Comment from orchidrn
This is such a fun image of children riding Great Blue Herons, looking as though they are ready for a race. Your creativity shows once again!.

 Comment Written 28-Jul-2025

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reply by the author on 29-Jul-2025

Hi Michele, Always love combining images and doing something a little different! I'm glad you enjoyed! Thanks for the great review!
:o) Nancy

Comment from soulfeeder
An extraordinaire scene of these three girls riding with these gigantic herons. I like your imagination. The subjects are well-arranged in the frame. The tall heron and those tall trees in the woods fits well in the vertical frame. I also like the walking trail and the stone that you have included. The mixed media aspect was well executed. Nance, this is like a scene from a fantasy movie and is surely an artwork with a story to tell. High on originality and creativity.
All the best in this contest!

 Comment Written 28-Jul-2025

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reply by the author on 28-Jul-2025

Bless you Nieves, Thank you for the contest wishes but I originally posted this in 2013. I don't think I won but I had fun creating it. Thanks you so much for your super wonderful review! I'm thrilled you enjoyed this soooo much! :o) Nancy

Comment from Sange
Ha! Too fun! Riding a great blue! I think I much rather have one of those special saddles and FLY!!
Creative, imaginative and super edit work!
Good luck!

 Comment Written 14-Aug-2013

Comment from susanlen
Ha, Ha, made me stop and look twice! Certainly a very apt image for the contest. Good Luck with that. I like your manipulation, using various images and software. Personally I would alter one of the birds in the foreground. Either the one with the girl in pink or the one with the girl in turquoise. I say this because basically these are the same and this tells me what you have done. Obviously FAR members will realise how you did this, but just make it no so obvious. If you changed the one foot for example or the bird's height or something like that, it would make a difference. Easy to do.

 Comment Written 14-Aug-2013

Comment from Trin
I like your imagination :-)

Really cool creation! Playful, like this could be a new kids series!

Well done, thanks!

 Comment Written 14-Aug-2013

Comment from cainse
One of the best mixture of photo and whimsy that I have viewed in recent memory. Nice light, colors and good contrast. I adore the concept and admire your imagination. cainse

 Comment Written 13-Aug-2013

Comment from Mara del Mar
Lol! I thought that was ostriches to first view! Great job, very creative, with beautiful colors and contrasts, great lighting and excellent sharpness. Well done.
Mara

 Comment Written 13-Aug-2013

Comment from MKFlood
can i ride? i gotta dollar!..lol.so cool. the blend of images are great! the clarity is great! the capture of the light is great! very creative and great job overall!

 Comment Written 13-Aug-2013

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reply by the author on 14-Aug-2013

You most definitely can have a ride! You don't run into fun amusements like this to often! SO glad you enjoyed this and thought I did a great job putting it together. Thank you!

Comment from DardenQualityofWorks
Great job! I love the greeney surrounding them the coloring is great as well. Great job with this. Thanks for sharing.

 Comment Written 13-Aug-2013

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reply by the author on 14-Aug-2013

Thank you Darden! I'm glad you enjoyed this!

Comment from bandl
Very nice concept, but what this picture needs are shadows. This would make the whole feeling more "realistic" Very good idea and imagination. Thanks for sharing.

 Comment Written 13-Aug-2013

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reply by the author on 14-Aug-2013

Thanks for the wonderful review! I'm glad you rnjoyed what you saw. You're right about adding shadows, I don't know where my brain was! LOL