Day 3
by xianart

Comment:
Great image to play with; does the dust show so much because of the brightness of the scene? I like the composition here. The tilted horizon doesn't bother me, but I'm pretty alone in my tolerance for tilted lines in images (here I think it's balanced some by the lines of the dock, with a nice right to left motion driven by the slight convergence).

DAY 3. minimal edit. fence .
by roz

Comment:
Such a well composed image; really good! I'd love to see more detail in the wood in the fence in processing, but I love the sky as is (awesome polarizing effect).

DAY 3. minimal edit. kangaroos .
by roz

Comment:
The sharpened version is definitely, well, sharper :) (consider me king of stating the obvious). I like the idea here, too, and some cropping (I'd lop off nearly everything to the left of that little pipe/sign area, I think) will bring the idea home more clearly. Looking forward to the "real" version!

Day 2.2 - Row
by xianart

Comment:
You have such control over processing -- thanks for providing so much detail and not keeping it your little secret. I don't understand very much of it, but once I do I'll at least know what you've done. I actually almost feel a bit bullied here: "Look at this part. Oh, you're looking over there? Stop it, this is what I want you to see." It's an interesting reaction to have to a photo!

Day 1.2 - Maritime Museum of the Atlantic
by xianart

Comment:
An awful lot going on here, but the exposure and lighting lead you nicely across the lines.

Day 2.1 - Dock
by xianart

Comment:
In a word: wonderful. Or delightful. So much subtlety brought out by the processing. I would have had such a battle with myself not to crop this down a whole bunch (probably about half the white space, and I would have lost); I would have told myself how well it works as is, and how important space can be to an image, blah blah. And then I would have cropped it out.

Day 1.1 - Peggy's Cove
by xianart

Comment:
Amazing starting image; I learn so much just seeing the images people like you shoot here. Thanks for sharing!

Minimal Edit PAD 2 "Golden Pheasant"
by noraneko

Comment:
Excellent capture, and good use of camera functionality to get what you wanted. The fence is troubling for my eye, as I catch it as a pattern across the chest that moves to the right and distracts me a bit (not sure what processing can be done on that). And yes, it's best not to get the wildlife mad at you!

Day 1 Tracks
by Elaine

Comment:
Great lines in this, and great earth tones throughout; the right to left feel is really nice.

Minimal Edit PAD 1 "Deer Eyes"
by noraneko

Comment:
I like the textures and the feel of this; I wonder if cropping a little from the left, so the head is closer to that side, might add something (could also really mess it up, too!).