the bend
by glad2badad

Comment:
this is astounding .. literally felt that jump in my heart when this opened ..
congratulations on such a stunning image and the red ..
and btw .. you too . !! .. 7.4 to 7.0 in the last few votes before rollover .. :(

Swift
by Neat

Comment:
btw ..
after the 15 votes i would have been feeling extremely positive that i'd be getting at least in the top two or three on my profile page if i had been you .. i will be putting it out to the universe/god that you get that over 8 you are dreaming of .. it seems incredibly weird that you havent already .. xx

[Dec. 1st, 2022 06:23:59 PM]

I did not expect this.
Votes 9
Views: 22
Avg Vote: 8.0000
Comments: 1

[Dec. 3rd, 2022 08:24:34 AM]

Astonishing!

Votes: 15
Views: 36
Avg Vote: 8.0000
Comments: 3

Swift
by Neat

Comment:
really wonderful Anita .. this is such a memorable image .. the colours .. the silhouette .. and the little child running like the wind ..
many congratulations on the blue ..
btw .. have you ever had an exhibition .. so many of your photos i've felt should be printed .. big .. and hanging somewhere . not just online .. :)

Venice
by Neat

Comment:

Originally posted by Neat: Originally posted by roz: what's going on with those 4's .. I don't understand that .. I'm really sorry .. :( many congratulations on such a wonderful image for the challenge and I reiterate what I said during voting .. :) I guess people really liked it :) Judging by the 5 fours!

re the 4's .. maybe it wasn't about whether they liked it or not .. :(

Venice
by Neat

Comment:
what's going on with those 4's .. I don't understand that ..
I'm really sorry .. :(

many congratulations on such a wonderful image for the challenge and I reiterate what I said during voting .. :)

Sunday stroll
by markwiley

Comment:
amazing image Mark ..

many congratulations on the blue .. :)

September
by roz

Comment:

Originally posted by kasaba: Congratulations Roz - its all about the light ... Beautiful Pls,pls can you explain how you got the BG? I have some cicada exoskelletons on a tree and wanted to take "exactly" this shot, but don't seem to get it right ... Of course it would have been great to get the animal emerging the "old" body, but that happened during the night I guess.

hey Gaby .. i'll answer you here in case anyone is interested ..
for starters here is the original photo ..

i'm not sure what you mean about the background .. but if you mean about the blur then its all about the aperture .. and how close you are to the insect and how close it is to the background .. if that makes sense ..
i feel a bit weird telling you this as you are an amazing photographer ... and probably know what i'm telling you anyway ..

if you wanted to know about the other stuff .. like the colours etc ..
looking at my working tif file i can see that i did a sunlight action in Nik color efex ..
to get the warmer colours i used an overlay that i can share with you if you want it ..
i used the gradient tool in different colours to get the light top rhs .. and did a brightness and contrast adjustment layer to give it a boost ..

MAY
by ErinKirsten

Comment:

Originally posted by ErinKirsten: Originally posted by roz: btw .. it could be a breed thing .. but I could never imagine my Tod posing so chill with something like that on his head .. having said that it could just be that you are a dog whisperer .. :) He has been posing for years now, he LOVES it. This particular time, once I got the photo; I had forgotten to bring his treats in and he wouldn’t leave the area until I went and got the treats and gave him some. As though I couldn’t be trusted! LOL.

thats so funny .. about the treats .. ;)

maybe I will be able to get mr tod to pose like your pup one of these days ..
I need to be more consistent with training tho .. he's the smart one in the relationship ..

what's your pup's name btw .. :)

December
by kasaba

Comment:
precious .. !!! ..
totally perfect photo for December ..
many congratulations on your ribbon .. :)

particularly love that your pup is a little bit 'naughty' .. gives this character and is fun .. :)

MAY
by ErinKirsten

Comment:
btw .. it could be a breed thing .. but I could never imagine my Tod posing so chill with something like that on his head ..
having said that it could just be that you are a dog whisperer .. :)