Earthly Gems
by Cory

Comment by hojop25:
cool image!

Earthly Gems
by Cory

Comment by Luci11e:
nice; I like the textures, rough yet smooth and just enough shine; a fine job :-)

Earthly Gems
by Cory

Comment by olbol:
Are you telling us all those nice facets are made by nature? Even if polishing stone hasn't touched them, the picture is let down by ugly ligting and messy composition.

Earthly Gems
by Cory

Comment by tamatama:
Perfect example for something substantial, geometric, a touchable "thing" made by nature!
They are beautiful!

Islamorada, L'isola viola
by Cory

Comment by Senay:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

Sorry about the wait for your critique, this is coming out of the backlog!

Wow you did a wonderful job on the PP! I thought it was nice when I saw it during voting but now I can truly appreciate how much work you put into it. For which I might add you did not receive a fair score.

Too bad you didn't have a chance to capture this with your DSLR, I think it would have reduced the noise and made it a little sharper. That's all that I can really see that could be improved in this picture.

If you have any questions click here to message me!

Senay

Islamorada, L'isola viola
by Cory

Comment by Bear_Music:
Just remembered to check this as I'm judging the side-challenge entries, and I have to say I'm surprised the score's that low. Still, you learned a lot, and that's what matters :-)

Islamorada, L'isola viola
by Cory

Comment by CNovack:
Just saw this in the posted Outtakes what it looked like before - Wha!!!???? I can't figure out why this placed so far down? Fabulous job in PP as I said before this is a fabulous travel shot that looks like it could appear in a travel brochure - I certainly enjoyed the beauty of the place shown in the shot ( I am one of your 8's). Hmmmm, maybe the reason it placed low is because of monitor calibration - others might have seen it as too dark? (I hate varying calibrations because you never know *exactly* how others are going to see it)

Islamorada, L'isola viola
by Cory

Comment by MelonMusketeer:
That's pretty brave to enter a P&S image in a best of challenge. I like the color spread of the foreground fire light and the deep blue of the sky in this. Glad you got to go there to get this shot. I was at Little Torch Key later that week for the sport lobster season.

Islamorada, L'isola viola
by Cory

Comment by yakatme:
Great job on the post processing in this final version. No halos...looks good! Comment only, no vote

Islamorada, L'isola viola
by Cory

Comment by scooter97:
Beautiful scene. Very nice exposure. Love the moon and the stars and the color of the sky.