Free as a Bird
by digifotojo

Comment by J-Me:
Jo, I'm so sorry that there's a couple of self-proclaimed "know-it-alls" in here, disrupting your enjoyment of having just won this ribbon. Perhaps, they do need some help in learning etiquette. (A statement, not a question).

Dudski and Kgeary...neither of you have any idea of what it is that you're talking about. There have been PLENTY of photos gracing the front pages of this site that I have had to head scratch, wondering why they are there. However, they are there. Enough people found merit and beauty in the shot to put it there. The same holds true with this one. Accept it...your particular tastes or not.

As for looking "fishy"...there are all kinds of forms of editing techniques. Just because YOU can't figure out how they're done "legally" doesn't mean that they ARE illegal.

Too bad neither one of you could censor yourselves enough to either not comment if you had nothing good to say about a winning entry...or...simply refrained from commenting (as I do when I don't agree with a ribboner) and waited to see if it was validated.

Both of you will look like fools when this ribbon sticks. I hope your photos receive the same curteousness as what you've shown here on this one.

Free as a Bird
by digifotojo

Comment by Dudski:

Originally posted by MinsoPhoto: Seccond, all who are bashing the finish and talking about it looking fishy need help.

What kind of help do you propose?

Free as a Bird
by digifotojo

Comment by jagar:
Well done on the yellow, always nice to catch a bird in flight.

Free as a Bird
by digifotojo

Comment by Dr.Confuser:
CONGRATS on the ribbon! Really nice work.

Free as a Bird
by digifotojo

Comment by MinsoPhoto:
First congrats on your ribbon.

Seccond, all who are bashing the finish and talking about it looking fishy need help. This wasn't one of my high scores I gave out but so what, enough people liked it and it won so that needs to stop. As far as the legality or whatever, all winners send in their original and the SC will determine that, not our place to do so and definitely not on the persons comments.

Free as a Bird
by digifotojo

Comment by kgeary:
I agree with Dudski...this image can't be legit. There's an obvious paintbrush stroke on the right side just above the tree line that extends nearly all the way across the frame with a color shift between what is above the stroke and what is below. This image needs to be checked out.

Free as a Bird
by digifotojo

Comment by yiannis723:
congrats on the 3rd place! this is fantastic! well done!

Free as a Bird
by digifotojo

Comment by neenee1999:
Beautiful image, wonderful content. Congratulations!

Free as a Bird
by digifotojo

Comment by jomari:
Congratulations on the ribbon. Gorgeous photo.

Free as a Bird
by digifotojo

Comment by Dudski:
congrats on the ribbon.

I fear that something might not be legit though (looks like a harsh paintbrush on the rhs, going from orange to greenish)... though maybe I'm mistaken

ETA: actually, I can follow it along the whole photo. something's fishy!

Message edited by author 2011-12-14 19:41:58.