Bicycling: Spring Into Action!
by dirtkahuna

Comment by Kavey:
Nicely composed but background is just too bland, even assuming title runs across the top and headers for articles within sit at the right hand side.

Where You Can Hear Yourself Think
by dirtkahuna

Comment by icemelon:
hey, it's Danna.
i saw this in the weekly email, and i thought, "hey, that would be a great desktop picture"
so i clicked on it and it was you!
congrats. and this a really awesome picture, by the way. it's going on my desktop...

Where You Can Hear Yourself Think
by dirtkahuna

Comment by toeknee:
Gorgeous, just gorgeous. Absolutely beautiful. Anyone could make comments on cropping hear, or closer there...but the fact is...if this photo came out off of one of the top photographers in the world's website, nobody would probably have anything to say other than WOW.

So..... WOW!!!!!

Where You Can Hear Yourself Think
by dirtkahuna

Comment by gazdi:
I could not find mistakes on technical or composition side so I share what I found on nature side:
1. I wish there was a little bit more dense mist between the Sun and you so that mid-lower right branch would not be burned through.
2. What's that dark shape at the point (64%, 22.5%) from the upper left corner? Is it a bird maybe? If so, I simply know it's quiet.

One little remark about others' comments on cropping: I can imagine you had to choose a point on a scale from less to the bottom (while not having much more to the top), to giving the tree more space around it. For my very personal taste, you picked almost the best point.

Well, I have two main folders for images, one for higher art and one for entertainment. This one definetly goes to art. Congratulations.

Where You Can Hear Yourself Think
by dirtkahuna

Comment by margie:
Beautiful shot. Congratulations on first place.

Where You Can Hear Yourself Think
by dirtkahuna

Comment by dustin03:
Congratulations!

Where You Can Hear Yourself Think
by dirtkahuna

Comment by Imagineer:
Great choice and very opportune. Picking nits, I'd prefer to see the tree even more islolated (with more space around it) to emphasise the solitude. Beautifully lit, moody capture.

squirrel snow1.jpg
by dirtkahuna

Comment by Imagineer:
Lovely capture, but quality lets it down at this size so I'd reduce it a little as it's the subject that counts. ;)

Where You Can Hear Yourself Think
by dirtkahuna

Comment by eostyles:
Very nice job...

Where You Can Hear Yourself Think
by dirtkahuna

Comment by closer03:
i love this photo! love! love! love!