Great portrait.

Congrats on three!

Congrats on number two!

Congrats Fred

Congrats to you too!

Fred, you just cannot leave this site which is already about as exciting as a cold wet mashed potato sandwich, but your comments and your photography are helpful, appreciated and the images you post inspire others to try some of the out of the box stuff you put up. I think the moderator was just trying to do his/her job as best as they could and forgot that software will not allow selective editing that is all. I'm with Zizounai on this issue.

A blast from the past, what a time mankind went through. Well cropped and caught. I like it.

This is a happy photograph and a great memory. I like the dof you applied, very appropriate.

Oh Gosh, he looks like Trevor Noah and she's beautiful. I love the glow you have put on this photo it suits it very much.

Well taken, sharp image the colour palette is gorgeous and warm in a "fall" fashion but best of all is the communication shown between these two, it speaks volumes. The light is soft and diffused with no harsh shadows showing. A photo that warms our hearts.

Great catch with this one although the focus could be sharper and the man growing out of his knee does weaken the image. Had you put this into b/w you would have made it timeless. (or sepia)

Love it, very creative and eye catching with all those grrrrrreat patterns.

Great tonal quality and composition. ahhhhh I see it is you, I should have guessed.

Creative + + + +

Just check your horizon line as it dips to the right but the words hit at the heart.....and still we fight wars....when will we ever learn?

Stairs it is, no muss, no fuss, sharp as a woman's tongue. A clear and well taken image.

Solid and strong image with great complimentary colours. Good eye to see this!

Good catch of bulletin board. Could this be Dubrovnik?

How unusual...blue stairs, hmmmm! I think a bit of a crop down would improve the image and help focus on stairs. Remember how the human eye gravitates to the lightest and brightest spot on the canvas.

Wow the detail is phenomenal, what a work of art. My eyes desperately would like to see this without the tops lopped off but that was not your intention.

whoooaaaa was that tilt intentional?

Looks like a Rols Royce of a bike.

Interesting how the shadow of the wheel looks broken, I'm trying to figure it out. Good title....ha ha ha ha.

ha ha ha and why not! I like how the other bike in the background has been included in this photo to add to the flavour of bikes!

I like the tonal quality of this photograph....well composed too. Don Quixote would be pleased.

Told you....huh....didn't I ????? Big Congrats.

another big congrats...and on number three too !

This one spoke to me. I liked it a lot.

Looks like Viagra pills.....congrats on this win

YUM YUM YUM congrats to you

ha....congrats.....often following the KISS principle works the best.

I like the way the textured rocks and foliage on left side of same colour as rocks hug these stairs. Going down is a refreshing look a refreshing POV.

Very beautiful..... Congrats.

Congrats.

Felicitations!

Like the mystery of this photo, the angles of light work nicely to give your photo feeling.

I really am drawn to the dappled effect of these stairs and the glow for it makes them otherworldly. What a great catch for this fine art photograph!

Y'know the majority of the men in the photo club are just men, old, many are old professional photographers and old school. So it is tough to be the only woman presenting another opinion. sigh.

Hmmm but this is not your conventional kind of splash and that separates it from the crowd...sort of an "out of the box" presentation which is oh so refreshing.

Lovely image with good tonal quality and with the inclusion of those boulders adds a depth of "ancient". Very nice.

I know in our photo club the members are always yapping about "the lean" and how to correct it and I always squirm in my seat because it is the lean of this photograph that makes it so good. The power and strength of the Pantheon juxtaposed against us small people is just splendid. Good tonal range as well!

Would cropping in help that somewhat I wonder?

Ahhh, yes I know there is a whole technique to this and you have it mastered. Nice one.

this feels very old, even the clothes they are wearing seem old. Interesting fete you attended. Clean and sharp image.

Colour always touches us carbon bi-peds on an emotional level and for me purple together with pink hues brings back so many memories (my graduation bouquet was purple and pink is one of those memories) . OK I know you have blue too....never mind.

I love the crop and the full focus on the splash and the one globe up there breaking away and making such a strong statement. Really a great upload, and at our eye level. It would be wonderful to learn how to do this.

If this one doesn't win I will eat my lens cap!....so there.

A very "yummy" upload which I find soft on the eyes (meaning it is kind to my visual perception). Feminine colours and a crop that shows us from whence this splash was born. I think your contrast is well done as is the exposure on this piece. You will do well I''m sure of this!

It's the top of the shelf work! Looks like a splash, feels like a splash and love the unusual colour palette especially those touches of blood red. I wonder how long it took you to get this one just so right?

Great handling of bw and this image is well suited for all the tonal ranges from black to white and much in between. Too bad about the man's posterior on display but I love the sharpness of the shot and the contrast is nicely done.

This photo looks really great in high res, you can even see the sawdust flying around. Your tonal ranges are fabulous but we need to see their faces hard at work and not their derrieres! Good one for the bw contest.

WOW....you have dust on your sensor in the sky part of the image....you can clean those up easily.