Day 6b ~ Splash of Desert Pink
by WriteHeart

Comment by jomari:
I like this crop better than the other one which probably has too much of the cactus plants to the lonely flower. In this the flower is big enough to get the attention it should. It is a brilliant contrast to the rest of the plants.

Day 4 ~ Red Ribbit
by WriteHeart

Comment by jomari:
Very colourful frog. He's probably poisonous!

Day 5 - Blue Ribbit
by WriteHeart

Comment by jomari:
I like the composition of this one a lot. The happy looking frog makes a diagonal.

Day 3b ~ Blue and Yellow
by WriteHeart

Comment by jomari:
I like this crop better. The colours are stunning.

Day 3b ~ Blue and Yellow
by WriteHeart

Comment by MelonMusketeer:
I would keep this one, and maybe even crop a little more of the blur out of the corner. The light and complementary colors are grand in this shot. The wider shot would be excellent if you had been able to set the aperture down to 16 or 22 and get huge depth of field so that more of the tree would be in better focus.

6) From the ground up
by WriteHeart

Comment by VitaminB:
Really nice shot, and good angle.

9) Elephant Abstract
by WriteHeart

Comment by VitaminB:
I like how the fence break the image of the elephant. Good eye.

Don't Monkey Around...Visit the Phoenix Zoo
by WriteHeart

Comment by klkitchens:
cute -- text design could use some work..

Don't Monkey Around...Visit the Phoenix Zoo
by WriteHeart

Comment by andrewt:
no vote, commenting only. Wish you had zoomed in a little more.

1) Red
by WriteHeart

Comment by karmat:
I hope you don't mind, but I played with this some, because you have a lot of potential in this shot. The red bird against the green background, with the yellowish perch makes for a very pleasant and striking color arrangement.

I use PaintShopPro, so first I hit it with clarify a couple of times. If you use PS, I *think* highlight/shadow does something very similar. Then, because clarify takes some of the color out, I saturated it some.

Then, I used levels to give it more contrast. Admittedly, this made it lose a bit of the detail, especially in the feathers, but it also made the ever so slightly appearance of being out of focus not so noticeable. Also, I really like high contrast pictures and this definitely shows my biased, but less levels adjustments would back it of some.

Finally, I cropped it to get the bird out of the middle and more to the left of the frame and balanced with the perch going out of the right hand side.

Here are a couple of takes -- I will remove it from my portfolio if you want me to.



A less contrasty version --