Twilight
by Ken

Comment by Neil:
Ken, this is really beautiful! Next time I'm in Indiana we have to have a GTG there! Congratulations!

Twilight
by Ken

Comment by adrian45:
My word - what a lovely shot! It manages to look extremely cold with the blue bits, but warm and cosy with the sunrise, especially on the water, and I think the glow or softening filtering adds to the warm feel. I suspect I would have warmed the blue, so it all looked warm, but that would have spoiled it, probably. Well deserved ribbon!

Week 07 - Black Ice
by Ken

Comment by nikolaos:
Great contrast on this! The b&w enhances the texture on the ice and sky.

Week 08 - Wasted Time
by Ken

Comment by SherwinJames:
A cornicopia of discrete shades of gray here. I would like to see more of the land and less of the sky (but that's just my personal taste). This shot is quite captivating.

Week 10 - Inside the Sugar Shack
by Ken

Comment by e301:
There's a lot of stuff I love about this image: the mad off-centre composition, the motion, the blur around the mechanism, the detail, the light, the sense of accuracy, honesty in it. There's a slightly overdone smoothness that speaks of processing rather than of the image, and the real let-down for me: the vast acres of bland grey: I always find that an off-putting shade, speaking more of a desire to level out the tones throughout the image rather than communicating a sense of wonder at quality of light. Give me a sense of light and dark, give me s sense of texture, give me a sense of life; give me impact; but don't give me a histogram. It carries a sense of what you think you ought to do in processing, rather than of what you want to do. Be bolder!

Week 10 - Inside the Sugar Shack
by Ken

Comment by Melethia:
The wide angle aspect of this gives this a lot of interest, in my opinion, as does the movement of the people. I think that's one aspect of HDR and/or merging images that I'd like to explore more (and will do so when I get my monopod) so I thank you for the idea! I particularly like that you can see the steam rising.

Week 09 - Opportunity
by Ken

Comment by Melethia:
This is one of those shots I want to see bigger. There's so much lovely detail to explore and it's hard to do at the sizes we have here. The composition is very strong, with the fence providing a good foreground subject, the line of trees coming down on the right. I do like the glow/soft focus but would also like to see it crisp to reflect the chill and crispness of the snow. Looks like a wonderful day for shots - glad you had the opportunity!

Week 10 - Inside the Sugar Shack
by Ken

Comment by Bud:
The highlights and details really jump out, the downside is the blurry figures. In this case, they seem to be a distraction and make it hard to appreciate all that is going on.

Week 09 - Opportunity
by Ken

Comment by Bud:
Nice shot, I like the wandering fence through the center of the image. It would benefit from a stronger focal point.

Twilight
by Ken

Comment by Stagolee:
Brilliant !!! love it, congrats on the ribbon.