Fantasy Forest
Uploaded: July 23, 2005
In photoshop, applied overall gaussian blur, then resharpened the trees, created all autumn color, saturated, darkened overall, enhanced contrast...and other adjustments such as curves, color balance, etc.
Christine Kozak/Wilterdink July 23, 2005
Wow, that is one gorgous photo, the colors are magnificent, and it just draws me in.Jim Kinnunen July 23, 2005
Very nice, Karen!:) #1629903Karen J. McDowell July 24, 2005
Thank you very much, Christine and Jim! #1633427Karen J. McDowell July 31, 2005
Thank you to the judges. I appreciate your commenting on my photo. #1661032Wendy Stevenson August 20, 2005
Congratulations on this beautiful finalist Karen! Best of luck in the next round!! The colours are stunning! #1740116Kristi A. Howson August 20, 2005
Congratulations Karen on your finalist and good luck in the next round! Gorgeous! #1742004Susana Matos August 21, 2005
Congratulations!!! wonderfulKaren J. McDowell August 22, 2005
Thank you everyone for the nice feedback! #1752701Susie Peek-Swint September 21, 2005
Beautiful Karen ~ congrats on reaching the finals and potd! #1861834Robert Mann September 21, 2005
Excellent work on the Karen. The results are superb. Big congrats on your POTD! #1861898Souha Dooly September 21, 2005
wonderful work and colors ,Karen!!congrats on your POTD! #1861926Joy Rector September 21, 2005
congrats on your POTD #1861933Kathleen Clemons September 21, 2005
Gorgeous, Karen, congrats! #1861994Virginia L. Allison September 21, 2005
Very nice. #1862034Michelle R. Kovach September 21, 2005
Gorgeous shot Karen! Congrats on your POTD! #1862139Dan Walters September 21, 2005
Great image! #1862197Laura Clay-Ballard September 21, 2005
strong vertical lines and all that color. Very pretty!!!! congrats on your potd .. and I see it was a finalist, too! beautiful.. #1862223Debra Booth September 21, 2005
Congratulations on your POTD for this gorgeous image, Karen!! #1862306Kerby Pfrangle September 21, 2005
Karen congratualtions on your POTD. Great image. Kerby #1862372Sharon Cahn September 21, 2005
This is gorgeous! I love that you played with it and told us what you did to help us learn more! #1862406Terri L. Scribner September 21, 2005
Beautiful!! The colors are brilliant! Congratulations! #1862423Luhut Napitupulu September 21, 2005
Congratulations on Finalist and POTD, Karen! #1862495Christy L. Densmore September 21, 2005
Truly a magical capture, congrats on your POTD and finalist. #1862499Claudette Foote September 21, 2005
Beautiful!!#1862505
Sylvia B. Toftness September 21, 2005
Terrific shot, Karen. Love the effects and colors. You've made what's often a cliche shot, really interesting. #1862969Evy Johansen September 21, 2005
Very beautiful!! Congratulations on your POTD, Karen! #1862987Kaye Burazin September 21, 2005
congrats for a double win, finalists and potd, your gallery is very impressive! #1863268Donna La Mattino Pagakis September 21, 2005
Absolutely gorgeous, congrats on your two wins!! #1863300Terrill Province September 21, 2005
Yes, the word is "WOW"!!! Superb choices you've made for this image ~ congratulations all around! #1863370Jenny Bosmans September 21, 2005
SUPER effects and image, Karen!! Big congratulations on your Finalist and POTD!! #1863635Cathy Barrows September 21, 2005
congrats on your POTD and finalist...is this a finalist for August or a previous month #1863756Mary Clarke September 21, 2005
Karen, many congratulations on POTD - this is absolutely beautiful. #1863767Leanne M.E. Boyd September 21, 2005
Awesome image, Karen! Congratulations on your POTD! #1863939Noel Baebler September 21, 2005
Fantastic work, Karen! I've never seen the effect you've created! #1864519Mary N C. Taitt September 21, 2005
This is an utterly awesome photo and well-deserving of it's two honors, congratulations! #1864592Mary N C. Taitt September 21, 2005
VERY PAINTERLY, in a wonderful way! #1864600Chris Ebben September 21, 2005
Very good work, I love the colours, you have done well. I think this would make a very good wall hanging=^..^= #1864677Patty Razonable September 21, 2005
Beautiful effects, Karen!! Congrats on your POTD!! #1864745Ed Heaton September 21, 2005
Great work Karen, Congrats on POTD! #1864941Ed Heaton September 21, 2005
Great work Karen, Congrats on POTD! #1864942Wendy Stevenson September 21, 2005
Absolutely stunning Karen. This is such a fantastic piece of art!! Big Congrats on your POTD!!! #1864955bob cornelison September 22, 2005
Great work on this shot!Karen J. McDowell September 22, 2005
This is such an honor! Thank you so much, Betterphoto, for choosing this as potd. It was such a thrill to have it final and now this..WOW! Thank you, everyone for all the congrats and kind wishes, I really do appreciate it! #1866998Karen J. McDowell September 22, 2005
In response to Cathy Barrows question, this was a finalist for July. I'm not sure the August finalists have been released yet. Thank you for commenting! #1867031Pu Chen September 22, 2005
Very creative and wonderfully done, Karen! Congratulations on your POTD! #1867929Robert L. Andersen September 22, 2005
Amazing ! Very beautiful ! Congratulations !! #1868877Kirsi Bertolini September 23, 2005
Super! I'm still dreaming of a shot of this quality, congrats! #1871156Pamela A. Davis September 23, 2005
Autumn is in the air and your photo brings the season to life. Love the dreamy quality. Congrats on POTD. #1871631Els De Winter September 25, 2005
Beautiful image! #1881103Karen J. McDowell September 25, 2005
Thanks again to all of you who have made such kind comments on my photo! #1881459Karen J. McDowell September 27, 2005
Thank you very much, Brenda! #1892666Jan Eklof June 01, 2007
Thanks for sharing your techniques, it always help me to learn how try different things. Great colors. #4355784Karen J. McDowell June 04, 2007
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