7/7/2006 12:10:42 AM

Great action shot Evy (ac)

7/7/2006 12:11:45 AM

Lovey summer action shot, Evy!! Love it!!

7/7/2006 12:13:24 AM

I think you had as much fun as the kids to come up with this image, Evy!

7/7/2006 12:17:00 AM

BEAUTIFUL capture, Evy!! Tells the story colorfully...and perfectly!

7/7/2006 12:18:40 AM

Fantastic work Evy!!!!!

7/7/2006 12:43:32 AM

Super!!

7/7/2006 12:43:52 AM

FANTASTIC image, Evy! :)

7/7/2006 12:47:58 AM

And great job Evy! Beautiful colors and light, love it!

7/7/2006 12:50:22 AM

Great fun capture, lovely blue and that puffy cloud, Evy!!

7/7/2006 12:56:51 AM

Very cool and fun capture, Evy!

7/7/2006 1:15:51 AM

Super action shot. So crisp and clear. Very nice Evy.

7/7/2006 2:10:53 AM

Wonderful colors and capture Evy!

7/7/2006 3:23:40 AM

Gorgeous shot, the colors and lighting are awesome, Evy!

7/7/2006 3:27:17 AM

Whoo-hoo!!! Great fun and frolic shot, Evy.

7/7/2006 3:30:11 AM

fantastic capture

7/7/2006 3:41:29 AM

This is so bright and colorful and fun!
Wonderful summertime image, Evy!

Bill

7/7/2006 4:18:45 AM

This is outstanding work Evy! Great comp and color!! Love this one! Jeff

7/7/2006 5:10:15 AM

Excellent shot Evy! Perfect timing.

7/7/2006 5:52:56 AM

Incredible action shot!! Gorgeous colors!

7/7/2006 7:16:12 AM

Really like this picture Evy...GREAT capture with them both in the air like that...very impressed! :)

7/7/2006 9:05:16 AM

Fantastic action shot. Love the colors.

7/7/2006 11:01:46 AM

WOW! Superb action shot.

7/7/2006 12:32:00 PM

Thank you very much everyone!! I truly appreciate the kind comments!!

7/7/2006 9:59:39 PM

Awesome shot, Evy !!! Well done !

7/7/2006 10:01:54 PM

Thank you so very much, Cathy!!

7/8/2006 6:23:58 PM

Terrific summer stop action....wonderfully done, Evy!!

7/9/2006 7:25:49 AM

Thank you so very much Melissa!
A very kind BP-member drew my attention to the darker square around the cloud!!! I'll re-upload the image later to day!!

7/9/2006 7:19:35 PM

My sister pointed that out to me, and I woul have pointed it out to you if you didn't notice, but otherwise, EXCELLENT! I hope you enter it in this month's contest!

Jesse

8/11/2006 4:59:05 PM

Congratulations on your Finalist Evy and Best Of Luck in the next round! Looks like lots of fun!

8/26/2006 2:33:47 PM

Big congrats Evy for being a finalist.

8/26/2006 5:14:20 PM

Congratulations Evy

8/26/2006 7:05:00 PM

Evy, Congratulations on this lovely Finalist!!

8/26/2006 9:18:35 PM

Congratulation on another great finalist, Evy.

8/27/2006 4:10:40 AM

This image IS great fun, Evy, and I'm delighted to see it among the finalists here! Many congratulations and best of luck in the final round!

8/27/2006 11:56:47 AM

Fascinating, Evy! Congratulations on your finalist win, again!!!!!

8/28/2006 1:16:25 PM

Excellent!
Congrats!
~:O)

8/29/2006 11:23:30 PM

Thank you so very much everyone!!

8/30/2006 6:11:28 AM

Congratulations Evy on this fantastic POTD!!! Love the simplicity and the frozen action!

9/9/2006 12:10:06 AM

How colorful and fun!
Congratulations on the POTD recognition, Evy!

Bill

9/9/2006 12:10:15 AM

Evy, big Congratulations on this super POTD!!

9/9/2006 12:10:37 AM

Unique potd, fun image Evy, congratulations!

9/9/2006 12:11:09 AM

Hej Evy - til lykke med dit POTD.
Venter stadig på en mail fra dig?
Håber du har det godt.
Knus fra Karen

9/9/2006 12:15:11 AM

Fantastic image Evy, beautiful colors and outstanding PS work!!
Congratulations on a very well deserved Finalist and POTD!

