Bruce Gordon

Great choice Tersha! I like it, too!

Great choice!

Very well done! Good choice!

Thanks Elin!

Thanks Tersha!

Cheers Rob!

Very lovely image Diane! Well done and congrats!

Well chosen Kent!

Excellent image! I agree with @patrickw; that one goes on the wall!

Jeeze Rob; I really can’t think of anything negative to say, other than spiders creep me out.

If I had to pick something, I’d say the yellow stamen in the upper part of the image competes for my attention a bit. But the colors work so well and create such a great background, I think it gives the viewer the understanding of the spider’s size; how…[Read more]

Thank you Beaky and Kent for the honor, and thanks to everyone for your kind words. I owe all of you a debt of gratitude for teaching and inspiring me every time I log on this forum!

all the best,

Bruce

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Thanks Anne! I really like your crop! I think your suggested format and crop is the way to go. 🙂

Thank you very much Anne! 🙂

Thanks Tersha!

Thanks Dahlia!

Thanks Tersha!

Thanks Dahlia!

Thanks Frank! I’ll dive into these sharpening techniques. 🙂

Thanks Rob!!!

Thanks Rob! Yeah, they are pretty close to a pure white, which does make for a difficult exposure, even on an overcast day. I used spot metering, and then desaturated the blue in post, to bring out the white. I’ll see if I can figure out how to do a blur sharpening in PS. Never tried a selective sharpening before….