Northern Cardinal
by timfythetoo

Comment:
nice shot! reminds me of a picture of a cardinal i saw recently, the caption? "One day... I'll be Pope!" hah.. gotta love colorful birds!

Fantasia
by Gordon

Comment:
Great shot!, man look at all those 10's!

I 8 apples
by arnit

Comment:
the only problem with your comment was that i see cloned apples :) how many original apples were there? nice shot otherwise, but i could easily tell they were cloned :) (left one with the bottom right one, and top left one with the right one, didn't really have the time to look closer than that :P )

The Sands Of Time
by Quadrajet

Comment:
amazing shot quadrajet, love the tones, colors, everything. Congrats on the ribbon!

To the Stars
by Refracted

Comment:
thanks everyone :) it was an amazing night of auroras, and for those who might be wondering, i did no hue adjustments. Only some slight leveling (to actually tone down the colors) and crop/resize.

Just Over the Next Hill
by Gringo

Comment:
Great shot Gringo, and congrats on the finish.. gave this a 10 myself and was worried a bit about it :) it was a close one.

Cast in Stone
by johnnykillchrist

Comment:
I love the texture in this shot. a great example of high contrast too. it looks almost.. surreal, with a drawn-like quality. great shot. 9

Contrasting Hands
by KevinRiggs

Comment:
It's a ncie idea, and the little hand is certainly cute, and the contrast is definatly there, the lighting is what sort of "breaks" the shot. If this was an onboard flash, there's not much you can do, but with a little creativity, you can get your flash to bounce off the ceiling (i sometimes use a cd to bounce the light). This creates a softer flash, and prevents the harsh shadows created by a flash. then again, i could always be completly wrong that it was a flash.. in any case, the harsher shadows isn't the bes quality of this photo. Good attempt though, 6.

Stripes
by kavamama

Comment:
I love the tones in this image. The contrast is great, and despite the high contrast, nothing "too bright" . The bright parts of the dog might be pure white, but it goes well with the photo. good job, 8

A Little Dance for the Lord
by Sonifo

Comment:
wow, i love skies like this. I have a few "rays of snshine" skies myself, but i never had such a great shadow to put in front :) it meakes a great composition to have this girl in a dress there. There's a stray little pixel in the middle there, but i guess you saw that yourself (and couldn't do a thing about it.. doh) , great shot. 8