Burnished
by elsapo

Comment:
excellent shot, my pick for a blue!

Pit stop
by LevT

Comment:

Originally posted by ubique: I like the idea that she could stop off at her church on the way back from shopping, and line up her groceries right on the floor next to her. France is a largely Catholic country, and their practice of that faith must be more informal and unselfconscious than how I remember my own experience as a child, when a visit to the church was a formal occasion, demanding best clothes and (most importantly) safety in numbers. Taking the groceries would have been out of the question!

Thanks for the comment!
I was very touched by the sight of this tired old woman hunched on a chair in St.Severin, obviously making a stop on the way home. It felt that she really came to the church to gather strength to finish her journey, and I don't mean just a trip to groceries.

Message edited by author 2006-02-12 00:55:00.

Butterfly Catcher
by kteach

Comment:
nice photo! I used a similar technique in this shot

but enough 5th placements already, move up! you deserve it!

Experiance
by egillbjarki

Comment:
so much character in this shot (and the man)! Love it. Congrats on your ribbon!

speedo
by Skip

Comment:
fantastic shot, skip! congrats!

Do I Have To Say The Words?
by edmeng

Comment:
Valera,
do i have to say the words? :)
congrats on your first ribbon (and blue to boot)!! that was a lucky sunset at the La Jolla beach, wasn't it? two ribbons!
L

Steady Does It
by talmy

Comment:
Your blurring the background resulted in a noticeable halo around the foreground subject, which makes it look artificial. A better way to do it in cases like this when the foreground is easily selectable is to select the foreground, copy it on a new layer, invert the selection, copy the background on another later, then clone the background into the empty area formerly occupied by the foreground (not all of it, but around the border), and THEN do blurring. Then of course place the foreground layer above this new background.

Power of Dreams
by LevT

Comment:

Originally posted by Shiretor: ABSOLUTELY SUPER Good job you keep your car clean ...otherwise you would have never seen this opportunity

Nope, it's somebody else's good job - MY car is NEVER that clean... LOL
I was just walking past this car towards mine.

Walk The Line
by TTraxx

Comment:
this i definitely off topic

Curve
by e301

Comment:
great work.