Calling All Bluebirds [Contest Finalists December 2005]
Uploaded: December 23, 2005 06:09:55
** BP December 2005 Finalist - Elements of Design **
Laura Clay-Ballard December 23, 2005
Kara L. HendricksSusana Heide- Thiessen
Beautiful!! Skillfully taken and edited!
Tammy Scott
Wonderful angle and great selective coloring!
Candice C. Calhoun
Oh, I LOVE this...great use of sc, and fantastic perspective!
Goshka Grabowska
Beautifully done sc, Laura!!!
Shelly A. Van Camp
Very well done..love the selective coloring...
Judy S. Fung
Great composition and use of selective coloring, Laura!
Kevin Burns
I love the texture and red!!
Kaye Burazin
wonderful selective coloring on an awesome black and white capture!
Mary Timman
Great perspective on this and just love your selective color on this. Well done.
Alisha L. Ekstrom
I really like the b&w & the choice of s/c. Great image Laura!!!
Donald K. Cherry
Wonderful perspective and selective coloring, laura!
Kimberly Sanders Peck
I love it! Great perspective, SC, B&W - I love it all!! :-)
Gail Vitikacs
Whoa...I hope we see this one again..this is RICH!
Roxanne M. Bubar
Laura, what a wonderful image and POV. Love the selective colors, just perfect.
Roger Bernabo
I love this Laura; your use of selective color is wonderful!
Amalia Arriaga de Garcia
Great perspective and selective coloring Laura!,
Angela Tull
Very nice composition, makes me want to take a walk Laura.
Nicole E. Rappaport
awesome perspective here! love the selective coloring!
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Paul Michko December 23, 2005
Very cool selective color, Laura. #2216695Joy Rector December 23, 2005
Beautiful job #2216704Linda D. Lester December 23, 2005
Wonderful shot...love the red!Agnes Fegan December 23, 2005
Looks very welcoming...love the selective coloring too! #2216713Martha N. Church December 23, 2005
Fabulous shot! #2216854Mary Timman December 23, 2005
Still love the selective color of red on this.Gary Lange December 23, 2005
Outstanding work, the birds should love the houses! Merry Christmas!! #2217197Claudia Kuhn December 23, 2005
Terrific sc and comp Laura! #2217802Adilson F. Ferreira December 23, 2005
Wonderful image and composition Laura!!! #2218174Keith L. Clayton December 23, 2005
Cool shot!! #2218328Charlene Taylor December 25, 2005
Beautiful shot and excellent selective color. #2222599Laura Clay-Ballard December 26, 2005
Tonya R. Boles#2225093
Andrew I. Boyd December 29, 2005
I love this shot..nice and sharp,good dof and selective colouring.Oh,and I like the colour version,too:-) #2231536Pat Gamwell December 29, 2005
Fantastic b/w with selective coloring, Laura! Such an unusual mailing system...of course I'm a city girl...what do I know! LOVE IT! #2233476Lynn Crawford January 05, 2006
this is great love the lines in this shot and the selective coloring, great job :) #2255811Dorann Weber January 20, 2006
Wow.. Beautiful Laura.. Wonderful B/W contrast with a burst of red.. #2311549Evy Johansen January 21, 2006
Big congratulations on your beautiful finalist, Laura! #2312825Kerby Pfrangle January 21, 2006
Laura congratulations and best of luck in the next round. Kerby #2312884Debbie Hartley January 21, 2006
Congratulations on your awesome finalist Laura! #2313016Karen Engelbreth January 21, 2006
Congratulations on your finalist, Laura! #2313345Linda D. Lester January 21, 2006
Congratulations on your wonderful finalist!!!!!!Chris Macer January 21, 2006
Congrats on the finalist, Laura! :) #2313707Jenny Bosmans January 21, 2006
Congratulations on another beautiful finalist, Laura!! Way to go!! :) #2314169Cliff & Patti Smith January 21, 2006
Congratulations Laura! This is beautiful and a well deserved finalist! #2314288Claudia Kuhn January 21, 2006
Congrats Laura!! #2314335Debra Booth January 21, 2006
Great use of selective color, Laura!! Congratulations!! #2314490Life Expressions January 21, 2006
Congrats on your finalist Laura! #2314504Andrea W. Hedgepeth January 21, 2006
Big congtats on your finalist! Great image! #2314539Tammy Scott January 21, 2006
YEAH!!! CONGRATULATIONS! #2314888Laura Clay-Ballard January 21, 2006
