Angel
by AlexSaberi

Comment by roz:
awesome .. the blue colouring is perect and those swans form the most excellent silhouettes .. brilliant in every way .. :)

ETERNITY
by AlexSaberi

Comment by AmeedEl-Ghoul:
Ouchhhhhhhhh .. sorry about that one Alex, its still one of the best pictures by one of the best photographers, keep up the good work,

Schönbrunn Palace
by AlexSaberi

Comment by ryand:
this is phenomenal, great texture, awesome detail, colors are dead on and the reflection adds a very nice touch, very nicely done adding to faves.

Into the Light
by AlexSaberi

Comment by Melethia:
Such wonderful energy and a feeling of warmth and light. This is beautfully rendered and one of my very few 10s.

ETERNITY
by AlexSaberi

Comment by Melethia:
Fret not the DQ - minor nit in the real world, after all. This made a lot of us (well, me at least) stop to appreciate the illusion, and getting voters to stop to appreciate an illusion is pretty darn good. 'Tis a fine and imaginative photograph. Loved your regular FS as well - was one of my top three in that challenge.

ETERNITY
by AlexSaberi

Comment by BarbB:
Beautiful image...a 9 from me...sorry..but De Sousa was in the challenge too! :)

ETERNITY
by AlexSaberi

Comment by shamer:
Yeah, sorry Alex. I got myself all up in a huffy over this one, but read & reread and then read again the rules until I finally had to agree. It sucks that it is not clearer - an example is most definitely needed, SC!

I think we either need a slight mod to the 'Advanced' to allow any single feature which appears only once in the scene but requires it to have been in at least one other frame from that same scene OR we need a new ruleset which isn't as all-out as Expert, but allows something like this to somehow be valid OR we just need more 'Expert' challenges to get this stuff out of our systems...

Not allowing an application of our craft like the method that was used here in this image is really a loss for photography on this site.

Oh, yeah - I also spewed beer on my monitor when I read "It doesn't makes sense at all, the swan turns up, I flash it..." - I've never pictured a shocked swan with raised eyebrows before... the imagery is priceless, ROTFLMAO... Makes a good book title, 'The Senseless Flashing of Swans"

Message edited by author 2008-12-13 01:46:25.

ETERNITY
by AlexSaberi

Comment by geinafets:
I'm sorry this was disqualified, but even still, it's very beautiful! It was one of the highest scores I gave in this challenge.

But I must say that this phrase, "the swan turns up, I flash it," made me giggle and picture you wearing a long trench coat : ) (Hope that made you smile!)

ETERNITY
by AlexSaberi

Comment by hotpasta:
I am so sorry to see this DQ's Alex...is it a multishot thing or have I misunderstood what you did here?

Needless to say, an excellent image, and I LOVE the deep blue tones

ETERNITY
by AlexSaberi

Comment by kenskid:
Simms is 100% correct on this....

....another rediculous DQ.

Originally posted by Simms: Agree with you on this Alex - the stars move from frame to frame - and one would suspect that there are stars on the right hand edge that were not in frame in frame one but were in frame ten - ditto for any stars on the far left edge, they would of been there at the start, then moved out of shot by frame ten.. just like the swan. Basically sums up what we have been saying about this place.