Ghost in Flight
by hihosilver

Comment by dafletchr:
Mae, another beautiful shot!

S t o r m
by hihosilver

Comment by levyj413:
An unusual orientation, but you sure captured some amazing tones and contrasts in those clouds! I think it might be a bit too tall for my taste, but really just a great shot.

The Battle of Antietam - Blood Alley 1862
by hihosilver

Comment by levyj413:
Hi Mae. I like the action here. I only have two minor suggestions, and I'm not quite sure they'll improve anything. First, I'd think about cropping off the dead space on the left so the back of the leftmost soldier is next to or on the left edge. That would pull the foreground soldiers out of the middle. Try it and see - it may also be that that space provides a sort of border to the whole shot.

Second, and I see you did a bit of this, try darkening the background even more and also brightening the foreground. I use soft light layers for this kind of thing. The idea is to further separate foreground from background.

F a b l e
by hihosilver

Comment by Yo_Spiff:
I guess I'm not up to speed on my literature. What's the fable portrayed here? Nice use of the colors, but my eye is divided between the bird and the leaf, rather than being led from one to the other. With nature photography, you kind of take what you get to a large extent. Animals don't exactly pose for you!

F a b l e
by hihosilver

Comment by stoneangel:
very nice...

F a b l e
by hihosilver

Comment by geia:
whoah... are those the eyes of the bird?

F a b l e
by hihosilver

Comment by macrothing:
8 - Wow. Beautiful image and scene. Like your colors/tones.

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by hihosilver

Comment by nrdog:
this is beautiful, but it does not fit the challenge description of the "everyday...the ordinary"

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by hihosilver

Comment by Lady-Devine:
Very interesting to look at!

F a b l e
by hihosilver

Comment by bmartuch:
I love the colors and low saturation.