interesting tree. I also really like that shadow.

IMG_3660-communication-is-King-800
by sfalice

Comment:
Great find! I'm sure there are many architects and designers who would cringe to see such a lovely building treated like this.

Week 2
by bsluijk

Comment:
I have no skills when it comes to artificial lighting and little experience with still life so I can't really add any words of wisdom. For me the details are good and the subject is interesting. I feel it is a little too tightly cropped at the bottom making it feel a bit unbalanced.

If I was to try to take a shot like this and wanted to get rid of the shadows I would use a tripod, reduce the aperture to get an exposure of several seconds then use a small torch through a tissue to paint some light into the dark areas. This may come out looking like crap which is why I don't do these sort of shots well :-)