Mt. St. Helens
by Swashbuckler

Comment by DougPaz:
Very nice! DPz

Mt. St. Helens
by Swashbuckler

Comment by karmat:
So that's what it looks like. When I was there it was foggy,and we couldn't see anything. karmat

Mt. St. Helens
by Swashbuckler

Comment by vlaben:
You had a nice trip a weekend and you made a beautiful photograph.

Mt. St. Helens
by Swashbuckler

Comment by justine:
Good shot. You must be pretty close to me. Score 7 Justine

Mt. St. Helens
by Swashbuckler

Comment by Gracious:
Very lovely place! Could be crisper an a little more saturated. Still nice. Good luck in the challenge. Grayce aka Gracious

Mt. St. Helens
by Swashbuckler

Comment by Ricky Cleave:
i went there but I never got to see it from this perspective

Mt. St. Helens
by Swashbuckler

Comment by alanfreed:
Beautiful -- could be a postcard!

Mt. St. Helens
by Swashbuckler

Comment by sbullock:
i love the pacific northwest. Too bad this photo was taken in the middle of a day.... did you try using a polarizer? It'll help remove the haze 7

Mask Eyes
by Swashbuckler

Comment by aelith:
Swash, I think the problem is that you got so close people couldn't identify what they were looking at. A plain green glass might have been better for defineing the eye hole and setting off the stone. Was definetly an eye catcher.

Mask Eyes
by Swashbuckler

Comment by Swashbuckler:
The photo was supposed to Wow you. I thought the mask (the green, gold and purple part of the picture) were pretty wow. The crystal was THE subject. The eye hole was the negative space, the mask was just there to give the eye hole something to be an eye hole IN. I thought viewers would see the crystal clear crystal and KNOW it was the subject. I did not want the mask in focus, as it was NOT the subject.
I really thought this was my most artistic piece to date and I always try to meet the challenge as straight forward as possible.
22 ONE votes and 32 TWO votes say alot to me. I missed the mark. It's still one of my fav shots. Swash