Predawn Serenity
by Cory

Comment by spiritualspatula:
I have a feeling this would've done better in Negative Space.

I think the "over pushed" HDR-ness of the sky is really due to the shutter duration, and separate from processing. Love the scene, but feel the downplayed water and notable sky would've been a good candidate for challenges other than body of water, which is minimized here.

Predawn Serenity
by Cory

Comment by tvsometime:
Nice. The red tree on the perfectly level horizon under the meandering clouds do it for me. 7

Golden Cubes
by Cory

Comment by posthumous:
close but too little is happening to too little of a square to create interesting negative space.

Fall Flight
by Cory

Comment by nygold:
I really like the pp you did on this it looks like wet paint.
Great colors, interesting sky, and a mess of birds.
Yep you have it all here. Oh and I did notice the faint flock in the upper right nice touch.

Predawn Serenity
by Cory

Comment by RianBotes:
A nice shot. A tad heavy on the sky.. but Im looking at certain section of this image and Im asking myself....WOW.. there are brilliant other parts which I would have focused on. Maybe the clouds have been worked to much due to some HDR type processing. A serene place sure to be revisited by you...this is a photographers dream spot

Golden Cubes
by Cory

Comment by LN13:
Lots of negative space here. Sharp, well lit...no complaints on this one.

No vote. I don't vote on challenges that I enter.

Predawn Serenity
by Cory

Comment by BJokerud:
This has an hdr look on it that looks overly done. The sky whirls to much for mye taste. 5

Smooth and Subtle
by Cory

Comment by Nadine_Vb:

Originally posted by HarveyG: The only thing I might have done was crop tighter at the top removing the white sky top left

Would not: there's a subtle one there as well

Smooth and Subtle
by Cory

Comment by HarveyG:
The only thing I might have done was crop tighter at the top removing the white sky top left

Smooth and Subtle
by Cory

Comment by HarveyG:

Originally posted by Bear_Music: Didn't get it, did they? I saw them, gave a 7...

I was about to say the same thing Robert... I also awarded and rewarded with a 7.
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