Black-Eyed Susan
by Emerkaza

Comment by Daspar:
Great shot of the flower but the 'grain' doesn't impact the picture in the way the challenge called for. However, it is bright, sunny, and most hopeful for a great summer!

Potlatch Bowl
by Emerkaza

Comment by Blue Moon:
interesting object, but I feel like you could have could have composed it in a better way

Antiques
by Emerkaza

Comment by idp:
I like the pp on this and the slight tilt - good picture - 10

Potlatch Bowl
by Emerkaza

Comment by vawendy:
I would have thought that there would be more carved bowls, but I didn't find hardly any!

Fascinating bowl, fun picture!

Black-Eyed Susan
by Emerkaza

Comment by ELLIPS:
Clever use of grain, it emphasizes well the subject

The Poet's Darling
by Emerkaza

Comment by colorcarnival:
Beautiful use of selective desat. I love how the crisp white petals just pop out of the photo.

Unedited
by Emerkaza

Comment by Dirt_Diver:
To get those bright areas away you can use a ND filter, or multiple ND filters. You could wait until later in the day, if you wait until civil twilight you might get some nice moon light on the area. You could adjust your exposure comp to somewhere around -2 or less to remove the blown hightlights but in reality you want to have your histogram more towards the whites than the blacks. If you over expose the shot your more likely to edit it and bring them back/change the color vs under exposing it and losing all those pixels. I love the water shot but try shooting later in the day first.

One thing that was told to me was shoot the same thing from around the same general area 24 different times of the day. Doesn't need to me all on the same day but experiment with time of day, weather, tide, and so on. You will get a different shot each time.

Good luck, sorry I didn't post in the thread, I didn't read it all nor did I see other suggestions so excuse me if you have already found an anwser. Good luck

Potlatch Bowl
by Emerkaza

Comment by IWhispered:
Not sure I like the upside down angle. What do you put in that? I like the face of the bowl, from what I can see.

Potlatch Bowl
by Emerkaza

Comment by mgarsteck:
I think it would look cool as a high contrast BW

Potlatch Bowl
by Emerkaza

Comment by bauerfan71:
Interesting subject, but the shot itself doesn't have that "wow" factor.