the last drop of water
by TrollMan

Comment:
how wonderful that this got the blue! congrats - it's marvelous! love the title too.

Nesting
by vawendy

Comment:
Not exactly a shabby score for FS... Amazing capture. You have great contrast, depth and sharpness. However this all makes birdy's head blend in with his wing. Maybe a little softening on the far wing would help - a post hoc dof adjustment of sorts. As others mentioned, the light blue-gray background might have been an issue. Perhaps opting for all sepia and then torquing up the golds and whites might have warmed things up a little, although it would make it less clinically accurate.

Water Fight
by pmichaud

Comment:
wonderful puzzle!

Edge
by freakin_hilarious

Comment:
Thanks for the compliment, P, I'm flattered - I'd be thrilled if I made this image. Love the colors - looks like a very adept inversion.

Fallen
by krukvaext

Comment:
nice subtle toning, love those purples

Molten
by Yo_Spiff

Comment:
This is nice - you gotta work harder on the 'hate it' part ;-) Something's not working for me with the orientation or composition - I want to go into the tunnel on the right and I can't. But, you've got lovely colors, well controlled highlights (in context), and the swiss cheese effect is kinda cool. For me, the best abstracts are subliminally suggestive of something representational, this allows a toehold of a sort.

johanna
by krukvaext

Comment:
This is very, very good. it's likely that narrowminded kneejerkers were knocking you down a few points for 'blown out areas', when of course, that's part of the magic here. I love the mood and the processing and the expression. Personally would have wished for a bit more space but that's probably only because I'm not generally a fan of fashion model shots - which is what this invokes. Please keep going with your gut - keep it artistic and interesting and don't dumb it down for a score.

nicotiana
by 2mccs

Comment:
nice work - hauntingly good palette

Papaver
by jjbeguin

Comment:
upon purple roads, abreast Persian red papavers - this is the way to travel

Switzerland
by jjbeguin

Comment:
big points for whimsy