Flock Together
by Zoomdak

Comment by Bear_Music:
rotflmao, great shooting story...

Flock Together
by Zoomdak

Comment by Kekiinani:
Just a great shot. Congratulations. Love your story.. :)

Flock Together
by Zoomdak

Comment by msdoubletrouble:
and old woman like myself can appreciate your youth...AND your father..lol...awesome talent and attitude you have there young man...Love your quote in the profile...you are your father's son (he MUST be something else to participate so indepth in your interests) and his efforts are not in vain...you seem to be very talented and gifted...good luck...AWESOME pics

Flock Together
by Zoomdak

Comment by graphicfunk:
Thomas again: what a superior effort! Congratulations on your Red.

Flock Together
by Zoomdak

Comment by brianlh:
ANOTHER.. great shot, congrats on your first ribbon of this sort :D

Flock Together
by Zoomdak

Comment by scalvert:
AHA! You finally entered a beach shot that didn't win a blue ribbon... or red... or yellow... ;-P

Flock Together
by Zoomdak

Comment by Nitin:
Wow.. This is fabulous.. how'd you do this? 10

Eager
by Zoomdak

Comment by La-Luna:
Your dog is crazy like mines about the ball :)

Eager
by Zoomdak

Comment by Neuferland:
Great capture, hope he caught it after all that work! Nice snapshot but not really a portrait and while the eyes have a great expression, the ball ends up being more a distraction then really adding to the shot for me. The blur on his body is expected in an action shot like this but the mouth threw me just a bit. If it all could have been in focus (the face area that is) this would be a great addition to your scrapbook of memories. A 4

Chairman of the Bored
by Zoomdak

Comment by Zoomdak:
Soft focus I did was creating a new (non-adjustment) layer, setting low opacity and gassian bluring it.

Rules state:
Layers: Only Adjustment Layers (or the non-Photoshop equivalent) may be used. An Adjustment Layer is one that does not contain any pixel data, but rather is a special, non-image layer that lets you experiment with color and tonal adjustments to an image without permanently modifying the pixels. Adjustment Layers must be applied in Normal mode. All other types of layers (including those that contain pixel data or masks) and all other blending methods (modes) are prohibited. Changing the opacity of an Adjustment Layer is permitted.