Frank

Those rocks are quite unusual, so I think the color adds worthwhile interest.

(Where is this?)

I just saw an add on TV with a butterfly flying around bottles of vitamins!

Here is another challenge for you:  Make the butterfly track go around behind and then back to the front of the “towers” to make it look as though the butterfly was weaving around.

Thanks, Dahlia, I see the spec!

Amazing view of this bird the way the neck is extended so straight, and you captured great detail in the wings.

(Why is there so much noise?  Did you use a high numbered ISO to get high shutter speed?)

Sky, amazing wave makes a wonderful photo.

Amazing topography, but it is the water that really makes this photo!

Nice colors, reflection and sky.

PS. You have some wonderful photos on flickr, esp. the misty look you have on some dramatic landscapes!

Wow, David. hope that spider did not jump at you.   Kristi, that does look mystical, I anticipate a troll popping out somewhere!

Nice play of colors. and spiral.  Nice eye to pick out a small area that creates an interesting and creative image.  What actually is it?

It is a navigational spindle missing its top, but marking rocks that are often not seen at high tide.  I did take out the red nun which just looked like something else out of place!

I really like your colors and the blur, and the way the diagonal line comes right out of the lower left corner.  With a slight crop and cloning, I filled in the lower right to get rid of the clean brighter bit of sand with not much blur.  Then with a Levels Adjustment I moved the right slider into the edge of the histogram.  It brightened the im…[Read more]

I am a little late in noticing this POTW, but I really like the misty- blurry look.   So, thanks, Pat, for your explanation. It was your use of texture that was the main effect?  The expression you have captured on those sheep just makes me smile!

I, too, like the original with the black hole,  and Anne’s lightening lets us see just enough more of the details.  It keeps me from having to look to long into the background. and the original adds a bit more mystery and mood as opposed to the other version where we really see too much. and miss seeing that black hole right up front.  How did yo…[Read more]

Thanks.  I like the crop, Anne, and the way you brought out more of the boat  The photo was taken last fall and I am quite sure I was using an ND filter.  The boat, a lobster boat had motored by earlier and I had zoomed in on it.  I thought the sunrise would be more interesting with the sunrise. so transformed the size and added it.  Since the…[Read more]

What if you flipped the bottom one over to break the pattern.  (Could not get this your image into PS for some reason to try it)  Maybe try a different background to somehow give them a look of floating along in the air or sky?

I wonder if a color change would bring more emphasis to the butterfly? I like the color of your original butterfly, maybe try inserting it for the one here?

To convert to B&W try using a gradient map adjustment.  Make sure your foreground/background box is set to the default,  black and white. That will get you a nice B&W that does not look too grey.  And, here is an important step to help play with the original colors that will give your B&W some more adjustments.  Place a Hue/Saturation adj…[Read more]

I think that the issue remains about how does the butterfly relate to the objects behind it.  It is not easy to explain, but I see a butterfly flying around in front of objects that I do not recognize. Therefore, what is this about?   Suppose the background was a flower or a garden.  But, to keep closer to your idea, nature vs. man-made, maybe a c…[Read more]