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by Zippy

Comment:
Great DOF, wonderful spikiness of the needles, nice composition, good colors.

Creaky Stairs
by BAMartin

Comment:
Love the combination of the spiky grass, the rough wall and the almost smooth wood. Colors are nice as is the composition. Ij contrast to the previous comment, I like the grass because it not only is an additional texture but provides added depth to the picture.

Creekside
by zeuszen

Comment:
Love the rocks at the bottom of the water and how they are framed by the trees. Might consider cropping a little off the top, as the field in the background is a little distracting (in particular the red stuff in the middle).

Nov 1 - Reflection in the night
by hajeka

Comment:
Like the blue light on the right, too bad it does not reflect. Agree with suggestion to straighten horizon and crop sky. If this is a high resolution image, could even do drastic cropping, keeping just the lower right quadrant.

Keeping my toes out of the water
by tinky2

Comment:
Beautiful bird! Like how you were able to bring out that the beak and legs have the same combination of black and yellow/orange. Also, nice smooth water background.

Regarding the issue of what is a bird doing in a water picture, my attitude is that the challenge has water as a theme -- thus water itself or things in a watery environment are all fair game. My 1st entry (wood duck) is similar to yours in this regard.

Mushroom-II_dpc.jpg
by Node

Comment:
Like this one a lot, interesting pattern, good DOF. Might consider a little sharpening (just enough to sharpen up the light brown area in the middle, no more). My favorite of the three you posted.

Shell Texture - Day 1
by sherpet

Comment:
Beautiful image, great contrast between bumps on the top shell and the smootheness of the bottom one.

to the point
by bvlindalou

Comment:
Like the rich greens in addition to what was previously mentioned by others (great DOF, wonderful textures).

RIP Jack Roach
by BAMartin

Comment:
Nice combination of metal and stone textures.

1 t
by suemack

Comment:
Nice colors and patterns. Wonder if this would look better with a little sharpening (just enough to sharpen up the right upper one a bit, no more).