~ Blue Day's ~
by Ja-9

Comment by vawendy:
This is really lovely--the colors and movement are wonderful! (I had given it an 8)

Antelope Canyon
by Ja-9

Comment by bspurgeon:
Sorry for the loss Janine! It's a beautiful image.

Antelope Canyon
by Ja-9

Comment by ambaker:
Leagal or not, still an excellent image.

Hang in there...

Antelope Canyon
by Ja-9

Comment by Tom:
Boooo!!! No way!! That stinks... sorry you lost your ribbon. I really love this picture and you did an awesome job, ribbon or not.

Antelope Canyon
by Ja-9

Comment by Tammster:
Boo! This is a terrible turn of events. At least you have an amazing picture in your portfolio.

Antelope Canyon
by Ja-9

Comment by andrewt:
Darn !!! don't worry too much about this (easier said than done..). I have gone through this myself so I know how it feels. Take it as a learning process. As I have mentioned to many others including myself , a great shot is a great shot !!!!! That is the achievement and you know from the score that many has acknowledged that fact.

Antelope Canyon
by Ja-9

Comment by phlover:
This is a great shot, it is shuch a shame it got disqualified, still a winner nevertheless. Like you commented on my photo, apparently we were at the same place at the same time...I had tons of photos of the upper canyon but didnt want to use them, and used one of the lower instead. Good work.

Antelope Canyon
by Ja-9

Comment by jrtodd:
Congrats Janine, looks like the trip was a success!

Antelope Canyon
by Ja-9

Comment by dswann:
Very nice image. Really like the colors. To me, the light rays look like they are flowing like water. Congrats on the ribbon!

Gerber Daisy
by Ja-9

Comment by salmiakki:
Greetings from the Critique Club

First Impression: Clearly this meets the challenge description well, although there were rather a lot of Gerbera in this challenge, so not perhaps terribly original. (Probably would have done a Gerbera myself too if I had entered, as they can be fun to photograph!)

Composition: I do like how the image fills the frame, but do find the dark shadows on the right side to be a little distracting.

Technical: Before I even looked at your camera, I figured you were a Nikon user. One of my pet peeves with Nikon is the way the reds come out. You may not agree, but I typically find the reds to be a little bit unreal and I can't help feeling this image is suffering from that to a small extent. I'm not sure how to explain it properly, so sorry for that, but I usually find the detail can be missing with red objects. I feel this is what is happening a bit on the left side of the frame. I usually desaturate reds a little bit to stop the blown out look.

I also find the focus to be just a little bit soft. I was looking at your camera settings and wondered what F0 meant, or if that was just a typo?

Overall thoughts: Gosh, reading back what I have written you would think this was an awful image. Of course, it's not! It's quite a good strong image, I was just trying to figure out why it score 5.6 not 6.6.

I hope this helps? feel free to get back to me if you have any questions.