Fire in the sun
by Judi

Comment by cujee:
Amazing capture! It looks like global warming is about to destroy the earth. One of my favourites. 9

The Sun Shines Only On My Love
by Judi

Comment by gilty_one:
very good use of the sunshine gradient background for the silhouette.

A girl you once knew
by Judi

Comment by timfythetoo:
Nice shot Judi. I scored this an 8 in challenge. Had it in my top 3. Surprised it didnt even break a 6.

Fire in the sun
by Judi

Comment by hotpasta:
great drama in the sky...

Hearts and Bubbles
by Judi

Comment by photodude:
The photo is technically excellent, but the crop was just off somehow. It showed enough of the bride that I wanted to see her. It either needed less or more crop.

The Sun Shines Only On My Love
by Judi

Comment by ilphoto:
prefer give more space at below to give strong balance in composition. Over all nice picture, love the tone...

Hearts and Bubbles
by Judi

Comment by sulamk:
a lot of noise from tight crop

Are you game?
by Judi

Comment by SDW:
If I look at my monitor from a high POV (looking down on the monitor) I can clearly see a backdrop with diagonal wrinkles and a horizontal fold line about 50 pixels above the index knuckle on the hand. Look at the monitor as one should eye level and at no horizontal angle, I can faintly see what the background. Looking from a slightly low POV the background appears to be clean.

These factors make me wonder. Is their anything you could of done to make the background (as-is) blend in so it would not show any wrinkles or folds. Do people when the vote look at the photographs at eye-level and perpendicular to their screens (as they should) or do people vote leaned over, propping their head on one hand. Is their monitor to high or low? how does voting while looking at a monitor at an odd angle effect the score of a photograph. I can't help but feel that several of the 59 voters that rated it a 6 would have possibly rated your shot as a 7 if they viewed the photograph correctly. Something to think about. But we can't control everything.

Acer AL2216W 22" widescreen monitor.

Are you game?
by Judi

Comment by PapaBob:
Yep, there there if I scrunch my eyes and look from the far right with my tongue in my left cheek but from straight on I do not see it, mines calibrated also.

The Sun Shines Only On My Love
by Judi

Comment by Wenders11:
Beautiful shot, it would do well in the sun challenge too!