The Treasure
by Brin

Comment:
The shallow DOF works well here...

Mooring 51, Morris Island
by Bear_Music

Comment:
Great colors! I would like this even better if you didn't use the brush strokes filtering. 7

The Brat III
by Yo_Spiff

Comment:
Beautiful! Great subject and perfect lighting!

Flare for Flowers
by RianBotes

Comment:
That's the biggest ghosting I've ever seen--it looks cool!

There's more grapes in my belly than grains of sand on this beach
by Big_Round_Chancellor

Comment:
Wow... I'm guessing this will be DQ'ed, but it's a hell of an entertaining photo anyways!

Summer Nights
by dtallakson

Comment:
Cool picture! I like the detail in the foreground. Just wish your lime lookd a little better. It could just be the light, but it looks a little wilty :/

Broken Skateboard
by Silas

Comment:
You'll probably get this comment a dozen times, but you'll do a lot better in the future if you resize your shots to 800 px wide.

Trans -Allegheny Lunatic Asylum
by ambaker

Comment:
Not sure what happened here. Looks like a thumbnail.

My Dog's Favorite Window
by ecmguy

Comment:

Originally posted by Cyberlandz: Great image. Congrats on the blue. Man i wish you did not mention the sharpen. It's not allowed in minimal editing.

I double-checked the "minimal editing" rules, and sharpening is allowed, but just simple sharpening. The rule states:

You may:

sharpen your entry using your editing software’s “sharpen” or equivalent option. The use of customizable sharpening tools, such as Unsharp Mask, is not allowed.

My Dog's Favorite Window
by ecmguy

Comment:

Originally posted by alexlky: Congratulation!!! A very nice photo, do you mind sharing any tips how to resize a photo in Minimal to this beautiful sharpness? thanks

Thanks Alex! Nothing special, really. I don't normally do the "save for web" method. Usually I'll just go to Image/Image Size, then refit the width to 800 px. Then I did a simple sharpen in photoshop. In this shot, I made sure that I was putting pressure on the tripod with my right hand while I was pushing the remote trigger, to make sure the tripod bounced along with the car. Also, I was only going about 15 mph through this tunnel, since no one was behind me, which made the car bounce around less, and made the blurring lights much smoother.