thanks, to all! I'm PUMPED!!!!! #2314894Marie Fields January 21, 2006
Congratulations, Laura! Terrific image! #2315021Dorann Weber January 21, 2006
Conratulation's Laura.. I just knew this would be a finalist~! #2315144Adilson F. Ferreira January 21, 2006
Congratulations on this wonderful finalist Laura!!! #2315231Susana Ms Heide January 21, 2006
I had a feeling we'd see this one again! And here it is! It's a pleasure to look at! CONGRATS!!! #2315389Kara L. Hendricks January 21, 2006
Congratulations Laura!! Best of luck to you.. This is great! #2315434Michael Robichaud January 21, 2006
Congratulations on your Finalist photo! Like the lines and selective desat. #2315529Lisa D. Greer January 21, 2006
Awesome! Congratulations Laura! :) #2315601KHAWLA Haddad January 21, 2006
Congratulations on This wonderful finalist,Laura!!!!!!Jeff Robinson January 21, 2006
Congrats Laura on your Finalist! Jeff #2315885Candice C. Calhoun January 21, 2006
Congratulations!ccc #2316260
Roxanne M. Bubar January 21, 2006
Congrats. #2316775Vicki Hunt January 21, 2006
Congratulations on this great image being finalist! #2317065Nobu Nagase January 21, 2006
Many congrats on this wonderful finalist, Laura!!! #2317232Susie Peek-Swint January 21, 2006
Well done Laura ~ great finalist! #2317289Kay Beausoleil January 21, 2006
Congratulations, Laura, on this imaginative finalist! #2317743Gail Vitikacs January 21, 2006
Way to go!!! This is great and CONGRATULATIONS! #2317951Renee Doyle January 21, 2006
Congratulations on this wonderful finalsit Laura!!!William Moore January 21, 2006
way to go L...... #2318584Noel Baebler January 21, 2006
Huzzah, Laura! #2318703Sharon L. Wack January 21, 2006
Laura CONGRATULATIONS ON A SUPER WIN!!!!Jill Flynn January 21, 2006
Congratulations on your finalist Laura! #2319415Leonard Pierce January 21, 2006
Congratulations on another finalist, Laura!!! #2319530Laura Clay-Ballard January 21, 2006
thanks, to all! #2319578DiAnna F. Paulk January 21, 2006
I missed this one, Laura! Congratulations! It's a great find, capture and treatment! #2319803Corinne M. Thompson January 21, 2006
Congrats on Finalist for this great image. #2320571Sherry Stricklin Boles January 21, 2006
Congrats, Laura...great perspective on the fence! #2320579Pat Gamwell January 22, 2006
Your creativeness really paid off, my friend! CONGRATULATIONS! #2320674Alisha L. Ekstrom January 22, 2006
OH WONDERFUL Laura. I love the s/c here!!! Great b&w....CONGRATS on it making finalist!!! Good luck!!! #2320786Phil Sauvey January 22, 2006
Congratulations Laura! I love the B&W with the selective coloring. #2322301Michelle R. Kovach January 22, 2006
Congratulations Laura! #2322431Deborah Sandidge January 22, 2006
Great work Laura, congratulations! #2322592Tonya R. Boles January 22, 2006
Congrats Laura.. #2322625Rakesh Syal January 22, 2006
Congrats!!! My favourite, Laura!!! #2322902Mary E. McCabe January 22, 2006
Laura - this is such a neat shot - congratulations! Mary :p #2323148Cesar J. La Rosa January 22, 2006
Congratulations on this GREAT Finalist, Laura!!! Good luck!!! #2323769Dale Ann Cubbage January 22, 2006
Congrats Laura! Cool image!da #2324345
Donna W. Neal January 23, 2006
Congratulations Laura #2325922Terry L. Ellis January 23, 2006
Congratulations, again, Laura on this terrific finalist! Wonderful s/c and comp. #2326636Deb Holmes-Hatfield January 23, 2006
Way to go Laura, congrats to you! #2328142Sharon Day January 23, 2006
Big congratulations, Laura!!! #2329064Kristi A. Howson January 24, 2006
Congratulations on your finalist Laura...I love the perspective and selective color. A wonderful photograph...!!! #2333741Cathy M. Gromball January 24, 2006
Congratulations on this wonderful finalist, Laura!Cathy :) #2334029
Larry Lawhead January 24, 2006
Glad to see this one, Laura!! Congratulations on the finalist!!Stanley J. Contrades January 27, 2006
CONGRATULATIONS once again, Laura!!Sandra Freyler March 23, 2006
I know i'm alittle to late to congratulate you, but this is an awesome image! Great work with this one, Laura! :) #2568121Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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