You are right. I checked again in hi res....it is fine.

I like the low pov on this image but it is soft through all planes. Your horizontal cut is perfect giving a lot of story to the foreground which pops with colour. The earth is waking up.

I wonder what your aperture was for this shot as it is a bit soft. There is that viaduct in the distance. A pretty place indeed.

Very subtle line and makes this look like one photo, but yet that line is there. Great and thank you for inspirational photo upload.

Wow how wonderfully vast is this image and one could do a lot of walking on a sunny day. I think if you had followed the horizontal cut rule of photography you would have a stronger photograph with more impact on the dunes. Cutting an image in half like that makes it a little less exciting visually....however, rules are for fools as they say and this may have been your artistic choice. A bit more contrast would have highlighted the dunes...the bends and shadows. I like the gentle pastel colour palette....a gentle photograph. Very nice.

Congrats

Congratulation for firsdt place

A bit of an illusory feel to this with the one lens being on a different level and looking larger. Nice with the other glasses in the background as a back up singer for the photo.

Hey, I'm traveling in a country where women still carry wood on their heads and tea sacks on their head as well.

Maybe the second one will taste better

Thanks for that....appreciate your talking to me.

Bless you. How do they get potatoes to the city nowadays? I also like the balanced feel to this photo...the sky and the pond.

Bruce Jenner.

I like how this image "whispers" spring with a few pops of colour. Is it level though? Check that bridge in the background it looks slanted to the right a touch. This photo leaves me with a feeling of wanting to be there, to breathe in the fresh air....looks like nature is waking up. Delightful.

Much appreciated Sylvie, it was great, just what my diet needed. Merci!

EGADS what an imagination. Wonderful.

ha ha ha ha ha ha betcha that sauce tastes like "you know what"! What an imagination and I love it. THANK YOU

Congrats for both photos

Congrats for winning Sylvie,no crying now though

Congratulations Sylvie. Nice one.

Congrats again...Sylvie

Congrats Sylvie....I really liked this one.

Congrats again Sylvie, nice shot

Congrats Sylvie 1 & 2, terrific shots both

The floral arrangement looks pasted on but the idea is superb.

For my eyes there is too much meat and not enough potatoes! By that I mean it is difficult to focus, but that is just me.

Well done, I like it. REalistic shadow and light. You are creative + + + + + + and when I grow up I want to be like you.

.......aussi ici

beautiful shot here....

Clarity is very good, nicely composed and I like the monochrome. Great upload

..........and I even looked up the link, can you believe that?!

I really am drawn to the colour palette of this entry.

It's neither. It's just how the source photo was. I'm just sensitive to stuff like that is all.

I can see that. Men get grumpy when they are hungry.

Well done and where in heavens did you get those glasses. Love the dof manipulation.

Haha...!! good one.

Denlig, I thought you were joking and once again I broke out laughing. Then I checked with Uncle Google who is omniscient and now I'm really confused....you were right on. The Dipteran syrphids hover and this beast was not mind you this is a variable family. Genus Eristalsis (sounds like peristalsis) are also known as the West Palaeartctic and do resemble the humble bumble bee. See, I was almost right, but almost doesn't cut it.

Nice work Z!!

Nice job my sister. You are on a roll. You go girl!!

You see, the lady rhinos don't like sharp horns on the babies when they are giving birth. It's a bit uncomfortable for them.

He looks so peaceful in your source image but he looks spooky in your chop. Haha.

That depth of field is freaking me out and making me dizzy. l'd suggest some shadowing under the water. Your source image didn't have any because the bulb was clear.

Sorry to contradict you but this "bee" is not one! I think it is rather a dipteran of the family of syrphids of the genus Eristalis tenax or Eristalis arbustorum. It's difficult to differentiate them from this angle

I think you may be right about that.

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh and thank you for dedicating this image to me

I typed in "little yellow field flowers growing in France"....boy you sure have a lot of little yellow flowers growing !

I think this is:

Ragwort

Ragwort is a slow killer, and in many cases you won’t know your horse has eaten it until too late. It is common in pastures, growing up to 2 metres high when it flowers. It is instantly recognisable due to its bright yellow flowers. If a horse ingests it, it will gradually start to destroy the liver. A poisoned horse will lose weight despite eating normally, get extreme sunburn, go blind and eventually collapse if it isn’t caught early. The only way to protect your horse is to remove the weed completely from your field. Pull it up by the roots and burn the plant, so no pollen can spread. It is a resilient plant, and will nearly always grow back and spread to other pastures.

I know you are happy to have pretentious horse and not a live one. Am I right about the name?

Now that beast sitting there is a plain and humble bee, I didn't have to ask Uncle Google coz I know....

He's not a carpenter bee coz they are big and black but a plain old ordinary bee and I like this photo very much especially because his eyes are sharp "like a woman's tongue". The colours natural and this is an artistic upload.

At our photo club we have had great long discussions on amputating the body as you have....some like it some don't ....I LOVE IT as it adds to the story and that one eye showing is creepy as is that clenched fist. Enjoyable entry to review and study, thank you.

I like the foreboding lines in this upload. The strong lines, soft and artistic give a feel that this is a painting. The eyecatch adds a surreal and mysterious touch. The title marries well with the photo. We feel a sense of BEWARE with this image.

I know you didn't want to but cranking up the saturation would have added more dynamic sparkle to these oysters which do have some lovely colouring showing through as is. I like that full frame presentation, it's great. YUM

Nice, now if you win you are taking me out for a hot chocolate fudge sundae....deal?