Praise the Lord and Pass the Ketchup!
by vawendy

Comment:
Very nice capture of bird behavior. I've seen raptors hold up their wings like that, as if to declare victory and ownership of their "kill". Congrats on your well deserved top 10.

Leading Lines
by scarbrd

Comment:
Mesmerizing colors and lines. 9

Sunrise Silhouette
by bcrants

Comment:
Superb composition. Wonderful lighting and seascape to bg the perfect silhouette. 9

Artistic shots
by JaimeVinas

Comment:
Very effective and striking. The beauty contrasts exceptionally well with the ugly. Well done!

DPC Loves: Flowing Robes and Brooding Skies.
by sjhuls

Comment:
This is very nice work. I absolutely love the processing. Those mountains in the background give the image a stunning three dimensional effect. This is my fav in the challenge and this rec'd my only "10". I predict a blue here! Great job!

Bedded Down under the Stars
by hahn23

Comment:

Originally posted by Bear_Music: .... I was at ISO 400 to your 200, and f/5.6 to your f/4.0 ΓΆ€” so those cancel each other out. You gave approximately 3 stops more exposure than I did. I was shooting an hour and a half after sunset, and closer to civilization than you, so I expect that gives me a somewhat higher level of ambient light, perhaps a stop's worth. My image was (deliberately) underexposed by a couple stops so as not to blow out the stars, and then brightened in post, so that accounts for the rest of the difference. Here's the resized-but-unaltered RAW: How does that compare to your unprocessed RAW?

My resized-but-unaltered RAW: I agree with your comparison analysis.

Bedded Down under the Stars
by hahn23

Comment:

Originally posted by LevT: excellent shot, and the "surprize" herd of elk is just an icing on the cake. congratulations! (it must have been pretty dark there for such a long exposure at f/4. compare that with 180s in Robert's shot with f/5.6... and also moonlit, presumably by the same moon :)... do you understand it?)

No, not entirely! I was shooting after the end of astronomical twilight. It was very dark. Maybe Robert had some twilight left.... or light pollution from civilization on the East coast. The ONLY source of my light was the waxing crescent 24% moon. Had I used 180s, I would have had very little exposure. Mystery to me! I could not see the light pollution from Fort Collins, but it registered on the sensor.

The Bridge to the Eastern Shore
by Bear_Music

Comment:
Congrats, Bear, on the well deserved Blue! Love the wood grain. Vanishing lines, leading lines, great comp. This has it all.

Our Love Nest
by jellybelly

Comment:
Perfect fit to the challenge. Well captured. This is super because of the textures and the composition.

At the bottom of our garden
by RUEDISCHMUTZ

Comment:
Blue ribbon. Great capture. I had the same idea, but didn't have the rodents. Even then, to capture two critters is an amazing accomplishment.