Two First Places

Reflections Of Fire    Ross Steensland

This photo is a composite of the foreground and sky.  The foreground is a small cow pond that my family has been hunting near for years.  It was shot in early September at sunset.
f11 30′ iso 50
Canon 6DmkII, Canon 24-70 f2.8, B+W polarizer filter. The sky image was taken right after a thunderstorm.  I blended it into the sky via select and mask tool in photoshop.  To create the refection, I cut out a segment of sky, rotated it 180, warped it to fit perspective, and blended it into the pond and the original tree refections.  f11 1/3′ iso 50

 

White Cheeked Turaco    Jim Heern

 

Four Second Places

Sky On Fire    Bobette Heern

 

Birdseye House    Dale George

 

A Memory    Jim Heern

 

Sweet Wolf    Susan Sheets