These are the images that got me my AFIAP (2012) and then EFIAP (2013).
Motherly Love
Windswept Beach
Egghead
Illusion
Smoke & Mirrors
Common Blue Damselfly
Broad Bodied Chaser (Female)
Orthetrum cancellatum - Black-tailed Skimmer (Male)
Reed Warbler
In Character
Morning Light on Mist
Misty Dawn Reflections
Trees In The Mist
Crummock Water Dawn
Autumn Light
was The Hard And The Soft
Rushing Water Patterns
Blue Tit on Branch
Fraser
Spurn Point
Pebbles on the Beach
Balanced
Damselfly Portrait
The Last Jump
Apple Crumble
Vacant Chair
In Pursuit
Sunrise Through Crops
Common Darters Mating
Vaulted Cellarium
Bamburgh Dawn
Beach Trees
Rannoch Moor
Storm Light Over Rum
Elgol
After The Storm
Sligachan
Teal
Shoveler Landing
Bewick Swan in Flight
Early Morning, Dunstanburgh
London
(also entered as Museum Steps)
Pintail
Mute Swan Landing
Pochard Preening
Cold Landing
Muddy Hell
Vin Scothern, Diana Goss and 2 others like this. Barbie Lindsay Leave it be, a great shot 5 August at 09:43 · Unlike · 1 Sarah Middleton Thanks, Barbie. I think you can look at your own work for too long and never see it as finished, so it's nice to have someone else's eyes on it for the first time. 5 August at 10:30 · Like · 1 Christine Widdall Simple and effective. Lovely. 5 August at 13:07 · Unlike · 1 Gwen Charnock FacebookHi Sarah, I imagined it with a bit of soft focus on it so I popped some over it an erased through to the main subject before deleting. It looked quite beautiful. I could do one for an example for you or perhaps you could try it. It would make what is a lovely study that bit more intriguing and get you more than 12 points at times. cheers, Gwen 5 August at 14:22 via · Unlike · 1 Sarah Middleton I'd love to see what you've done to it, Gwen. What method do you use for 'soft focus'? Thanks! 5 August at 15:16 · Like Gwen Charnock FacebookHi Sarah, Simply make another Layer by dragging original Layer down to create a new Layer at the bottom of the Layer Box. Click on Filter - Blur -Gaussian Blur to get a really fluffy version of the original, then reduce its effect by sliding that layer's opacity down until you have the desired effect. Use your eraser on a small brush to bring back the important bits like the flower head, the green blades and the roots. Don't erase too much or you will lose the effect. I will quickly do one and send it to you.. Have a go! Cheers, Gwen 5 August at 17:55 via · Like Gwen Charnock My system doesn't seem to have sent you an example of what I mean. You would have to e-mail me directly I think as Facebook seems to have a sensible blocking system in action. 5 August at 18:05 · Like Sarah Middleton Direct message sent via your website. 5 August at 20:17 · Like
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