bird bath reflections
by roz

Comment by SandyP:
This is amazing Roz! It was one of my favorites in this really difficult challenge! We have a birdbath, and I could sit for hours and watch the birds play.. I’m with you also about defending the minimal processing you did on it. I don’t see that at al! But, I got the same comment by the same person on my very minimally processed image entered in this challenge too.

I think it’s marvelous!

an expressive cat called molly
by roz

Comment by Art Roflmao:
So this is your daughter's portable light source? ;-) Beautiful portrait. Being very photogenic is the only thing I like about cats. :)

shadow run
by roz

Comment by Art Roflmao:
I LOVE this, Roz! You've done a fantastic job putting these together. What a beautiful beach, too.

bird bath reflections
by roz

Comment by vawendy:
seems overprocessed -- would like to see what the original looks like. Cool looking bird, though!-6-

bird bath reflections
by roz

Comment by mariuca:
Who could it be?
(I feel related to it!)

bird bath reflections
by roz

Comment by MaryO:
Beautiful image; the bird is nice and sharp and I love the green bokeh complementing the foreground so nicely.

stepping lightly
by roz

Comment by mariuca:
Grandiose composition.
A page from Genesis (just added the missing "s")
10

freedom
by roz

Comment by grahamgator:
This is beautifully composed and processed.

freedom
by roz

Comment by SandyP:
It's funny. I think there are two schools of artists (probably more). A more classic style of artist; or a more edgy conceptual style. I've pondered it so often myself because I've had some of my photos selected for art gallery exhibits, but sometimes, the juror says, "No thanks", but when I look at what the juror gave thumbs up to, I think, "Whaaaa??????? Really?????" Likely, neither camp is going to appreciate the art of the other... so.... I'm thinking each artist should turn out work they love that makes them feel wonderful about their work... and just know that there will be some that don't appreciate it. That's the danger about entering contests like this... we end up suppressing our own style for a score, and sometimes the real artist inside us gets compromised or worse, silenced, in favor of winning. I have a friend who used to be very active here. She rarely made high scores, but she went on to become quite renown in the art community. She was represented by an art gallery, won tons of international and magazine competitions, and was asked to be a keynote speaker at some conferences. She also was asked to juror a competition at the art gallery that I've had my work shown. So... all that to say, I really think we should be true to ourselves, win or no, or risk losing that edge of excellence in the style we love and were created to turn out. That's my 2-cents worth of thought anyway.

freedom
by roz

Comment by posthumous:
whenever you do something interesting and surprising, a few low votes is a badge of honor.

If you get no low votes, your shot probably isn't as interesting as you thought.