Means Blue Light To Me....
by Drake

Comment by posthumous:
You know what blue means... Sad.

Means Blue Light To Me....
by Drake

Comment by Cyrilda:
I love the blue light, this is a beautiful sunset shot. 9

Sunset Water Patterns
by Drake

Comment by sidpixel:
Hello from the critique club

An interesting image that contributes to the open challenge.

An appealing abstract made by the lighting from the sunset. The ripples are varied and form some interesting shapes with some lovely dark and light shades all randomly conjoining with each other. Whilst the image works reasonably well I think a much closer shot concentrating on the lovely random shapes of a much smaller section would have made a stronger image with more impact.

Means Blue Light To Me....
by Drake

Comment by IreneM:
Beautiful image. This reminds me of Anitas work...

Lunar Craters
by Drake

Comment by sidpixel:
Hello from the critique club

An appealing image that contributes well to the challenge

You’ve made great use of that huge lens Drake! As your commenters have already stated there is a huge amount of detail, looking at your details a bright night too! The cropping emphasises the crater you refer to well, sorry I can’t help with any additional info my moon mapping knowledge is non-existant.

Lunar Craters
by Drake

Comment by AJAFOUR:
I love how we can photograph the moon from thousands of miles away and still see this amount of detail!

Lunar Craters
by Drake

Comment by MaryO:
Phenomenal detail!

Early Spring Cardinals
by Drake

Comment by ciaeagle:
Greetings from the Critique Club!
Challenge: How can you go wrong in meeting a challenge when it's all about you? :) I love that your subject is a beautiful female cardinal. They don't get enough attention compared to their flamboyant other halves.

Composition, Focus, Etc.: Love the pastel colors with the natural background that really makes them pop. Focus on the face/eye and closest foot is great. The far away look/reflection in the eye adds depth and a bit of wonder. (i.e., What is she looking at anyway?) Nice feather details and framing. From what I think is a little water droplet below the beak it seems to be raining ... the lines sporadically in the background reinforce this. I'm trying to decide if they help or hurt. Maybe if there were a few more it would be any easier call. But then again we go back to depth and what makes *you* happy.

Early Spring Cardinals
by Drake

Comment by chalice:
Ribbon for sure.

Extreme Wind and Waves
by Drake

Comment by sidpixel:
Hello from the critique club

An appealing image that meets the challenge

I get to comment on it twice!! Everything from previous still applies and whilst I wouldn’t recommend this sort of post processing it is necessary for the challenge and to an extent it does actually enhance it. The sharpening is particularly effective on the seas. What does let it down is the halo around the lighthouse it is rather too obvious and intrusive. Well done for the high score and placement.