Her Majesty's finest cuts through the River Avon at Stratford.
I fully expect many "too confusing" comments here, but enlarged to vast proportions where detail is not lost, it comes into its own.
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Thank you for sparing time to comment on this – and for the additional post-challenge accolades. I do appreciate the sentiment and I'm glad that the photo was a winner for some, although the feedback means far more to me than a gif!
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Place: 13 out of 207 Avg (all users): 6.6805 Avg (commenters): 8.7500 Avg (participants): 6.5152 Avg (non-participants): 6.7864 Views since voting: 2944 Views during voting: 337 Votes: 169 Comments: 40 Favorites: 29 (view)
I love this shot for several reasons, tones, composition, flow of the water and it all comes together so well.
Disappointing you are not placed a LOT higher.
I'm absolutely stunned that this isn't on the front page. I made this a favorite the second I saw it, and the more I look the more I love it. Absolutely incredible.
There's something so cool and different about this that makes you want to stop and figure out what is going on. I love how the black contrasty trail follows the bird and cuts thru the smooth blue and white. Interesting processing here.
Brilliant concept & capture. The only thing that detracts slightly for me is the post processing. There's some jaggedness in the details of the bird, particularly around the beak and wing edges. Also, there is a grainy/posterized feel particularly in the waves. (keep in mind I am far from a processing expert)
Still, this is among my favorite photos in this challenge and I hope you do well with the votes. Congratulations.
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