Red Bellied Woodpecker
by Refocused

Comment by Barroness:
Beautiful Woodpecker in what appears to be harsh winter weather.

Black-Capped Chickadee
by Refocused

Comment by Barroness:
Every detail here is crisp perfection, beautiful image.

Red Bellied Woodpecker
by Refocused

Comment by MaryO:
Nice detail. I like the diagonal of the branch.

Black-Capped Chickadee
by Refocused

Comment by MaryO:
Gorgeous detail on this little fellow.

Fruit Tarts
by Refocused

Comment by Barroness:
Congratulations, a very cool image. I love the idea of floating fruit.

Fruit Tarts
by Refocused

Comment by primabarbara:
I also looked at the comments on your picture. It's a nice picture - but not an outstanding one. Willem is right to mention the flat lighting, the missind shadows and the cluttered background.
I myself was enthusiastic about the idea, but there would have been room for improvement in the realization. My vote was still a benevolent 8

Fruit Tarts
by Refocused

Comment by Refocused:

Originally posted by willem: Originally posted by GolferDDS said on 2025-01-06:: Originally posted by roz: this is amazing .. I hadn’t seen this challenge until Anita told me how yours should have got the blue .. so of course I came to check it out .. WOW .. brilliant result .. and I loved reading your backstory .. :) feel sad about those low votes .. would love to know why .. :( Thanks Roz And Anita, Yes, I would love to hear from the low voters so I can learn how to improve my results in the future. I gave it a 4 for reasons already explained during the challenge. The flat light seems to be a trademark/style (on camera flash?). I noticed I often make that remark on your images. The images often lack shadow contrast in my view. If I look at the histogram it is often quite narrow. On my phone it looks better but on my calibrated screen the images look often really flat. This aspect often takes 1 or 2 points of my rating.

Hi Willem,
I thought this would be an interesting discussion so I created a forum to continue.
Thanks,
Larry

Never Enough!
by Refocused

Comment by willem:
It is a clever combination of two images but is it a double exposure as intended in this challenge? I know, this is a personal interpretation. I wonder how much of the peanut image was removed and is that standard editing? I am voting as-if legal.
For me, a double exposure means that two images are layered on top of each other and details of both images are visible in each part of the resulting image, unless one of the images uses a pure black in certain parts. Ideally the resulting image is more than just the addition of the two. The combination shows some added value.

Fruit Tarts
by Refocused

Comment by willem:

Originally posted by GolferDDS said on 2025-01-06:: Originally posted by roz: this is amazing .. I hadn’t seen this challenge until Anita told me how yours should have got the blue .. so of course I came to check it out .. WOW .. brilliant result .. and I loved reading your backstory .. :) feel sad about those low votes .. would love to know why .. :( Thanks Roz And Anita, Yes, I would love to hear from the low voters so I can learn how to improve my results in the future.

I gave it a 4 for reasons already explained during the challenge. The flat light seems to be a trademark/style (on camera flash?). I noticed I often make that remark on your images. The images often lack shadow contrast in my view. If I look at the histogram it is often quite narrow. On my phone it looks better but on my calibrated screen the images look often really flat. This aspect often takes 1 or 2 points of my rating.

Message edited by author 2025-01-07 03:17:59.

Black-Capped Chickadee
by Refocused

Comment by willem:
Very clear and sharp. I wish the background would have been more appealing.