Duckbath with Snack
by Bear_Music

Comment by kiwinick:
some one make an open season on duckies and woodies

Duckbath with Snack
by Bear_Music

Comment by ShutterPug:
Hey - I think I recognize this ducky! Has been awhile , but I'm pretty sure it's the same ducky.

Duckbath with Snack
by Bear_Music

Comment by fotomann_forever:
Let me guess... Hey Bear ;-) Nice shot.

Gravestones & Church, Daybreak
by Bear_Music

Comment by genghis:
Nice color and composition, good work.

Gravestones & Church, Daybreak
by Bear_Music

Comment by Nyck:
such a cold nd dead feelin!

~ Jalapeño Heartrise ~
by Bear_Music

Comment by petrakka:
wow really underrated.

O U T C A S T S — A Tale of Forbidden Love
by Bear_Music

Comment by Marjo:
Great humor well captured. Congratulations on your high finish!

Gravestones & Church, Daybreak
by Bear_Music

Comment by Pug-H:
Taken at just the right time, as the shadows of the headstones fall perpendicularly on the tracks leading to the church. Well done, Cindi. ;-)

O U T C A S T S — A Tale of Forbidden Love
by Bear_Music

Comment by DustDevil:
From the Critique Club:

Congrats on a top 20 finish.

I think this is a very striking image. I always thought to try not to ceneter subjects up in the frame. Even though to me the subject is in the ceneter of the frame. The angle of the legs buckling, head tilt, ducky to the side. Make the image not very cenetered even though it may be. The lighting is spectacular! Very even and soft at just the right angle. As a newbie I would have left the entire shadow. But I see now how it fits without needing the entire piece. I personally can not find anything negative about the image. So i think as all to often it comes down to subject matter. Only being on the site for almost a year I have seen maybe 10-15 woody - ducky challenge images. So in my mind they are not to over done. But I am sure their are people who do not care for them.

Winter Dawn, Chatham Bars
by Bear_Music

Comment by Bear_Music:

Originally posted by crayon: A slight gripe though - just above the horizon, the clouds(?) made it appear posterized. Is it due to resizing?

No, there are actually small, lower clouds of a lighter color there. It doesn't work very well at thsi size, but it's not posterization. There's not much hue/sat work going on at all, the colors are pretty much out of the box. I did select the foreground and warm it up a tad, but the sky's pretty much as-seen.