Dressed to Go Home
by dahlin

Comment:
This looks fine now. Got to love the body language with the finger LOL.

Before The Shadows Catch Them Unawares
by jomari

Comment:
This is great. The pigeon seems out of place at the beach. I like the watercolor thing quite a lot.

Reflection - stage 3
by cpanaioti

Comment:
This is looking better with each adjustment. It's almost there now. The detail in the mountain is a big improvement, and gives the scene a sense of depth.

Snow Emergency Route
by Kelli

Comment:
Technically, you made great use of the light and DOF in this one. The expression along with the cig make the shot.

Birds at High Tide
by Germaine

Comment:
The swirls in the foreground are the gem in this one.

Into the Sea
by Alicia

Comment:
Congrats on your new ribbon to hang in your new home! B&W was a good choice to show off the detail in the wood, and it paid off nicely too.

stardust and pearls
by Jutilda

Comment:
Nice girly stuff macro Judy! That's just the right amount of sparkle sprinkles.

Sunglow Pier
by Alicia

Comment:
This looks almost like a drawing. It's not at all like the landscape in AZ. I would hang out there often too if I lived nearby.

waking dream
by Jutilda

Comment:
Loving the home made clouds in this. B&W is the right thing too.

Ghost Moon
by pmichaud

Comment:
Very nice, just because of the ghost image. That's a reflection inside the lens, so it's at a much lower exposure level. Some lenses do that if pointed into a light source that is very bright relative to the background.
A UV filter can cause some ghosting with digital cameras by bouncing the light back and forth between the flat surfaces of the UV filter and the filter over the sensor. Most of the newer lenses and filters have coatings to help prevent this effect. I have a few older lenses that do this, esp when shooting at night and wide apertures.
In any case it worked for this shot to make it more interesting.