Spa Day
by vawendy

Comment:
so cool .. or hot if that steam is to be believed . !! ..
love this a lot .. especially the beanie .. that's inspired ..
congratulations on such a creative and imaginative entry and the ribbon . :)

A Painter's 1st of April
by Lydia

Comment:
loved reading your trivia ..
i'm really sorry but i didnt vote or comment in this challenge but opened a couple .. and this was one .. and having seen a few of your creative endeavours with the paintbrush i felt this could have been done by no-one but you ..
congratulations on the blue ribbon .. and a great entry in the challenge . :)

an 'umbrella' made of grass
by roz

Comment:

Originally posted by Paul: Great macro. I think this is a Mantispidae; AKA mantis fly, mantid lacewing, mantid fly.

thankyou so much Paul .. i will check it out .. :)

Moses
by ytshuva

Comment:
how excellent is this ..!!!!..
the positioning in the canvas of your very good looking man is perfect ..
loving that crisp V that his sleeve forms ..
also that he has a face so full of character ..
both colour and black and white work so well ..
if you found him again and you showed him this he'd probably want a copy .. would look excellent hanging on his wall .. a wonderful conversation starter .. :)

Mad King of Hearts
by LevT

Comment:

Originally posted by LevT: You're right roz and perhaps I should've been the kind of spades... would've been more logical. On the other hand, what's logic for a mad king? ))

good point ..
anyway .. logic can be overrated .. ;)

Message edited by author 2021-04-07 19:40:28.

Puffin
by P-A-U-L

Comment:
thanks so much for all the info ..
very interesting ..

btw .. you need a sherpa for all your gear ..!!..
hoping that's not politically incorrect to say .. you never know these days ..

three minutes and 15 seconds later ..
I just googled sherpa as I was unsure if they actually carried the gear ..

"In some of the toughest terrain in the world at the highest altitudes, they routinely carry more than their body weight in gear, food, and equipment for tourists. It's not unusual for their loads to be upward of 150 lbs."

The Assylum
by vawendy

Comment:
this is AMAZING .. !! ..
what a brilliant image for the challenge ..
dont understand why you got so many low votes ..
either the colour or the black and white could grace the cover any good horror book ..
both edits are wonderful .. :)

reversed
by Tiberius

Comment:
this is brilliant .. and reading Rich's comment gives it more depth for me .. :)

Crisscross
by markwiley

Comment:
what a perfect merging of the two .. almost looks like one pic .. half black and white and the other half colour .. i mean really .. cities can be so uniform it wouldnt be that difficult to believe ..
anyway .. congratulations on the ribbon .. its a magic image .. :)

Puffin
by P-A-U-L

Comment:
WOW .. what a brilliant shot ..
i didnt realize we could flip the black and white image and the colour .. mine would have looked so much better if the grasshoppers had been facing each other like your puffins ..
i reckon puffins are up there as the most interesting and photogenic birds .. and i'm not detracting from your photographic skills btw ..
and that monster of a lens .. interested in your shutter speed .. and wondering how much you were zoomed in .. and if you were using a tripod .. if i shot at that speed at 400mm those birds would have been blurry for sure . . but you are the most wonderful wildlife photographer .. you make it seem easy .. :)