Kite Capers
by Pangurban

Comment by Marfun:
Makes me smile.

Kite Capers
by Pangurban

Comment by armando_m:
Excellent

Kite Capers
by Pangurban

Comment by hiltonmd:
Love it! There is nothing like the smile and laughter of a child.

Kite Capers
by Pangurban

Comment by Art Roflmao:
This deserves ALL 10s. Unfortunately I can only give one of them.

Edge of A Broken Glass
by Pangurban

Comment by SaraR:
Oh so close to that magic 6! Cool photo, too.

Against-the-Flow
by Pangurban

Comment by RianBotes:
Greetings from the Crit club

First off... what a great shot.The angle works wonderful and there is a story in this image. The white swan with the black water makes this excellent for B&W and also in this regard you have chosen wise to go with this processing. You mention difficult light conditions and also the subject here being white would have made even worse.
Risky with the 1/15th and I notice with your outtake movement very noticeable and having things work out on this one with hardly any movement visible is great.... yet where it counts in the water it has movement.. giving further dynamics to the image. Comp works well and placed perfectly.

Unfortunately the image did not score very well in the challenge and understandably so as the main subject here is the swan with the water playing a secondary role. Your title supports the water theme slightly but viewers are less concerned with this. I suspect that's the main reason why this image suffered under the hands of voters

It's advanced editing and I would have cloned out the beard growing from under the birds neck - the twigs. There is a slight hot spot on the back of the swan losing detail in feathers but Im not to concerned about that.
All in all a really nice shot and well done photographically speaking.

Regards
Rian Botes

Water_Outtake
by Pangurban

Comment by Melethia:
This is beautiful!!

Against-the-Flow
by Pangurban

Comment by greslizzz:
A subject so close to burning is very risky in challenges... You never know what kind of monitors people have.
You got a very nice and tricky one... exposure had to be carefully measured.

Cheers and thanks for your comments.

Water_Outtake
by Pangurban

Comment by SaraR:
I think you made the right choice for the challenge, but as a stand alone photo, I think I actually prefer this - it somehow has a sense of ambiguity to it that raises it above its subject. Hard to articulate my thoughts.

Edge of A Broken Glass
by Pangurban

Comment by MadMan2k:
I like the surface used as a backdrop here, it looks very intriguing when slightly out of focus like that. Great detail in the glass edges too.