Heartland - earth and sky
by alexjack

Comment:
Very nice. The clouds, earth and windmill all come together, and you've captured the colors and feel of the landscape very well.

Safe From The Elements
by Qart

Comment:
I like this. Nice composition, rich colors and tones.

dreamypix
by LanceW

Comment:
WTG Lance -- this rocks! Great score to lead GoldenEye to its week 1 win. Woot Woot!

pucker up!
by shaenae6453

Comment:
This image was overlooked by the voters and deserved a far better score than it received. It has a wonderful vintage feel to it, the desaturation was well done, and I love the use of the muted colors -- looks like a hand tinted B&W shot from the 1950s.

I gave you the 9. I see this was your first entry ... I hope you don't get too discouraged by the score and we get to see more of your work around here in the future.

Imposing
by krnodil

Comment:
I like the lines and angles in this shot. Would have liked it more without the tree, but I guess you didn't bring your axe with you, eh? ;>P

GoldenEye
by chip_k

Comment:
Ha ha ha .. you looking for a spot on our team? lol. Nice shot and good use of selective desat, but not sure I like the feet and wings cropped off.

Tricoleur
by xianart

Comment:
Nice idea, but to carry off the two color desat I think you needed to stop down more so that the foreground is in focus too. Nice contrast and tones in the sky and clouds.

I Left My Heart in San Francisco
by EstimatedEyes

Comment:

Originally posted by kawhona: I like the use of desat here ... nice shot. Does the desat make the highlights brighter ?

Thanks. Actually the background was pretty blown out because the subjects were all in shadows and the buildings in the distance were in full sun, and I bumped the exposure up by at least a couple of stops to expose for the foreground (I rarely shoot in RAW, and almost never on a walkabout). The desat helped because it made the background less noticeable and less distracting.

Still not the greatest shot technically, but I really liked the juxtaposition of the two lonely characters with the bright heart spanning the gap between them.

Deep Pink Love - Love Bites
by xianart

Comment:
Like this one ... the deep saturated colors and goofy image give this a strong 80s feel. 7

Deep Purple Lullabies
by xtian

Comment:
Nice image, and good processing choice for an album cover. looks more like a line drawing than a photograph, but works for me. 7