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Nice work, Raymond. It's been a long time and enjoyed seeing familiar names again Hope you're still around.

Doug Bays.

I haven't done this for a few years, and many things have changed. It's a beautiful capture, but the impact is substantially less than it should be.

Cropping down from the top border to within  3/4's inch of the bee's wing increases impact significantly. It's really worth a look.

I find no fault with the primary image but I can't say I like anything about adding the very distracting Text / Credits / ADVERTISING.

That alone unbalances the composition.

Sorry, Alex, but there's already too much advertising crammed in by this site, and it's probably playing a role in my judgment .

I do think the image needs somewhat more space in the direction she's facing.

It's a well composed and beautiful shot. I like the overall softness of the image, but

predominance of the similar soft tones appear a bit flat.

This is of course, personal preference, but also another option.

Good shot, Margaret. A touch of Sharpen and you can see the eye looking right at you. If it's just compression I withdraw the comment.

Superb timing with this shot, Karolos. Simply exquisite.

Really cute, Shannon.,, and they're most accommodating. It's probably the compression, or they need a touch of Sharpen.

Very dramatic, Emmanuel. The high contrast increases the impact here. Not so sure about the large grain/noise size and the dead pixels, though it does draw more attention to the cloud detail.

Either way, it's high impact and I like it.

Beautiful shot, Les. Excellent rendition of the subtle tones.

Very well done, Leo. The delicate lines and tones encompass the central prominence beautifully.

Interesting and creative shot, Adan. The rabbit/hat are most prominent but the background architecture seems to fight for the same prominence (possibly intended)

Think I'd like to see it with a shallower DOF (just enough so that they don't fight for attention) with the building still quite recognizable.

Beautifully executed work, Linda. Well done.

Browsing your work after seeing your comment on JFK. Thank you for stopping by.

It made me realize I had quit shooting people since leaving news assignments and retiring to a rather remote rural area. Enjoyed your work and think it will renew my interests in people and character studies.

It's purely a personal preference, and the sign is probably significant, but I found it a bit too prominent and competitive for attention with the subject, and had to try the attached option.

I really like this, Tony. The Bar and wire in the second row of windows from the bottom rather broke up the symmetry for me but loved the muted colours through the black framing.

I tried cloning them just to out just to satisfy my curiousity. I think it adds a bit of impact to the outside colours, but just a personal preference.

 

Happy holidays to you and your family.

Beautiful ,mesmerizing character study, Karolos. I like the way you handled the lighting and isolating the framed face.

I have to tell you that the multiple catch light in his right eye kept attracting too much of. my attention and for me it was a bit distracting. Just my personal feelings, as it's the first thing I'm drawn to in a portrait.

Thank you for stopping by. Always appreciated.

Hi Katherine. You did a nice job with this. With the softness of that magnificent cloudbank, you may have preferred the softness in the model and foreground sea. Just thought I'd try it with a bit more sharpness and detail in the lace shawl for more apparent separation.

Hi Micki.

Looked at all your new stuff and am impressed. More journalistic/documentary look to the people pix.Nice timing. Really liked your Ospreys and the out of focus background homestead. Just thought there were too many unimportant bits and pieces of color and blobs, that were distracting, making it hard to concentrate on the prime and particularly the secondary subject.

Welcome to the site, Dave. Sure hope you get more images like this to upload.

Thanks for stopping by and commenting on "Bend in the River". Always appreciated.

 

This is the Red River in North East Texas, where the cattle drives of

old were without the luxury of bridges.

More like a walk back in time, looking at those cliffs and the ages

they represent.Again in Big Bend, Texas.

Also deep into Big Bend country where traffic is light and the living

is easy.

Thanks for stopping by.

Very nice, Fred. Even before it fully loaded I said it looked like Montana. Don't know why, as It could as easily have been Wyoming, Idaho, Colorado?

Also thought there was an additional option in the attached vertical. My quality is poor due to file size but thought it was interesting in it's own right. Nice work.

I liked the tones in this tulip and thought I'd experiment with a .gif

reflection /animation program about which I know nothing. Since it

didn't offer a .jpg Save format I had to settle for a screen capture,

so it's a few pixels short.

Thank you everyone. Glad you enjoyed this. The sky is exactly as captured with a polarizer but I did trim a bit from the top as it was a deep blue/black bar the full length and tended to look unbalanced and distracting.

Very well done. Not only is there great composition, but the soft surround colours compliment this high impact image.