de Suisse
by rebelo

Comment:
This is one of the best images in this challenge and should score very high. It is technically perfect and the DOF is just right.

Triangle in Motion
by vtruan

Comment:
Great action shot capture and the best "triangle" in the challenge. This should be in the running for a ribbon. Kudos for such a great image.

For purposes of printing after this basic challenge is over I'd recommend applying a little burning in of the white water to bring out more detail. 10-20% would be about right. It is slightly overexposed. I'd also recommend dodging to the tune of about 10% on the kyaker in the shaded area. I'd further suggest you do that on a 50% greyscale layer rather than directly on the image layer itself. Dodge and burn is much more natural when done that way.

Pardon me?
by timboydwhite

Comment:
Good color, great composition and well conceived depth of field. Terrific all the way around. Kudos to you for a fantastic capture. One of the best in this challenge and should be in the running for a ribbon.

The only improvement might be to try and remove the SLIGHT haloing around the right eye, antennae and left leg. With this image that would be very easy to do.

Bird Triangle
by smali

Comment:
The horizon looks to be a half degree or so off (high on the right side) but is a beautifully captured image and the way you highlight the duck is very good. This will be a top finisher.

Geometry in Steel
by Neil

Comment:
Exceptionally well composed image. High technical quality. If there is any fault at all, it is that there is a large amount of black on the left side of the image and it has a red hue.

Ferruginous Hawk
by riot

Comment:
It might be just a touch oversharpened, but this is an excellent, high quality image. I hope the triangle in this image is apparent enough to voters to give it the high score it deserves.

Sentinels
by kirbic

Comment:
Beautiful foreground framing. Nicely done. If I don't miss my guess this is Haystack Rock. That goes along with a similar image of the Peter Iredale I saw earlier. Both appear to have been taken on the same day and close to the same time since the sun position, clouds and sky color are very similar.

Dogwalker
by pitsaman

Comment:
A wonderful concept and great composition. Tones are terrific. You highlighted what nature provided at that moment which is the mark of a great photographer. Cloud detail is nothing less than stunning. The only part that is too for me is the fine detail on the beach is oversharpened, but that might just be me. In that case I would have split the amount of USM applied to the image and used a slightly lower USM amount on the beach itself than to the ocean and clouds above.

The River Walkway
by sbeaumont

Comment:
Interesting image. I like it a lot. You've created a nice mood with good colors and generally hight technical quality. I suppose you purposely generated the smoothed areas using your noise reduction software (NeatImage?). This borders on digital art, which is not a bad thing in my opinion but may be with other voters. As a photoartist taking full control of the image like you have done in this case, you must strive to make it perfect in every way. The only place I'd recommend changes would be in the reflections of trees with fine detail in the water. The "lower" parts of the reflected trees in left center are a little too "fuzzy". It would be hard to correct, but worth the effort. But mostly the brighter detail on the rightmost part of the detail refelected in the lake needs to be "sharper" and better show the detail above.

Farewell
by LevT

Comment:
Beautifully composed image captured at the perfect moment. Technical quality is top notch. I envy this capture and your ability to frame it just right. You have done this so much better than I did when I tried to capture something similar:
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