red-riverinlet-dawn.jpg
by Bear_Music

Comment by ubique:
Stop this! Stop it now! Another beautiful image of which I am exceedingly jealous. See comments on "Jetty & Flats".

Jetty and Flats, Provincetown
by Bear_Music

Comment by ubique:
This is magnificent! I've been telling myself that I REALLY don't need a 20D/350D. My little Olympus is perfectly fine, I tell you ... fine! You and this damn lens have once again cruelly exposed the flimsy construction of my fortress of self-delusion. Mercy! I submit! Mercy!

grass-and-reflections.jpg
by Bear_Music

Comment by strangeghost:
Best eye-catcher of your 3. I love the lines of the marsh leading off to the left and right. Are you shooting obliquely into the sun? Looks like the distant trees are shaded but can't tell which direction the light is coming from on the grasses. Nice shot. Hope you didn't get your feet wet.

grass-and-reflections-2.jpg
by Bear_Music

Comment by rasdub:
Nice color and light in this picture. The splash mark in the middle of the picture kind of bugs me and keeps this shot from really standing out in my opinion. Looks like a fish or animal had just either entered or left the water.

grass-and-reflections.jpg
by Bear_Music

Comment by rasdub:
this is a really nice shot and my favorite of the three that you posted today. Have you taken a look to see what it would look like if you cropped the trees in the backgropund out so that you lose the empty space in the top right of the picture. I'm sure some people would save that you should maybe make some minor adjustments to the colors and levels in PS, but I think it is great as is.

nice work as always!

summer-marsh-3-IMG_0280.jpg
by Bear_Music

Comment by RedOak:
Oh man, stunning shot!! The colors, sharpness and smoothness of this picture and absolutly amazing!

grass-and-reflections-2.jpg
by Bear_Music

Comment by Jutilda:
Your exterior shots are just fantastic. I could look at them all day long. Another winner here. The colors and serene sense - Awesome!!

Milk, Blue, Cheese — Irish Porter
by Bear_Music

Comment by RonBeam:
Heck, I don't know, Bear ... perhaps you should of just thown it all in a big pot of milk and submitted the impact crater. Yeah... that's it! And.. and.. and then the resulting "wall" of milk will look like a crown coming out of the liquid ... with .. with lots of little drips on top of the "spikes" .. and.. and that would look really cool! I know its my idea .... but it's OK if you use it. Just act like you thought of it.

A Woman of a Certain Age
by Bear_Music

Comment by CalliopeKel:
I actually think those are rather nice breasts for a 59 year old woman. These are actually quite lovely. I think people are so accustomed to seeing implants and breasts of women who have never had children that somehow people are seeing these as saggy or droopy. I must disagree. The nipples are in the correct positioning for nursing a baby. The hormones during pregnancy is what creates this nipple positioning.

I quite love the photo, and I find it to be artistic and pleasing. One of my 10s in the challenge.

A Woman of a Certain Age
by Bear_Music

Comment by Bear_Music:

Originally posted by BradP: Sorry - not gonna' stroke your ego here Robt. Just my honest opinion, nothing else.

That's ok, Brad. My ego could use a little deflating from time-to-time anyway. Besides which, it was my conscious decision NOT to go "artistic" with this shot. I wanted it to be pretty much arbitrary and in your face; it's made no concessions to "improved" composition or anything else. She's as I found her, and presented in her natural light & location.

I wasn't even gonna enter this challenge, and did so on the last day. My thinking was to provide one, unadorned, photograph of reality. Turns out there were plenty of those, so it wasn't required, but I'm not sorry I did.

R.