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Turner Falls in Davis, Oklahoma. This was taken just as the first freezes of the

season where happening.

Bela - thank you for your kind comments.  Exposure time was 1/250.  Not a long exposure.  I had to double check because I know I shot this at ISO64 in early morning light.

Old Puffy - an old steam engine pulling an excursion train between

Grapevine and Fort Worth, Texas.

I can appreciate what you're going for, but I don't think it works real well as a motion blur.  When I think of a motion blur I imagine the main subject being in focus and the background is blurred in order to give a sense of motion and speed.  You'll get there with practice.  That's the wonderful thing about digital.... you can shoot all day long in order to get the practice you need.  You'll come out with some stunning shots when you get it down.

Love the saturation and treatment.  Great concept.  The water looks very cool!  Even though the distant objects are statues, they're not really recognizable as such.  I think the image would benefit from their removal, but that's just my opinion.

Catching some fall foliage and testing a new ND filter at Turner Falls

in Davis, OK.

Revisited an image from a couple of years ago to see how this big

cat would look in B&W.

Amazing capture.  Great crop and composition.  I wouldn't change a thing.  I'd give a 7 if you were accepting ratings.