Saints Football - Purple & Gold
by Spitfyr

Comment:
This is a nice picture. I went to college at Carroll College in Helena, Montana - their team was called The Saints and the colors were purple and gold! It would be cool if this was from Carroll!

Natures Hidden Beauty
by rayg544

Comment:
Well, this picture did really well (your 2nd highest score!!!) even though you said in the description that abstract and macro weren't your strong points! Congratulations on your high score and your neat picture! I'm really glad it did well for you.

Floral Curtains
by IreneM

Comment:
What a nice picture, Irene - it is very abstract and even though it's red (a hot color) it is very relaxing to look at it. The curves are really soothing. I'm glad it did well for you!

Angelfire
by vtruan

Comment:
Van, this is so cool to see an angel in the fire. I saw it right away during the voting. Some people just don't take the time to really look at pictures. I remember one that Caba had a long time ago that was a face in the steam coming out of a geyser at Yellowstone - so few people saw the face.

New Born
by vtruan

Comment:
How sweet, I love baby animals. Can't imagine how this got in the 4's, Van - I gave it an 8! We see antelope all the time around here but very, very rarely with babies.

White Water
by vtruan

Comment:
Very well taken, Van. We need to get together in Salida to do some shooting and then all of us can go out to eat!

Fire Starters
by vtruan

Comment:
This is so hauntingly lovely, Van. It is just so beautiful. I love the glow in the clouds about the lightning. Your lightning shots appeal to me so much more than some of the others - you can still see some detail in the clouds and they have such atmosphere. So many of the other shots are just pure black with some lightning bolts in them.

Shoo Fly
by vtruan

Comment:
I like how you caught this little bug just before it landed. You have a way with your extension tubes, Van. I got some a while back and can use the 12mm one okay but have great difficulty achieving focus with the 25mm one. Have never taken a single decent picture with it. Can't imagine stacking them.

Peaceful in my Garden
by vtruan

Comment:
This is pretty, Van - very zen and very excellent composition!

God's Little Things
by vtruan

Comment:
Very nicely done dandelion shot. I think all living things are God's mysteries. The whole idea of life is so amazing and wonderful. We are made out of the same ingredients as rocks and dirt yet we are alive - thinking about it always amazes me. Even something as simple as this dandelion - it was one life and now with all the seeds ready to blow off it has the potential to be MANY lives again. By dying it will be reborn many times. Whenever I start thinking about stuff like this I start to wax philosophical!