Encased
by Melethia

Comment by LadyK:
*sigh* makes me hate winter and miss spring sooo bad

4.52 Coot and cobbles
by Melethia

Comment by NikonJeb:
Love the reflection. The DOF is awesome, especially with how sharp the coot is. Great lighting for stark contrast.

3.32 Dolce
by Melethia

Comment by jasonlprice:
Oh wow, that is a wonderful photo! I love all those repeating patterns! The one thing that strikes me first and foremost is the "cleanness" of this shot. Everything is so clean and symmetrical. I guess it is my obsessive compulsive personality, but it just looks awesome to me! I would change absolutely nothing about this photo.

Feeding time
by Melethia

Comment by jasonlprice:
I really like this black and white because of the strong tones. The boots and her pants especially because they are so dark and the whites of the pigeons and water. I also like the mystery of the crop as Sandy mentioned. At first glance something didn't seem "right" about the conversion but I can't quite put my finger on it and now that I've looked at it longer I can't tell! I want to say it was the birds or the ducks in the water looked oversharpened and then noise reduced..or maybe the opposite...noise reduced and then over sharpened? Anyway, it is probably my imagination because the more I look at it the more I like it.

Birds through trees
by Melethia

Comment by jasonlprice:
This is a very interesting shot! I love the fact that it is both abstract and - whatever the term is for the opposite of abstract. The detail in those pigeons is just amazing! I love the foreground branches being oof too. Very neat photo!

1.52b Smoke break reedit
by Melethia

Comment by jasonlprice:
Oh yea Deb, I think you have done a great job on the reedit. Nothing wrong with the original at all, but the darker walls of this one really force your attention to the young man's face and now those boots and camo really punctuate this shot. Great job. On another note it is very encourageing to me that you would actually make application of the comments and re-edit the shot. That is an inspiration to me....

Encased
by Melethia

Comment by SaraR:
So subtle, and so pretty.

Encased
by Melethia

Comment by lovethelight:
beautiful lighting, it creates a cool mood

Encased
by Melethia

Comment by Dave Gordon:
The reflection looks ghostly, very nice effect.

Encased
by Melethia

Comment by dsterner:
very beautiful