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OK the cookies are almost out of the oven, check that. They are. and I pwn baked goods. I am a motherfucking baking motherfucker. but lets talk about your awesome images, Zippyt.

Taking it form teh bottom up, The blurry water shot is pretty cool but the one above it has a lot more interest for me since it combines blurryness and sharpness in the frozen motion and the white foam. Likewise it also has texture in the sharp water which looks almost like ice, and teh white froth which is practically textureless on account of its blur. A splash of color would really send this image over the top.

I'm sure Bullit won't mind if we borrow his leaves a moment. In fact, it is just this contrast which makes his photo so appealing. Without the red leaves as counterpoint the photo would be less appealing. You must be a good Baptist boy, surely you know "call and response" It's the same in photos. In Bullit's photo the green leaves on the tree are the call and the red are the response.
CAN I GET A WITNESS?

AMEN!

Your photo has that to an extent, as I said. Color may or may not improve it. Just my opinion.


Moving on.


I tweaked the top photo a bit. My question is: What is the point of interest? I darkened the trees a bit and goosed the water. But is this about the water or the trees or both? And if so, what exactly do you want to show us? They both have their good points, but don't seem to be working as a team. I tried cropping them into two seperate pictures.

Inchling would love the train track picture. He's a budding railfan. I tweaked the sky a bit (really quick and dirty) and darkened the foliage. see what you think.

Those berries look like fox grapes or elderberries.

I like the zippy mobile, I've always wanted a truck with tool boxes on teh side. I'm so sick of moving tools from jobsite to jobsite...

The waterfall with the cress or moss or ferns is pretty cool. I just want to stick my head in.

Maybe this is more than you asked for, the photo teacher in me gets a little talkative with a couple of vodka and limes in him...