The Creek
by CoreyFitz

Comment by herfotoman:
Very nice DOF, I miss somethoing in the composition though.

The Creek
by CoreyFitz

Comment by Luci11e:
Doesn't seem like a creek; or at lease not any I've ever been around ;-)....besides that, it's a nice image

The Creek
by CoreyFitz

Comment by keone:
Could use a little contrast boost but nice shot.

Hotness
by CoreyFitz

Comment by Yo_Spiff:
Well, I guessed wrong. After reading what you said in the score thread, I thought the shot of the grapes with the long-winded title was yours. At least you had the pleasure of receiving one of my infamous compression comments. It's good to only get one of those.

Hotness
by CoreyFitz

Comment by ytshuva:
cool!)

Hotness
by CoreyFitz

Comment by jccminty:
horizon is not level.

Hotness
by CoreyFitz

Comment by ErikV:
(no vote -- just a comment) To me the wetsuit conveys cold, so you have a mixed message here.

Hotness
by CoreyFitz

Comment by Yo_Spiff:
I can see some minor compression artifacts around the front of her face and in the details of the surfboard. Your file size of only 56k is also an indicator of a highly compressed image and that is what is robbing most of the detail and sharpness from this image. Check your compression settings when you save your file. Always adjust JPEG compression so that your file size is as large as possible, but within the challenge limit.

There is also that tilted horizon which would have been easy to fix.

Hotness
by CoreyFitz

Comment by texxsmith:
not seeing the heat . . . and I like girls n skin tight clothes!

In fact it looks pretty cold there.

Fiesta Then Siesta
by CoreyFitz

Comment by sfalice:
GREETINGS FROM THE CRITIQUE CLUB

Hey, Corey, We're neighbors. I'll look forward to meeting you one of these days. Now, ordinarily your image would have gone into limbo-land at rollover, but we've cleared the queue of current entries and have the choice to go back and catch up. Yours is the first image to show up in my catch up queue.

I love the bright colors of this and your bug. Since I am a bug chaser myself, well...I had to look at more of your portfolio. Yeah. Bugs. Nice.

Frankly I do not know the limitations of your camera. You can study your owners manual and see just what you can do and fudge as much as possible. So much for recommendations on that.

I had a 'better' crop in mind. Getting rid of most of the blurry background matter and focusing on the main attraction: The Bug. But it was not to be as the jaggies showed up immediately when I placed this temporarily on my own computer.

So my only suggestion in connection with this fun and splashy image is to know just what you can get away with and push it as far as you and Photoshop can get away with.

You have a good eye. I look forward to seeing what you do with it.

(Photo tip. You probably already know this: The gardens at UC Santa Cruz are splendid from about a month from now and through the summer. Bugs, bees, hummingbirds, oh, just heaven for the likes of us.)