Two equestrian riders, girls on horseback, in low tide reflections on serene Morro Strand State Beach Surprisingly, this snapshot taken with a just a pocket Canon PowerShot SD950 IS is amongst my most-viewed photos on Flickr (11/09 ~30K views) and has been over-processed with artificial gradients and tone - Thanks to all for the kind comments. Two equestrian riders, girls on horseback, in quite a foggy day, with low tide reflections at sunset on Morro Strand State Beach 29 Oct. 2008. Michael "Mike" L. Baird Canon SD950 point-and-shoot snapshot. This photo has some "way overdone" Lightroom 2 gradient treatments applied: gold bottom-to -center; blue top-to-center toning. Serene mood. Also characteristic of Montana de Oro area to the south. Digital 100 Examples lesson: "More can be less." Sometimes the better photo is the one with fewer elements and/or a simple background or context into which a focus of interest can be composed. Notice the rule-of-thirds at play here as well, and use of the leading space to the right to lessen tension for the riders moving in that direction. 19 April 2009 Awarded #2 in Share Your Best with the World "reflections" contest. 24 Nov. 2008 Used in a Creative Commons competition, and by Eddi in Germany! And, alicepopkorn's artwork (again)... and more from Eddi. And, and ghostbones makes stunning drama and by pareeerica Actually, see a dozen derivatives at a contest here. Jan 2009: Creative Commons use note - see this discussion at www.flickr.com/groups/textures_only/discuss/7215760992353... where my horses on beach image is the starter image in a mod competition. 18 March 2009 Creative Commons use note at Women's Nook. 18 March 2009 Creative Commons use note: charliegriffiths said: "I'd like to use your picture www.flickr.com/photos/mikebaird/2985066755/ in a piece I'm writing about Creative Commons for the next issue of Photo Pro magazine: could you let me know if you have any objections? We'll credit you and link to your Flickr account accordingly, of course... Charlotte Griffiths, Photo Pro Magazine, charlottegriffiths [at} bright-publishing d o t com." I said: "That's fine - thanks for asking!" 25 June 2009 Creative Commons use note: Used in the Digital Photography School, 20 Effective Reflection Photos lesson. 18 Sept 2009 This is one of my most viewed and "most interesting" photos. It is now the seed for a theme challenge "After Dark Reflections." 29 Sept. 2009 Used as the first example of cool reflection images at Lightstalking.