Thanks for the comments, much appreciated.

BTW, our summer vacation would be temps around 100F, pterodactyl-sized mosquitos, and humidity you have to push your way through like a stage curtain.

After a cold and soggy night of tent camping, specifically to be there for sunrise with a friend, I awoke to an even colder morning to capture a cloudy sunrise over Lake Dunn, in Village Creek State Park, Arkansas.




18mm, f6.7, 1/125sec, iso200


One more that I like:




50mm, f8.0, 1/125sec, iso200


Was it worth it? I don't know. I ate rain with my dinner, the firewood ran out too fast, temp hovered around freezing, and the sleet that fell the next afternoon convinced us to just go home. My own bed has never felt better.

I think they're all vey good. Although they aren't meant to be straight product shots, I'm still wishing more of the item in focus. Keep barking, I think you're at the right tree.

Your wife certainly has talent - I make a bit of jewelry too and I know the imagination and effort that those pieces require. Kudos to her!

edit: forgot to mention that I especially like #3, but the entire length of the middle drop should be in frame.

What, you couldn't get him shaking water off his wings?? Very cute pic.


I agree.

I love it!!

Wonderful judging! Congrats to Rob.

Thanks for the input, I took down the saturation of the red and blurred the edges a bit, and it looks better. But yeah, maybe this photo isn't a good candidate for selective color (chose it b/c it looked easy). The lack of detail in the flower and background isn't doing it any favors.

What does everyone think the key is in doing selective color well?

Well everyone else is doing it.............




Have to admit, that was fun. I'm in the process of going thru photos to find other ones to do.

Well it must be my eyes, because this doesn't look sharp to me except the foot and possibly the eye. Anybody else? Please don't tell me I need glasses!

The bird has lovely colors. You could crop to portrait, getting rid of that branch on the left, to accentuate those colors even more:

Now how did Prieni know my favorite song?

#1 has super texture - very nice shot!