vasilis1

So well balanced lighting, accurate exposure and spot-on sharpness!

Simply gorgeous!

A very successful replication of the spermatozoa in a microscopic view of semen! I am not sure that it was meant to replicate this but it does...

All of your photos are excellent! I wish I had made them!

I do not like the kind of photography that uses distortion to depict its subjects. Painters have been using surreal imaging all along and it has been accepted that the painting artist's conception of the world can be a lot different from what our eyes record.

Photography, however, in its widely accepted form, is a, more or less, art of accurate recording of the world. Designers and makers of photographic gear use their best efforts to help photographers achieve accurate reproductions.

Software have been written to help rectify reproduction inaccuracies. What sense is there in the deliberate photographic distortion of reality? I find no sense in stretching the legs, or any part of the body, of a good looking person to monstrous dimensions!

I would not vote for this photo.

Shot with EOS 300D, Lens 100-300

I made this photo on the island of Kythira (Greece). Used an old film

Pentax (ME) a 300mm lens and a circ. polarizer.

I think too that a foreground would have enhanced the otherwise astounding sky!

This is really an outstanding image. Sure you don't see this often. What I would do is crop the image to eliminate some of the uninteresting background and place the subject at "thirds".

I like the picture, Mindy, which is unusualy sharp. I think it would carry more punch if the settings around the toad were of a contrasting color. The wood chips create a busy background of similar colors that weakens the otherwise fine shot. Since the animal resides in your yard you can get another chance.