9/9/2006 12:22:44 AM

CONGRATULATIONS on your POTD, Evy!! Nicely done!!
Much Aloha,
Stan

9/9/2006 12:24:20 AM

Well done! A great POTD!!

9/9/2006 12:28:33 AM

Great fun indeed, Evy :) Congratulations on BOTH Finalist and POTD! WTG!

9/9/2006 12:30:26 AM

Great job Evy !
Congrats on your POTD!

Bedste hilsner her fra
Reine

9/9/2006 12:35:54 AM

WTG, girl! Big Congrats on POTD!

9/9/2006 12:42:21 AM

Wonderful capture Evy! congratulations on your photo of the day!

9/9/2006 12:53:42 AM

A wonderful fun capture, Evy! Congratulations on your POTD!!!

9/9/2006 1:50:10 AM

Big congratulations on your POTD today. I also saw your POTD on one of the other photo sites. Well done!

9/9/2006 1:58:26 AM

Congratulations on this fun-filled POTF, Evy!

9/9/2006 2:50:40 AM

Great job, Evy!Congrats on this finalists and POTD!!

9/9/2006 3:52:53 AM

Congrats for this POTD Evy

9/9/2006 4:28:54 AM

Congratulations on the POTD as well, Evy! :)

9/9/2006 4:31:10 AM

congrats on the POTD

9/9/2006 4:42:29 AM

Congrats on this awesome POTD!!!!

9/9/2006 5:04:20 AM

your graphic work always amazes me! Super!

9/9/2006 5:17:37 AM

Congratulations on POTD Evy, lovely image

9/9/2006 5:34:15 AM

Thank you so very much everyone! I truly appreciate!!

And thanks, BP - I'm very honored!!

9/9/2006 5:38:07 AM

This is really cool, in more than one way. :-) You have a very creative gallery.

9/9/2006 5:42:17 AM

Masterfully done Evy! What a fantastic image!! Big Congrats on your fine POTW!!!! and your finalist!!

9/9/2006 5:52:12 AM

Evy, this is an exceptional composition and the color is bright and fun! Congratulations to you on both your Finalist and POTD!!!

9/9/2006 5:55:44 AM

Evy, congratulations on this very impressive finalist and POTD! Beautiful work!

9/9/2006 5:58:46 AM

Congrats on you finalist and POTD!! WTG. Beautiful work. Hugs,Kathy

9/9/2006 6:02:18 AM

Hi Evy, congrats on your cute POTD! Your images are always so appealing and full of life!

9/9/2006 6:14:07 AM

Great job Evy!!! Congrats on POTD :-)

9/9/2006 6:31:26 AM

Evy, congratulations on your POTD and Finalist. Great work!!

9/9/2006 6:50:40 AM

Congratulations on this beautiful POTD, Evy!!! I'm so happy whenever I see a wonderful photo open in my inbox, particularly when the photographer is someone whose work I have always liked so much!!! Great job, Evy!!!

9/9/2006 7:00:16 AM

Gorgeous color, great action shot. Very nicely done. Congratulations on your POTD!

9/9/2006 7:06:45 AM

Beautiful colors and lighting, Congratulation on your POTD!!!

9/9/2006 7:32:22 AM

congrats Evy !!! this is so fun, well deserved...

9/9/2006 8:13:49 AM

Coonratulations on your finalist and POTD!!! Nice work! FUN! Mary :-D

9/9/2006 8:15:58 AM

Congratulations Evy, on both your finalist and POTD!

9/9/2006 8:16:32 AM

Fun for sure!! Congrats Evy on your finalist and POTD!!

9/9/2006 8:24:53 AM

I am sorry, but I am a bit disgusted that this photo is a finalist when the Photoshop job is so bad. The dark blue square around the cloud should be more of a lesson of how NOT to do something in Photoshop rather than a photo finalist in a PHOTO competition. Sorry I am so grumpy, but that is the way I feel. I know people may hate me for my comments, but geez this is bad for so many people that try to create beautiful photos without much help of Photoshop.

9/9/2006 8:30:35 AM

Thank you so much everyone! I appreciat a lot.

TO GREG:
Hi Greg! Don’t be sorry! I’m wondering my self why this one was chosen, as I uploaded another version without the dark blue square. And as I know, there is a better version; I’m not embarrassed, but very proud, of this POTD!! :-)

9/9/2006 8:53:44 AM

Evy, this image shows your creativity once again. Such a fun choice of elements. Mr. Owens, if you are grouchy as you say, next time when you wish to lash out at someone's work I would advise you to compare your portfolio to theirs. I enjoyed seeing your two images. Also, it is my rule of critique that if I want to give a criticism, I must also give the antecdote. I failed to see your advice on how to correct this small glitch in Evy's image.

