Global Warming
by skewsme

Comment by JuliBoc:
Very OOB! Wish the landscape was a better image, because the idea is good.

Early Vernal Pastorale
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Comment by krnodil:
Nice pastoral - I wonder if the image would benefit from a closer crop on the right (just to the right edge of the sloping stand of trees). I like how you've captured the rolling slopes of the land.

narcissusphere
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Comment by posthumous:
this would look great in black-and-white... I love how painterly it looks.

Shedinja
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Comment by levyj413:
Man, what were people looking for? It's a solid composition, nice tones, and an interesting bug. That's a shell, isn't it?

narcissusphere
by skewsme

Comment by ilikefrogs:
would have liked it better if face of flower looking out through bubble

no flying
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Comment by purpleflutterby13:
At first glance, the colour makes the picture look kind of non-descript, monotonous and lacking in detail. Which is why it comes as a surprise when at second glance you discover that the picture is actually extremely detailed, and has interesting light and all sorts of things. At third glance it all suddenly clicks into place, and you realise what you're looking at.

Good picture! I'm impressed this was done in minimal editing. I actually prefer this one to the photo you did enter, but I expect it would have scored horribly, as the average voting time per picture probably wouldn't allow people to get past the first glance impression (and at first glance, I would've quickly given it a 4)

Global Warming
by skewsme

Comment by bmartuch:
Interesting idea and nice processing. 7

narcissusphere
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Comment by quiche:
Like the concept and composition but it needs some oomph. maybe more dramatic lighting would help. Or fiddle with the contrast or saturation.

Global Warming
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Comment by muur88:
funny...but until i looked closely i thought it was a regular outdoor thermometer...i must have thought it was one of those icelandic kelvin thermometers ;)...perhaps showing some of the long stem of the thermometer would have helped us slower folks...though i hope i'm the only one ;)

narcissusphere
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Comment by kjhunter2250:
How did you do this?. A most unusual shot.