I love this, the contrast with the houses in the foreground  to the large building towering over them, the dotting of the pine trees completes this image.

I am not a fan of this one Eleni, but that is just me.

Oh what a gorgeous little bird, so beautifully capture. LOL I did have to read the name twice! I kind of like the angle of the humming bird, a little different to most.

What a great Aussie Day photo, well captured.

Thanks for the comments everyone much appreciated! Jere I have no idea who this guy is but my younger son Tim loves this pic and is passing it around to his mates and someone might know him!

Thanks so much Dee and Matt its nice to get some feedback

Thanks so much for the comments and K Jere and Dee, appreciate you taking the time to comment

We certainly have a beautiful country! So many fantastic places to discover! Thanks for posting this Dee I loved it!. Now off to a barbie to cook a couple of T Bones and drink beer LOL. [ I'll stick to my vodka cruisers the boys can have the beer }

Beautiful, I just want to eat it. yummo. I bought lots of plumbs, peaches and nectarines today, they are in season here.

Well done Jere, I was pleased with my results on the scales this morning, a lot more to go but yahhhhh.

Dee,

the answer for why you have such contrasting results is due to the soft box it self... the box is basically a directional tunnel... moving it closer will direct the light down this tunnel in its set direction and make your over all image be more darker, moving it back with allow it then to spread and this is why it is blowing your image out. moving back and turning the power level down on the flash will help you... I just learn the reason why this happens by reading a new ebook from Brent Pearson on Off Camera Flash ( www.brentpearson.com )

Jere that's a very nice series.

Someone on facebook said it might be a powder puff plant....I email the people at the butterfly house and will wait for their response.

Great work Dee. had you not said anything about the snow being fake it would have passed for the real thing.

  Yep, the closest I get is a frosty plant when we were at Lithgow, there was ice on the car, that was darn minus 6. We hope to be going again this year but earlier in the year, so it will not be as cold.

Many thanks one 'n all .. your comments have made my day!

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I like the tiny bit of colour, in the otherwise mono. Very moody indeed.

Rich blues!

Hi Tarra, glad you took it that way, I would not like to have offended you. OK FB they are not critiquing so go for it there, the smaller one in the corner or one of Col's I think the best as long as it is not too big. Search the pros on FB and see what you like. I did this before I wrote my last reply and there are some good ones and some shockers LOL It is great that you are thinking about it.

Thanks all for the comments. It's been a cold one for sure, but the rain has arrived.

This is a beautiful image Matt. The snow looks wonderful and I love the lighting and comp. A K from me 

  OMG Dee I am laughing so much I am crying LOL. I think the guy loved it not so sure about his girlfriend

Honestly, I like the first one better because of all the rocks and waterpools and the cool little details in them. If you want people to be looking at the ocean, coast, and sky then I would say the second one is better for that since the rocks in the first one had my focus for most of the time.

Thanks!

Winning, as per usual.

hahaha!!! Thanks yo'

And how do the fish feel about you dropping fruit on their heads? 

hahaha, that made me laugh.

Hey, I'll take it. Defn might be a little harder to pass off though. Lol.

Thanks everybody! And thank you for the karma Colin.

People kind of always joke that Ohio is pretty plain and boring, that there's nothing to do there except for Cedar Point. For a road trip just passing through, that's pretty true. But there's lots of fields (which is what makes it boring to drive through) and old barns and stuff that can make some great pictures I think.