The Daniel Carter Beard Bridge Viewed from Newport, Kentucky - Cincinnati Skyline in the Background
by SharonS

Comment by studhilo:
nice colour and composition

The Daniel Carter Beard Bridge Viewed from Newport, Kentucky - Cincinnati Skyline in the Background
by SharonS

Comment by groggyfroggy:
I really like this it is colorful and it has a great reflection. Good luck.

The Daniel Carter Beard Bridge Viewed from Newport, Kentucky - Cincinnati Skyline in the Background
by SharonS

Comment by Beagleboy:
Bad title. I know the image is straight, but the perspective of the bridge really gives the impression that the image leans to the right.

The Daniel Carter Beard Bridge Viewed from Newport, Kentucky - Cincinnati Skyline in the Background
by SharonS

Comment by Resusit8u:
Beautifully captured night skyline ! The reflecting water and star lights add to the scene's beauty.

Iris Drops
by SharonS

Comment by joecoopdog:
This is a gorgeous image, as someone stated below I thought this was a winner as well until I looked a bit closer at the challenge. Now by the letter you were in the rules, but in the spirit we all know the centerpiece is not the water but the beautiful flower. This is one of the prettiest flower pictures I have seen in quite some time, and I am so pleased to see it garnered a ribbon to boot. I find it somewhat irritating that people have such a lowly view of one of the most photogenic objects for macro, flowers are simply amazing. I liken this to people who would have a lowly view on the female form because they are as plentiful as flowers as well, so I would say bahh humbug to the flower naysayers. At least one can look into the ratings and see you have some very impressive numbers with not a single comment below 4, that makes me feel a little bit better, but still I can't reason the skill and overall quality to be any less than a 6 from even the people who don't care much for flowers. ahh ohh well, I guess there are the hyper critical crowd who think beauty is a measure of comparison to something "different" I find beauty and different to be very different from one another, and if I were to rate this it would have a 9 or possibly a 10 (I have a sort of thing for flowers that aren't living at home in the garden) and well I think would be robbing people of the chance of at least a tie in comparison. There is so much that is beautiful to capture in an image in this world, and I find the 10s a little too synthetic for my liking ;) lack of perfection to me is what makes perfection if that makes any bit of sense to you :) and the fact the droplet kept falling to its natural home made this perfect to me, even if that was not your intention as you were caressing droplets onto the lovely petals. Wonderfully executed droplets on a most gorgeous specimen of a flower.

kindest regards,
joe

Vibrant Hydrant
by SharonS

Comment by SharonS:
Thanks for all the wonderful comments. To the many who mentioned that this would have done well in the Abstract contest, I only wish I had known about this little gem at that time. That's ok... if it weren't for this contest I probably never would have found it at all!

Vibrant Hydrant
by SharonS

Comment by Neil:
This would ave made a great entry into abstract. Very beautiful colors.

Vibrant Hydrant
by SharonS

Comment by kevrobertson:
Really like this.
Could have done well in abstract.
You have really captured nice textures here.
Good luck

Vibrant Hydrant
by SharonS

Comment by magnus:
Would have done really well in the Abstract challenge! Wonderful mess of colors-8

Vibrant Hydrant
by SharonS

Comment by Beagleboy:
This would have been AWESOME for the abstract challenge.