Winners - Before and After

[Christopher Miller]

Thanks everyone for posting such great images for this theme! It's amazing seeing the transformation between the before and after images.


First place - Morpho in flight - Douglas Bolt
This image made me go WOW! The iridescent colors and blur are amazing, and all this from a photo most people would just delete. Very well done, Douglas!

Second place - Aqua Flower - Brendan Dozier
I love this one! It looks so much like an underwater scene, it's uncanny. Well done, Brendan!

Third place - My Favorite Kite - Hilary Hann
I love the textures and pose on this. A great example of how OOTB techniques can transform an "okay" image into an award-winning image! Well done, Hilary!

Fourth place - Rooster Before and After - Dave Mills
Amazing how much difference removing a distracting BG can make. I love the colors and details too. Well done, Dave!

Fifth place - Tie -
Roadside - Jay Sheinfield
A very restful image. I like the subdued colors and the soft texture and feel. Well done, Jay!

Manhattan Skyline - Nick Palmieri
A great example of my favorite OOTB genre, old photos. Well done, Nick!

[Hazel Grant]

Congratulations to all. What a wonderful array of photographic visions we have seen here. I think we should do this at least once a year to see what our OOTB people have done, and how they did it. I learned a lot. Thanks to all. and again, congrats.

[Cheryl Slechta]

Congratulations, Douglas!!! Congrats also to Brenda, Hilary, Dave, Jay and Nick. Thanks for taking the time to judge, Christopher. It's a great theme that we'll be sure to revisit It's nice to see what talented folks we have in OOTB!!

[Judy Howle]

Congrats to all the winners, well-deserved! I liked the theme and hope it will be repeated. Unfortunatly I only had time to enter one.

[Indranil Sircar]

Thank you Christopher for judging and your time. Excellent choices! Congratulations Douglas! Outstanding composition and for the win! Congratulations due to Brendan, Hilary, Dave, Jay and Nick for some excellent images!

[Nancy Bell]

Congrats to all! Very well done. I think "befores & afters" are always super interesting and so informative. It gives us a chance to see inside the mind of the creator.

[denise ippolito]

Christopher, Thank you for judging. Congrats to all the winners! Great job Douglas!

[Brendan Dozier]

Congratulations to everyone, very creative transformations! Thanks for judging Christopher.

[Douglas Bolt]

Thanks for all the kind words. And, thanks to Dennis for wondering what the original image might look like and to Cheryl for making me aware of the Before/After bi-weekly theme.