A Garden Grin
by SandyP

Comment:
Amazing macro shot! the DOF is perfect and the dragonfly is crisp clear. Congratulations on front page!!

Remnants
by jdannels

Comment:
New ribbon! congratulations!

Remnants
by jdannels

Comment:
Joe, beautiful sunset shot. The wide angle worked great for this one. Congratulations!!

Boats of the Andaman Sea
by orvaratli

Comment:
Beautiful! I like this.

Last rays of sunshine
by h2

Comment:
Very nice color and POV. Congratulations!!

Rondo in Red
by levyj413

Comment:
Oh! it's magic, I see the red turns blue. Congratulations!!

Fragile
by IreneM

Comment:
Congratulations on moving forward!! Excellent macro shot.

Mt Hood
by william88

Comment:

Originally posted by jdannels: another stunner william! I am back in Oakland now, we should go shoot sometime maybe another GTG. :)

Yes Joe, that's a good idea. I will PM you when I travel to North.

Mt Hood
by william88

Comment:

Originally posted by CraigD: I would love to know how you got all the great colors and detail. This could easily pass as and HDR image.

Usually I use RAW adjustment tool, color balance, selective color, channel mixer, hue/sat and layer mode to enhance colors and details. There is no need of HDR when the whole scene is within the dynamic range of your camera RAW. Sometimes HDR processing will just screw up your image especially when there is nice gradient in your image. I rendered one HDR version for your comparison. As you can see, the left side of the sky looks strange.


Message edited by author 2008-08-13 13:04:17.

Grutas sunshine
by rickylp

Comment:
Congratulations on your ribbon and PB!! beautiful super wide shot.