9/9/2006 9:10:19 AM

Kathy: I hope I spelled your name correctly. Maybe if you are going to respond to someone, you should at least consider spelling their name right? Food for thought. Evy has put together some really nice photos along with some good and fun montages together. This one included actually, even though it needs some photoshop improvement. My disgust is more with the competition I guess. This site is BetterPHOTO so I would like to think the competition is for photographers and their photos rather than digital artwork and montages...so when a poorly Photoshoped Montage makes it as a finalist in a PHOTO competition it tends to irk me a bit. Sorry to ruffle feathers.

9/9/2006 9:40:04 AM

I love this image, Evy! And I guess I didn't notice the blue square around the cloud... you just need to feather your selection next time so it blends better, and select your color from the square of blue so that your sky color matches. I suspect that the judges, having so many images to look through, probably didn't notice the square either - they were so caught up in the image itself and the perspective and rich colors and awesome composition, etc., etc., etc.,! I do think that photos manipulated in the PS "darkroom" process are no different than what Ansel Adams did when he manipulated his zones in his darkroom processes. Photography is a creative art IN the camera and IN the darkroom... whether it's a chemical darkroom or a digital darkroom. It's all part of the process of creating the image that the eye sees!

9/9/2006 9:57:37 AM

Congratulations on this POTD that captures the essence of kids having fun in the summer, Evy!!!:)

9/9/2006 9:57:49 AM

Great photo, colors and composition.
Until I read the photo discussion I was pretty peeved at what a bad job was done of the imposed cloud, but I understand that this probably wasn't totally your fault as your screen/color setup is going to be completely different to everybody elses and you may not have noticed. How the judges didn't notice is a little hard to see though ...

I don't want to preach, but I've seen several POTD's that have simple problems, so people, check, check and check again ! (change your brightness/contrast settings)

9/9/2006 10:18:56 AM

This is a beautiful shot with great colors and composition. I have never commented before, though I have often wanted to. I agree with Mr. Owen and others about the editing aspect, but place little of the blame on Evy. The judges aren't supposed to get "so caught up in the image itself and the perspective and rich colors and awesome composition, etc., etc., etc" that they don't judge the quality of the entry. If the composition, etc. of the picture outweighs the editing glitch, PLUS ALL OTHER ENTRIES, then yes, this pic is a winner. Again, though, I really like the shot. It captures a beautiful, fun summer day.

9/9/2006 11:01:29 AM

Hi Evy! Congratulations on your wonderful and colorful fun image!

9/9/2006 12:11:07 PM

I would agree with you, Bill that the judges aren't supposed to get "so caught up...", and wasn't making excuses for them, but the fact remains there are SO MANY images to go through, I often wonder if they are all getting looked at properly to begin with and I often wonder if we shouldn't be more limited as the number of images we can enter into the contest. It HAS to be cumbersome to judge so many!!!! Are they being judged properly... obviously this one is an example of maybe not... but again, Evy - I LOVE this images and the idea behind it - VERY creative... I just think this is a perfect example of growing pains for BP and the fact that something needs to be done.

9/9/2006 2:58:54 PM

Evy ~
Congratulations on your POTD!!!

9/9/2006 3:06:14 PM

I do understand Gregs frustration...Evy..I love the idea behing this image and the colors are very robust and the concept is great...it is just that if there are over 26,000 photos to be judged, one would think that only the best of the best make it in as finalists...Having said that I have seen FAR worse than this one make it as a finalist...I have seen very simple snpshots make it in as a finalist...shots with no artistic or creativity quality at all. Even 2 of my finalists that made it in a few months ago, should never have made it in...I know what images I present are good and which ones are not...and 2 were not even good quality images. I agree with Diana...the system of judging really needs to change...to have to view over 26,000 images is just too overwhelming to be able to do a good job of judging...I think they rush through some of the images and do not or can not take the time to really look at each image thoroughly....So I think that Gregs frustration is actually more with the judges than with you Evy...after all it is not your fault that they gave you a finalist or POTD....

