B&W - Day 5
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Comment by Retroesque:
Oh how sweet these images are - BEAUTIFUL!

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Comment by roz:
i just love this one ... there's more going on that in the other ones .. love the contrasts in tone and texture .. the folds? of the water create an interesting pattern combined with the leaves

B&W - Day 3
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Comment by colorcarnival:
I'm not a big fan of things soft and OOF because I think these old eyes need to see sharp things in pics. Are these Canadian geese? I would love to have seen them a little clearer and the rest of the pic in blur. I am not sure if I have my story right but I thought that these geese always travel in pairs - don't they mate for life? The fact that you have two in this pic kind of supports that story (for me anyway lol).

B&W - Day 5
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Comment by violinist123:
Very nice tones, perfectly focused shot. I think playing with the composition could make this shot even nicer.

B&W - Day 5
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Comment by Artyste:
Just an unbelievably good conversion choice here. It gives an impression of this beautiful source of cleanliness and nature, floating in a sea of oil and industry.

J.R.R. Tolkien is applauding in his grave ;)

B&W - Day 5
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Comment by ursula:
I like the shine of the leaf and droplets, and also of the water where it isn't indented. I agree with Karen, I'm not very fond of the centred composition(s).

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Comment by cryan:
The texture and DOF are fantasic. Great work.

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Comment by mk:

Originally posted by undieyatch: I would describe the selective editing (?) in this petal series as solarization. I also enjoy this one, with the least amount evident. A good series, good work.

If I understand solarisation correctly (essentially an inversion of the lights & darks?) then no, not the case. These are white petals in puddles of water on the brown deck which just lost detail in the b&w conversion. No selective editing. :)

B&W - Day 5
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Comment by KarenNfld:
Love the darkness of the water and the detail in the petal and the water drops. Not so fond of the centered composition. Lotsof nice outtakes as well.

B&W - Day 4
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Comment by undieyatch:
The browns are beautiful, and observed translucence w/backlight excellent.