Rainy Day Phlox
by patio127

Comment:
Nice whites and just enough definition and softness to get the gestalt of Phlox.

My Daughter - In A Bucket :-) "dig-dig-dig"
by Love6

Comment:
Contrast of daughter and bucket and contrast of white and black: stunning visually and conceptually. Enviable BW conversion and child!

ETA: interesting domino segue.

Message edited by author 2008-08-09 14:15:05.

red poppy 01
by tnun

Comment:
Here is the uncropped original


And patio's noise reduction
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Jolie
by AP

Comment:
Wonderful. I ask myself if this is a photograph of a person or a photograph of light which gives this a great dimension.

Grandpa's watch
by hajeka

Comment:
What? ANOTHER brilliant segue.

red poppy 01
by tnun

Comment:
Thank you commenters and patio###.

pixelpig: good question. I think the noise is a product of bringing up more colour/saturation, decreasing the gamma/lightness, and all the torture I put it through - for sure the USM creates strange artifacts after awhile. As well I am working with a small jpg file(albeit the crop was slight on a 4mp image) although you wouldn't think that would matter at the sizes we post on dpc.

Will try to post original.

Catscape
by pointandshoot

Comment:
Who'd have thunk it?

A church with a view
by ELLIPS

Comment:
I happen to like this better than your entry, though no question it would not score so well. Here I am happy to focus on the church and the sea and how the light reveals and unites these 2 such different textures. This intensifies and enriches my experience of light and form.

Golden Beach House Margarita
by Hipychik

Comment:
Wonderfully quirky. I do love those classic lawn chairs.

Nov 4 - Ice
by hajeka

Comment:
Another segue winner!