floes and stubble.jpg
by Bear_Music

Comment:
Nice composition and capture. Perhaps needs more contrast, or something like that to add punch, but I like the scene and capture.

Wallflower
by L1

Comment:
Great shot Laurie!

Uncropped Natural Camoflauge
by dartompkins

Comment:
This is great in B&W. I note that there appears to be a catchlight in his eye here but not the first, and I like that. (Edited: Removed comment about crop. Actually, I think this crop is fine, and best).

Message edited by author 2005-02-07 09:52:37.

Back Off (Color)
by dartompkins

Comment:
I think this one works best in color. This is great, and probably can even stand a tiny bit of saturation boost, at least on my LCD.

LED Crazy
by jeffzoet

Comment:
Beautiful!

Rain Coming
by e301

Comment:
Great image Ed. Congratulations.

Aperture
by Zoomdak

Comment:
Fantastic image! Congratulations.

IMG_6045 copy.jpg
by ButterflySis

Comment:
Super cloud abstract! These are incredible. Nice work!

Canal promenade
by geewhy

Comment:
I keep coming back to this wonderful shot--I wish you had used it in the Impressionism challenge!

I just bought a set of clear cokin filters to try this without having to hold something in front of my lens. But in my previous experiments, I've never gotten the wonderful smudging of colors you got here. Any tips? How thick was your layer of Vapo Rub? Is that different than Vasoline in its light properties? Did you smear it unevenly?

bluefish_filtered.jpg
by Brookied

Comment:
Nice shot, pretty fish. I think the glass is causing small distortions which come across as reducing sharpness, similar to the way chromatic abberations can reduce sharpness. I am not sure how you filtered this, but perhaps more experimentation might clear it up. In addtion, you can see the fish's tail there's some movement blur, so higher shutter speeds would be helpful.