Final Approach
by sfalice

Comment by KaBooM:
Awesome!

Final Approach
by sfalice

Comment by _wu_:
It it was from the other side it would have been a 10. But still it goes very high in my voting

Final Approach
by sfalice

Comment by PhilipDyer:
Very nice shot. You got a lot of great detail on the duck, but it looks like that resulted in a bit of noise in the background. You could try just sharpening the foreground on shots where the background is supposed to be out of focus. Still, this is a good photo that works great for this challenge.

Kaleidoscopic Viewpoint
by sfalice

Comment by dsidwell:
Interesting abstract patterns here. I'm no expert with abstract photos, but I'm having a difficult time really enjoying this image (sorry for being blunt! Yikes!). I'm not really sure what makes an abstract photo work, but the patterns or colors or shapes, it seems to me, have to be so special that they are interesting in and of themselves. This doesn't quite do it for me, though I can appreciate your attempt. I wish I could be of more help. Sorry!

Kaleidoscopic Viewpoint
by sfalice

Comment by photom:
Nice colors which are really nice. On the other hand, the busy composition and lack of more area in focus are not so nice.

Kaleidoscopic Viewpoint
by sfalice

Comment by slonko:
This is a great shot
I hope it will do very well

Kaleidoscopic Viewpoint
by sfalice

Comment by Anachronite:
too abstract for my taste

Kaleidoscopic Viewpoint
by sfalice

Comment by train:
Beautiful colour in this image and nice detail

Kaleidoscopic Viewpoint
by sfalice

Comment by les0910:
Very Pretty.

Red country road
by sfalice

Comment by sfalice:
Mike – thanks for your kind words about my Red Country Road. Yes, I thought long and hard about those power poles, both when I shot it and when I post-processed the image. I thought they helped alleviate the bleakness of the sky, and as you say, give some indication of civilization. So that’s why they stayed. When I was at the site, I could have recomposed and shot around them, but would have had to deal with a highway and railroad tracks. That would have been way too much civilizationâ€Â¦

Now, those cattle guards. They are usually about 8̢۪ or so long and the width of the road and are made of metal bars or pipes slung crosswise across the road. There are about 4 -5 inches between bars. This makes it impossible for cattle, deer, horses, etc to walk on them. And, as I̢۪m a city girl, that̢۪s the best I can do for an explanation :>( so I̢۪ll stop there. I am fascinated by cattle guards when I see them as they sometimes have splendid rust patterns to play around with!

New Hampshire! I used to visit your state once in a while when I lived in CT & then in upstate NY. I envy you the coming season. Go shoot a nice red maple for me.

Alice