The gift of Spring
by margetts91

Comment by Charlene:
Mmmm... so pretty and soft. Love the desat here.

The gift of Spring
by margetts91

Comment by choltmeier:
Great shot. I love the enhanced contrast and shadows on the petals. I'm not sure how you isolated the yellow of the flower within basic editing rules, but if you did, very well done. I'll assume not and vote high!

The gift of Spring
by margetts91

Comment by ryand:
RIBBON!!! It has it written all over it, the selective desat is amazing, great composition and lighting, 10 from me and a favorite, very nicely done.

The gift of Spring
by margetts91

Comment by euromac:
very nice idea, but the tips of the fingers look cut off - especially the second to end... it's too distracting for me.

The gift of Spring
by margetts91

Comment by Cwcookiii:
great use of desaturation. nice image

The gift of Spring
by margetts91

Comment by aneyra:
Nice shot!

The gift of Spring
by margetts91

Comment by hotpasta:
not sure how you accomplished this under the basic editing rules...will give benefit of the doubt

The icy path
by margetts91

Comment by Yo_Spiff:
This probably got scored so low because of the lack of visible ice. Seems like a shoehorn attempt. It's not a bad pic, though. Aside from not meeting the challenge theme, I would have probably given it a 5. I can see an effort at composing an interesting shot of a good scene. My eye flows up the path and to the bridge quite nicely. Clarity and sharpness seems lacking a bit, especially on that nice stonework on the bridge. Some curves adjustment and sharpening would have probably helped that.

To play JPEG police for a moment, your file size is only 89k. With up to 150k available, you may have been able to reduce the compression level and gotten a touch more detail into the entry. Also, the method used for resizing often has a serious effect on how much detail there is in the final product.

The icy path
by margetts91

Comment by Claya:
"ice" on path just really doesn't come through very well here, sorry.

The icy path
by margetts91

Comment by PapaBob:
Nice shot but unless I am missing something the only ice I see is in the title, not likely to score well.