Autumn Gold Day 15
by riversong

Comment:
Have you ever felt like you just wanted to 'melt' into an image?? That's how I felt when I looked at this gorgeous scene you've treated us to! The colors are so warm and encompassing, as are the soft yet crystal clear textures. I'm not sure what you are referring to about cropping out the road, do you mean those few posts define a road? In any case I actually like the posts in the lower left of the image, as it gives a sense of reality to the almost fantasy feel of the total image. Thanks for sharing this beautiful image, Darlene!

Day 16 redo
by riversong

Comment:
The other was nice, but I do like this version much better! As for the darkened corner being overdone, I'm not so sure I would have noticed it if you hadn't mentioned it, because my attention goes to the pretty golden leaf standing up...

17: C L I C H E
by muckpond

Comment:
Well, I'd have to concur that some flower shots are cheesy. But some are glorious (especially the ones I've seen around here) and so is this one! This ain't your grandmother's mccheesy, IMO. The rich colors and bold processing result in a very unique and wonderful image!

4 owens
by muckpond

Comment:
This is priceless! I love the series of silly faces; adore the distortion; awesome colors and processing in general... adorable, hilarious, I sure hope you supersize this and hang it on your wall!!!

Outward Bound
by Germaine

Comment:
So very lovely! Amazing ocean view (I'm a native Californian and I must admit I sure do miss the ocean) and wonderful capture of sunrise colors! I love the flock of birds on the left, but after reading your comments love even more what I now know to be the flock of pelicans sitting around -- how cool! So many of your images make me nostalgic for the CA coast... this is at the top of that list :-)

Spice
by Alicia

Comment:
Fabulous and funky! Great processing, thanks for sharing the details as I'd love to try this myself :-)

Sunset over the Cosmos
by Pug-H

Comment:
Huge congrats on the personal best great score and in the top five! This is really fabulous!!!!!

Window view
by Melethia

Comment:
Great impact in this image! The b&w and somewhat unfocused look is reminiscent of a WWII image, but then again we wouldn't be seeing those particular vehicles, now, would we :-) What a great reminder of the different situations that we find ourselves in. Thank you so much for sharing your (often beige!) world with us because these are glimpses into a world that I would otherwise not get to view... More importantly I am eternally grateful for your service and the sacrifices you've made to be there in the first place :-)

Day-11-slice-of-life.jpg
by joynim

Comment:
Congrats to Nimue! A marvelous image, you've captured her exuberance perfectly! As for the sky, I'm one of those odd people who actually like blown backgrounds in the right circumstances, and this sure fits the bill :-) I think this is great as is, what a little cutey pie!

Day 9 slice of life.jpg
by joynim

Comment:
She is absolutely gorgeous! I know nothing about portrait photography (except of cats of course), but I couldn't help playing with such a lovely image! Hope you don't mind, here's what I did:
Cropped, added a channel mixer layer to convert to b&w then reduced the layer opacity to 76%, used the burn tool to darken the left side of her face to blend into shadow, did a bit of unsharp mask just around her eyes and mouth, then brightened her eyes a tad by making a copy of the irises and setting the layer opacity to 80%. I don't know about it being better processed, but it is different :-)