Fall Berries
by lil_mo

Comment:

Originally posted by RulerZigzag: is this a night shot? nice clarity and lighting here.I like your shallow DOF with the nice and full background...looks like a long exposure..I do not believe you used a flash here or did you?

Not a night shot, also no flash, and not a long exposure. Taken late afternoon (~4 PM ish). I was under the tree in the shade and focused on a branch in the sun. I liked the repetition of the other branches/berries in the background.

African Dancer
by Shmee

Comment:
Wow... kind of suprised this didn't finish higher... very creative capture, so much movement!

Hummer
by eaglebeck

Comment:
Good composition, interesting colors. Unfortunately looks a it too overprocessed which give it kind of a muddy look.

Privacy Please
by Diana

Comment:
Nice action capture! I love the spray of water and the subdued colors. My only suggestion would be a very small clockwise rotation to level the top of the bath- it seems a little tilted to the left.

Sunrise at Desert View
by emayner

Comment:
Beautiful image. A couple suggestions- might bump up the midtones in levels just to bring out a little more detail in the rocks. Also maybe a slight clockwise rotation. Not sure if the ridge in the background is actually horizontal instead of sloped, but for the photograph's composition it might help to use that ridgeline as gauge for a level horizon line- to reduce the effect of eyes sliding to the left. 7

Akai Bonsai
by lil_mo

Comment:

Originally posted by zaflabout: Nice colors, but where is the tree???

uh... I can see it just fine, including lots of detail in the trunk... but looks like a couple other people had problems as well.

edit to add:



This is the light to dark image I'm using to set my monitor...

Message edited by author 2006-09-18 11:18:11.

Cold Mountain
by Structor

Comment:
wow...

Ice floe
by Structor

Comment:
Amazing clarity- in most of your images... and I like the sureal/vivd color in many of them as well. I especailly feel drawn to this image- compositionally I like that the cloud formation is similar in shape as the ice peak, and their respective reflections.

Sew-Sew
by KarenNfld

Comment:
Beautiful shot. The DOF is great... texture very detailed... and I like the composition. The highlight on the needle is perfect and not blown... what else... I like that you have taken an every-day kind of subject and composed it into something interesting and beautiful to look at. 10.

I love peas!
by Djabordjabor

Comment:
Very cute!

I'm curious about your post processing- how did you get it to look so crisp and with a matte-looking effect? I've noticed this on various images and like the way it looks- works very well for your photo.

Congrats on the blue:)