A Little Bird Told Me by Ana Maria Machado
by ellamay

Comment by crabappl3:
Nice use of light. Maybe slightly oversharpened. The composition is very pleasing. 8 -danny

Your Mileage May Vary
by ellamay

Comment by ScantyNebula:
My suggestion is to brighten the background, it looks a little dull
excellent capture!!

Your Mileage May Vary
by ellamay

Comment by vtruan:
Nice pelican shot. Not sure the title fits the shot, but who cares.

Communion
by ellamay

Comment by Shelley:
Beautiful shot. I like the outline of the trees and their placement in the frame.

Communion
by ellamay

Comment by Neil:
Nice shot; it would have been cool if you could have taken it with the water "aglow" as it sometimes is just around that time (maybe earlier.)

Communion
by ellamay

Comment by GeneralE:
Beautiful tones similar to a couple I've shot recently, but your's has much less noise. Excellent sharpening to maintain all the twigs without haloing.

A Little Bird Told Me by Ana Maria Machado
by ellamay

Comment by cmangis:
This is gorgeous! Framed so well, and the silhouette is perfect.

A Little Bird Told Me by Ana Maria Machado
by ellamay

Comment by johns:
love the lighting got a 9 from me:)

Communion
by ellamay

Comment by Neuferland:
How pretty, the trees, the sunset, the quiet, peaceful feeling. Ah, can I come pull up a chair? This is a wonderfully composition and the corpping is verll well done, there seems to be some lines in the upper right corner on my screen, not sure where they are from but it's not too distracting. At first glance this shot looks a bit dark so it scored a 7 but after coming back and really looking it goes up to a 9, a tad brighter on the right and you would have scored a 10 :)

Communion
by ellamay

Comment by zeuszen:
What a poignant, apt and well-considered title for this rich and yet so minimal capture. Without this harmonizing addition (title), the image would place itself only a distance away from cliché. With it, the viewer is encouraged to consider him or herself.

Colour range and contrast are superb. The crop is a little tight (vertically, for what could be a panorama) and a little high for my sense of a perfected composition. The horizon, also, reveals a very slight counterclockwise tilt. Having noted that, this image remains one of two of my favourites in this challenge. I say "Grace".