May Photo Challenge - Discussion

[Talysia]

Ok, here we go. All discussion for the Photo Challenge should go here. Good luck!

[alchemist]

Congratulations on April, Talysia, and a good challenge.

[Tiffany]

Yes, a very topical subject. Good one Talysia.
(I do like your name.)

[Talysia]

Wow - nice photos to open the challenge with! The dam is beautiful, and that seascape is lovely, too.

(And thanks for the compliment, Tiffany. )

Edit - just posted my first entry, taken after the rain.

[Tiffany]

That is a lovely photo, Talysia & the middle water drop is in complete focus as well.

[Mouse]

Excellent theme, Taly!

Lovely West Bay... not been for a while. I should take the dog. And the droplet is perfect!

I went to the reservoir just now and took loads of photos. Not sure any are good enough. I saw a couple of swans but they weren't cooperating.

[hopewrites]

that drop looks just like a diamond! when I read the theme I had a good idea for some dew shots, but I doubt they will come out as well as yours did. Still going to try though.
Mouse where do you get your frames? they always set your picts off so nicely. do you do that with the one's you post on your walls at home too?

[Mouse]

They're on photobucket. Just edit your photo and there's an option to add a border. There only used to be one decent one, but now they've upgraded it and there's tons on there!

[Talysia]

Thanks for the comments - they've cheered me up. I must admit, it turned out much better than I was expecting, though. When I took it, the light was terrible outside.

I'm wondering whether to start adding borders to my pics, too.

That reservoir pic is lovely, Mouse, really beautiful. Dave's photo is great, too - the boat, and the sea, reminds me of a painting. Something tells me it's going to be hard to pick a winner this month, and it's only just started!

[Alex, The G and T]

I'm loving a great theme. Many recent accounts have noted an excess of water in our neighborhoods.

The tough part of this theme will be winnowing the water shots from the Water shots.

Strong, early entries set the bar high. Tiffany wafts from the peaceful to the dramatic.

Talysia's exquisite pearl of a dewdrop.

Mouse' "pull up a chair and a cuppa; it's going to be a beautiful day."

And. Any Landlubbers may not fully appreciate the sheer drama in Dave's Son's shot.

As a Mariner, I read the way the boat is rigged and the wavescape. This boat is not in immanent danger; but it is balls-out before a gale. Sailors are experiencing a glorious exultation... mixed with a piquant tinge of fear.

Aarrr. That'll be a hard shot to beat, in my book, Matey.

[Tiffany]

There is certainly a diversity of interpretations for 'water'.
It will be very hard to decide which I like best, out of the photo's posted already, let alone however many more will be posted before the end of May.

[TheDustyZebra]

With a river in my backyard, I'd better not fail to post something this month!

[Mouse]

Get on it, TDZ!

I went for a thumbnail with my lasted offering, as I hate how my photos come up so huge that you have to scroll to see them all. So please do click it as I actually played with shutter speed and all sorts for that photo.

[alchemist]

But Ms Mouse, you can edit the size on photobucket. I usually use a 1.8 MP photo and shrink it to about 70% before I post.

[Mouse]

Yeah I know that, but I'm rubbish with numbers and usually end up messing it up completely so it's then too small!