Discarded ...
by kari1

Comment by Judi:
Wonderful job with this unique find.

Early morning haze ...
by kari1

Comment by Janp:
beautiful shot

Early morning haze ...
by kari1

Comment by Bear_Music:
Beautiful capture! HOW, oh how, I wish you'd leveled the camera for this one :-) Reminds me of Northern California, Tomales Bay or some such location...

Early morning haze ...
by kari1

Comment by Blue Moon:
beatiful

Early morning haze ...
by kari1

Comment by Kivet:
beautiful

Fiddling on
by kari1

Comment by jrtodd:
Very nice, the black and white works well on this photo

Heron 30055.jpg
by kari1

Comment by drewid:
A little bit oversharpened, but the exposure and the colors are beautiful.
Try lighter USM on it and it could be much better.
For me in the upper section the dark is too much, but it's absolutely subjective, so it's not really disturbing.

Heron 30055.jpg
by kari1

Comment by ohanapics:
Nice capture on this one, great pose by the bird and great lighting. It seems there is some haloing around the bird, maybe from too much sharpening(?) if it's due to saving for web then disregard. The only change I would like to see is to crop some of the dark off the top edge, it's nice that the photo progresses from light to dark but there is just no need for that much dark space up there.

Heron 30055.jpg
by kari1

Comment by PHOTOKID:
Nice colors, Like the composition. Would have liked it a bit lighter for more color in the water. I would try an unsharp mask in photoshop to make it a bit clearer.

Nice Shot overall.

Rich

Tulips
by kari1

Comment by SJCarter:
Beautiful shot - lovely color tones and leading lines/curves. Very appealing visually and effective use of black background to emphasize your subject. I didn't vote in this challenge but would have probably scored this an 8. The only things I see that I would try to improve are a couple of spots in the background (easily cloned or blended out) and a little stronger focus on the actual tulips themselves. Well done. Love the peach color.