Radial Sunset — December, 2005
by Bear_Music

Comment by shudderbug:
Wow, that's some beautiful amazing sky!

Marsh Road, Dawn
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Comment by tonyv:
I think that the car lights actually spoil a lovely picture.

I Am My Work -- the Thorn that Weeps, & Holds the Sky Entire...
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Comment by hotpasta:
I agree with tristalisk. When you are judging self portrait after self portrait (244 in total) and you see a drop of water on a branch (nice picture, nice bokeh and everything), my immediate thought is, 'someone's in the wrong challenge!' Without an explanation, sometimes the title doesn't make sense to the 'ordinary' person whoever the 'ordinary' person is.

Shots like this entered in a Self Portrait comp are risky. You took the risk - and good on you. But you have to expect that people will give you 1's when they don't get it.

This challenge was beyond my time. In all honesty, even if I would have understood it (and I probably wouldn't have) as a picture it ranks a 5 or 6 to me. Just being honest.

But I admire you for doing something different and for that I give you a 10. Also congratulations on the publishing...that was probably a great sense of pride and satisfaction for you.

I Am My Work -- the Thorn that Weeps, & Holds the Sky Entire...
by Bear_Music

Comment by hotpasta:
I agree with tristalisk. When you are judging self portrait after self portrait (244 in total) and you see a drop of water on a branch (nice picture, nice bokeh and everything), my immediate thought is, 'someone's in the wrong challenge!' Without an explanation, sometimes the title doesn't make sense to the 'ordinary' person whoever the 'ordinary' person is.

Shots like this entered in a Self Portrait comp are risky. You took the risk - and good on you. But you have to expect that people will give you 1's when they don't get it.

This challenge was beyond my time. In all honesty, evern if I would have understood it (and I probably wouldn't have) as a picture it ranks a 5 or 6 to me. Just being honest.

But I admire you for doing something different and for that I give you a 10.

I Am My Work -- the Thorn that Weeps, & Holds the Sky Entire...
by Bear_Music

Comment by jsas:
I want to hear the rest of the poem I know you have one. Great shot and the comments are just sad.

Marsh Road, Dawn
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Comment by AzCKelly:
Wow, Beautiful picture, I think it would be even stronger without the red light streak. Love the transition of colors in the sky and the texture of the grasses.

I Am My Work -- the Thorn that Weeps, & Holds the Sky Entire...
by Bear_Music

Comment by roadrunner:
it just goes to show how narrow minded some people in the world are.. i personally can see where you were coming from, and if i had've seen this challange and read your tittle, i would've known where you were coming from, sometimes ( and some people ) see themselves as other things, not everyone ( me included) wants to see themselves as they are in the mirror, i personally will NEVER do a self portrait, unless i am seeing myself as you did here.... i say top marks for being out side the sqaure that everyone else seems stuck in....

OHHHH.. and a B I G congrats on the photo being published... now to me thats better than any score recieved here...

Message edited by author 2006-01-21 22:05:30.

Marsh Road, Dawn
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Comment by Falc:
First impression is nice light, second impression is what a waste of space on the left. You could have made a lot more of the excellent color and the road with a different composition.

Summer's End — Sunrise
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Comment by Skyarcher:
This is beautiful. Very much reminds me of some parts of my beloved Everglades. :)

landfall-IMG_2470.jpg
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Comment by elee3009:
Love the minimalist approach here with just a "little bit" of bird to add interest(if we can call it that), playing up instead the contrast of natural textures and colour between rocks, sea and sky. True piece of art!