The Red Barns
by jdannels

Comment:
This is a really pleasant image. I like the near balance from one side to the other, and the blue "mackrel" sky makes the color of the barns stand out and get my attention. The extra wide angle lens effectively helps make the cloud pattern converge at the peak of the main barn. The drive way looks a little blue, but maybe that's the way it actually is. I have seen shell rock roads turn that color when it gets dry after being wet for a while. I like rural scenes anyway, so this is first class with me.
Keep messing with the HDR, and after a while, you will figure out how to get it to do what you want to do.

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by jpochard

Comment:
Too bad he moved. Sometimes if you leave the motor running a wild animal will stay still longer to try to figure out what the noise is. I understand that the light was low, and you needed to be still with the camera.
Even with the motion it's fine image. Deer are supposed to move, and there was no chance of getting an eye contact shot with the back light anyway.

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by Bear_Music

Comment:
The reflection and land mass shape make this a very nice vertical composition. Winter colors with the blue and white sky and clouds and almost still water make this a relaxing image to view for me. The 640 size format does not do justice to what the image must look like in full scale, as the details in the trees are too small to resolve as it is on line here.
It's a classic example of a difficult to judge horizon, as the shapes and contours tend to fool the viewer's perception of level.
When you have time perhaps you could post some comment about how you captured this image, for instance, from a boat or on shore.
I'm wondering if you tried shooting the same scene from a lower or higher angle to see what it would look like? In the right side I see what may be interesting shaped water areas if captured from a 10 or 12 ft ladder.

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by DelRioPhoto

Comment:
If you had to wait to get this capture, then you waited just right. The boats at anchor help to make this a very relaxing image and a pleasure to view.

The evening the bike took a break
by illoosi0n

Comment:
Whoa! Bummer that you didn't keep the orij file handy.
There is only one thing that I see that I would have changed in this photo, and that would be to remove the lock cable if it was your bike. That would complete the "this could be long ago" look.
Clyde Butcher, one of the premier landscape photographers of our time has a gallery in Venice, not far from where you live. My sister in law works for him there.

Fearless
by chakkobbo

Comment:
Thanks for sharing your awesome good fortune to be in the right place and ready when the right time happened. This looks like the "big one" that you will have to measure up to from now on. Well deserved big blue.

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by ChimericImager

Comment:
If you could rub out the rest of the power line on the right, and the pole to the left of the dodged tree in the center, this would be one of those timeless looking images, where you cannot tell if it's captured yesterday or 100 years ago. Beautiful scene just as it is, and well done in timing, exposure, and PP.

Pet Cockatoo
by diablo2097

Comment:
I see that it took a lot of steps to get this image to look so good. This looks like "Snappy" my lesser sulphur crested cocatoo.. I like the whole image just as you have posted it.

Bound
by gjumi

Comment:
I don't watch many movies, so I'm not sure how this relates to the challenge by just studying the image. I see from all the comments what you were after, and it looks like you had a good idea, and got it to look the way you wanted it to look.
It's not a "big wow, artsy production studio" kind of photo, but it is the statement that you wanted to make. I'm not sure how you could do what you intended, and make a really sharp image that would nail the viewers attention.
I noticed also that this one image you have on line is getting a lot of comment action.
Keep entering photos. Who knows, maybe another challenge theme will click right for your idea, and will be a top 10. It helps to post something in the "photographers comments box" if you want to share any details, and gives some insight into the creation of the image.
Keep shooting, and keep posting.

Redondo Pier
by island_girl1

Comment:
This image is a fine compliment to the artist who designed this structure. The sky color and the people really pull me into it.