carashilaire

This is so gorgeous. I'm amazed by the color as well as how well the shallow DOF worked here. Really stunning!

I'm in love with this photo, Josh. The balance of colors - and the overall hue is just gorgeous. You took a fairly simple subject and created a masterpiece.

Stunning! The water drops almost look metallic against that shade of green with the blue reflection. This is now added to "my favorites" collection. Nice work.

I usually don't like selective color, but it works here. It is hard to look at, this type of photography. Are these dogs? How did you come upon so many skulls?

When I look at this photo - I see COLOR. The colors are amazing, both in the creature and in the bokeh. Well done.

Absolutely stunning photography in every way. The lines and vignetting draw you right to the main subject. Beautiful.

I agree with Timo. This warmed my heart! A very interesting capture of a very everyday sort of moment. Really well done.

I'm in a different camp. There is something so striking about the saturation and the contrast here. I just saw it on the home page and had to click on it. It most definitely captured my attention. That color! I also like that the flowers are pointing to the right side of the image that is void of a foreground. It allows the flowers to breathe and shows the smallness of them. The contrast, though I do love it because it gives a magical quality to the subject, is a tiny smidge dark right in the center of the flower. I wouldn't want that shadow to go away, but it is very black against the orange and perhaps could be decreased slightly. Well done! I wish I had taken this photo myself.

Yes - the photographer gets an automated email the day before.

You ask why the photographer hasn't engaged? Hmmm. Reading his image "sucks" and and then having one commenter "stick a finger up" at another? Why on earth would he? Though I also--completely a personal opinion--am not often drawn to images with guns, I think this photo is thought-provoking and creative. The one thing I don't particularly love is the texture - only because it looks like it was a bit of a post-production afterthought. If it were toned down just a little, it would add to the grittiness of the subject. PS. The photograph was uploaded in April, so I'd say he's still "active," unless what you are asking for is for those that choose the photos to only choose photos by the people that comment in this forum?