9/9/2006 7:52:42 PM

Thank you very much Kathy, Diana, Jim, Dave, Bill P, Lorraine and Mary!! :-)

http://www.betterphoto.com/gallery/dynoGallDetail.asp?photoID=2369259

:-)

9/9/2006 7:53:13 PM

Thanks Kenneth!!
Maybe it’s time to end this discussion :-) actually I think that the judge picked the corrected version of this image as finalist/POTD, but in the confusion put on the "finalist label" at the wrong version. With two almost identically photos, that is forgivable. If anyone wants to check out the other version, you can find it here: http://www.betterphoto.com/gallery/dynoGallDetail.asp?photoID=2369259

Have a wonderful Sunday everyone :-)

9/9/2006 8:09:28 PM

Big congratulations on your POTD for this delightful image, Evy--and, by the way, I think you're absolutely right about the two versions!

9/10/2006 12:24:14 AM

Congratulations on your well deserved POTD Evy! You should not have been made to defend your work or the judges choice!

Although there are compliments hidden throughout this "Envy of Evy"; A private email may have been a more appropriate way to congratulate a longtime member, who's daily contributions are invaluable. At BP its more than just the art, it's the artist. Evy-Congratulations!Your envied by many and loved by the best!!

9/10/2006 12:55:21 AM

It's a great shot but it would be better if it didn't show a mark around the inserted cloud

9/10/2006 3:51:30 AM

Thank you so very much Gerda, Ronda and Ayham! I truly appreciate your kind words!!

9/10/2006 7:49:59 AM

Congrats nonetheless Evy....still a nice capture!

9/10/2006 6:46:51 PM

Thank you so very much, Allan!! :-)

9/11/2006 12:13:02 AM

Congrats on the POTD and Finalist! This is a really cool shot and well put together! Bravo!!!!

9/13/2006 6:50:46 AM

Thank you Marty! I truly appreciate!! :-)

9/13/2006 9:52:18 AM

Evy...I just want to say again...Many Congratulations on such a neat photo. Remember Evy you can't please all the people all the time. Every time I look at your gallery I am truly amazed at the talent you have for snapping your pictures at just the right moment to catch a picture that truly leaves most of us in amazement! You have a wonderful eye and I wish I could capture the things you see...but obviously I don't. We each have our own style. Your do a great job kido..you can be sure of that. Sometime I use several programs to capture the kind of effect that makes me happy. It may not be what others like...but it make me feel good about what I do and that's what counts. Please don't be dishearted with any negative remarks...remember that we are here to learn from one another and we are here to have fun and that is what it is all about. Betterphoto has given us the opportunity to express ourselves in our art...our photography...our love for what we do..the things we see around us...the special events that that come into our lives that have brought us happiness and even sadness. I love your pictures and have learned from you and look at your pictures often and hope to continue to do so. I appreciate you more than you will ever know! Sincerely, allie :)

9/13/2006 10:28:24 AM

Thank you so much, Alice! I truly appreciate your very kind words and your support!

9/13/2006 6:43:52 PM

congratulations Evy on POTD and Finalist Wonderful Capture
Chris

9/16/2006 6:13:16 PM

Thank you, Chris!! Your kind comment are greatly appreciated!!

9/16/2006 6:49:39 PM

LOVE this shot Evy! A big congratulations on your POTD!

9/17/2006 12:43:08 PM

Thank you so very much Jill!! :-)

9/17/2006 9:38:04 PM

Ya know...looking at this picture again..LOL...it kind of looks like the kids are being dropped from the sky..LOL! :)

9/18/2006 2:41:57 AM

:-) Thank you so very much, Alice!!

9/18/2006 8:45:03 PM

Congrats on your Finalist and POTD for this fun loving image!

11/12/2006 8:02:51 PM

Thank you very much, Corinne!!

11/12/2006 11:55:38 PM

Congratulations is all I say!

Roger

11/29/2006 3:33:30 AM

Congratulations!
Nice photo, but why don't you clean your Photoshop part - the cloud has square around it - it's too obvious (imho).
Actually, the picture would not loose even without it.

10/1/2008 9:45:07 AM

Thanks for stopping by, Alla! And thanks for the comment! It is a pity you didn't read all the comments.

10/1/2008 7:46:38 PM

Thank you for you reply. I went back and read almost all comments regarding that cloud - that's true, sometimes it's invisible on some monitors.. Anyway... :)
For me it was kind of shock - how pictures get awarded having such visible things. Personally I did not look for anything bad in pictures, I really like what and how you do - your pictures are great. Thanks. :)

10/2/2008 8:08:07 AM

Thanks a lot, Alla :)

10/3/2008 8:28:57 AM

This photograph has movement! What fun and excellence!

8/2/2010 8:15:06 AM

Thank you so much Annette!!

8/2/2010 6:09:43 PM