Outward Bound
by Germaine

Comment:
So very lovely! Amazing ocean view (I'm a native Californian and I must admit I sure do miss the ocean) and wonderful capture of sunrise colors! I love the flock of birds on the left, but after reading your comments love even more what I now know to be the flock of pelicans sitting around -- how cool! So many of your images make me nostalgic for the CA coast... this is at the top of that list :-)

Spice
by Alicia

Comment:
Fabulous and funky! Great processing, thanks for sharing the details as I'd love to try this myself :-)

Sunset over the Cosmos
by Pug-H

Comment:
Huge congrats on the personal best great score and in the top five! This is really fabulous!!!!!

Window view
by Melethia

Comment:
Great impact in this image! The b&w and somewhat unfocused look is reminiscent of a WWII image, but then again we wouldn't be seeing those particular vehicles, now, would we :-) What a great reminder of the different situations that we find ourselves in. Thank you so much for sharing your (often beige!) world with us because these are glimpses into a world that I would otherwise not get to view... More importantly I am eternally grateful for your service and the sacrifices you've made to be there in the first place :-)

Day-11-slice-of-life.jpg
by joynim

Comment:
Congrats to Nimue! A marvelous image, you've captured her exuberance perfectly! As for the sky, I'm one of those odd people who actually like blown backgrounds in the right circumstances, and this sure fits the bill :-) I think this is great as is, what a little cutey pie!

Day 9 slice of life.jpg
by joynim

Comment:
She is absolutely gorgeous! I know nothing about portrait photography (except of cats of course), but I couldn't help playing with such a lovely image! Hope you don't mind, here's what I did:
Cropped, added a channel mixer layer to convert to b&w then reduced the layer opacity to 76%, used the burn tool to darken the left side of her face to blend into shadow, did a bit of unsharp mask just around her eyes and mouth, then brightened her eyes a tad by making a copy of the irises and setting the layer opacity to 80%. I don't know about it being better processed, but it is different :-)

Choices
by Retroesque

Comment:
Inspired title! Beautiful processing, great angle, with that title this is incredibly expressive!!

Curious but wary
by cogerox

Comment:
Love the backlighting, and the shot looks so wonderful in dark b&w! That front cow looks pretty menacing, good thing there was a fence :-)

Brushes
by Jutilda

Comment:
You make brushes look GOOOOD! Love the fact that one is in your face while the other is just a trace. I'm getting so hooked on this type of processing!!!

Watched Pot
by Alicia

Comment:
Wow, what a great way to get a little blur, a steamy pot! The colors really are pretty, great capture! Boy, do you ever eat healthy... :-)