Leycesteria formosa
by tnun

Comment:
Very delicate, I like it.

Stripes, Interrupted
by KarenNfld

Comment:
Very nice, well done. Congratulations on the blue ribbon, it matches the picture beautifully :)

Kananaskis Country
by ursula

Comment:

Originally posted by the99: Congrats on your ribbon, Ursula! Hermosisima imagen!

Muchisimas gracias, Claudia! Me encanta que te guste. Un abrazo :)

Kananaskis Country
by ursula

Comment:

Originally posted by senor_kasper: Incredibly beautiful landscape, congratulations Ursula !! One question, was this picture really taken with a 150mm lens or is that a mistake? if it was the 150mm what aperture and distance did you use to achieve such incredible DOF and sense of perspective? this is even more striking considering you used a 1.5 crop sensor.

Thank you. No, it was made with my all-purpose walk-around lens, the really light Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR. I forgot to change the notes from the default lens (the 150mm macro, which I usually use for most of everything). Details are changed now. You might need to refresh for it to show correctly. :)

It's a handheld bracketed shot, base/+2/-2, merged in Photomatix, saved as TIFF, edited in PSCS5: crop from top, 3 curve layers light/dark/midtones for colour/contrast adjustment, skylight filter, dodge/burn). Nothing fancy in PS.

The 1.5 crop sensor is a bit of a problem for landscapes. I usually do not do landscapes, so it isn't that much of a problem for me. The 1.5 actually works to my advantage for shooting my style, close up and shallow DOF. I bought the D7000 over the D700 because I wanted to stick with a 1.5 crop sensor (and because it was much more affordable, hehe). What is so good about the 1.5 at closeup/shallow DOF is that you get the best part of the lens working for you, no edge fallout to speak of at all. I love that for my usual work. For landscape, well, like I said, I usually don't do landscape so I don't worry much about that.

Just An Old Road II
by Tiberius

Comment:
It's just a lovely shot! I voted 2 pictures "10" in the challenge, this was one of them. I like it very much. Congratulations on your high placement.

Standing Tall
by AllenP

Comment:
Congratulations on your blue ribbon. Well deserved!

Flight
by vawendy

Comment:
Congratulations, Wendy. It's an honour to be next to you on the front page. You have grown immensely as a photographer and as an artist. It's a joy to see your pictures.

Vertozontal
by NiallOTuama

Comment:
Great catch! On the technical side, it is quite oversharpened. I like the composition, and the colours.

untitled
by bspurgeon

Comment:
Beautiful!

Murder on Montrose Way
by LevT

Comment:
Congratulations, Lev, well deserved!