Voigtlander
by Neil

Comment by graphicfunk:
What a beauty! Bumping up.

Glacier Point Driftwood 2
by Neil

Comment by wkmen:
I agree, and I find the driftwood is a bit dark for it to be considered the subject. The background is beautiful!

Maybe, just take the background down on brightness a tiny bit, then invert the selection and brighten the foreground slightly, or deselect and brighten the whole thing? (I just played with a copy of it a little in PSE 3, and it seems possible, but it might not be the effect you want.)

For competition, the picture almost stands on its own as is, if you leave "driftwood" out of the title.

Impressionist Vase 1
by Neil

Comment by wkmen:
I like this effect, and I feel like it's really close to impressionistic, even though the motion is obvious. What I think makes it better is that the base of the vase doesn't display any of the motion blur. That seems to anchor it, or make it harder, while the blur on the flowers softens them, and that's good. The dark background is a negative, I think, but I'm sure the lack of light bouncing around contributed to the positive I mentioned above. Overall, probably above the 75th percentile, had it been in the recent Impressionism challenge, in my opinion.

Voigtlander
by Neil

Comment by ExoticChaos:
Niceeeeee.

Voigtlander
by Neil

Comment by bbower1956:
Very nice

Voigtlander
by Neil

Comment by okcomputer:
nice shot.. good composition. not the most interesting subject, but good overall.

Voigtlander
by Neil

Comment by radiman:
great pic

Voigtlander
by Neil

Comment by autool:
Composition: 8
Technical: 4, The light is killing you here, too direct, try to diffuse it more, to take the bright spots away from the edges.
Appeal: 6
Challenge: 10
Overall Calculated Average Score: 7

Voigtlander
by Neil

Comment by renaissanceman:
Vintage. Photography's not what it used to be... Thank God!

Voigtlander
by Neil

Comment by Bud:
Excellent, tecnically a very good shot.