Beautiful Phoenix
by Alicia

Comment by shutterpuppy:
What great eyes! Nice processing.

Burst into Bloom
by Alicia

Comment by trevytrev:
I really like the lighting in this shot, very cool.

Phoenix Guy
by Alicia

Comment by Germaine:
Cool processing and a cool story to go with it.

Henna
by Alicia

Comment by smardaz:
cool! i've always wondered how long that lasts.

Burst into Bloom
by Alicia

Comment by dafletchr:
I love how the light is hitting this subject and how the darkness compliments the focus on it as well. Nice combination.

Phoenix Guy
by Alicia

Comment by patio127:
eeeewwwwww- well beauty ain't everything as Mom always said ! You did a good job with pp.

Houndstooth
by Alicia

Comment by Melethia:
This is excellent.

Presents
by Alicia

Comment by Melethia:
This came out really well if you ask me! What fun, and what a haul!

woah!
by Alicia

Comment by glad2badad:
He-he. Finally figured it out. What does look like a frog is actually the tail feathers as the bird is moving away from the viewer. :-) I had to look at that WAY too long! Who knows, that may have scored some points for you. With a cute title I'd have given this at least a 6.

One thing that immediately jumps out is the cirle framing created by the tree limbs. Very unique. It may be an optical illusion, but it seems like you have some purple fringing going on around the branches of this tree.

Just some observations. :-)

Phoenix Guy
by Alicia

Comment by salmiakki:
Good conversion. In light of Hotpasta's recent experience, I suspect you may have been a little anxious.