She's swimming in money
by tamatama

Comment:
Susanne,

Unfortunately you haven't gotten any comments yet, so I'll add what I see in the picture. The edited picture looks very overexposed and washed out with white light. The original actually looks much better to me and I feel it would have scored better with no editing. I know to you it appeared too dark, but that was better than too light.

I think you did very well with the composition of this shot. If you only have the camera flash you can try diffusing the flash some with some tissue paper in front of the flash or maybe a ping-pong ball with a notch cut to fit the flash. However you may be better off just using normal room light or maybe add some table or halogen lamps. Bounce the light off the ceiling to reduce the shadows and harshness.

Finally, you may not feel right doing this with your daughter, but she is very beautiful and if you had untied the top behind the neck and let the strings drop under the money it would have had a sexier look. Her expression is great.

Warrior and Dog
by mpeters

Comment:
aka Orion and Canis Major I believe with Sirius in the center? Good time exposure of a nice scene.

Night Time Opera
by cujee

Comment:
Beautiful Sydney sunset shot from the vicinity of Mrs McQuarey's Chair I presume. Excellent lighting.

Thunderbirds
by Cam

Comment:
Nice shot, but there have been so many Thunderbirds, Blue Angels and similar formation shots lately.

New Day. New Hope. New Beginning.
by essay

Comment:
Beautiful lake scene. I like the emphasized saturation.

Daybreak
by roba

Comment:
Great shot! Perfect timing on the sunrise/sunset and lovely blanket of fog. Excellent scene choice.

This Years Halloween Decoration
by Anachronite

Comment:
Unfortunately it's very true. Technically not so good due to flash and flatness of subject. A scary looking Obama figure would have helped it.

"Light In The Forest"
by ThingFish

Comment:
Beautiful bed of leaves in a beautiful grove of trees. Good catch.

Ikebana au naturel
by GeneralE

Comment:
The 91 degree angle orientation is ... interesting. It took a few seconds to figure it out. I would have liked normal orientation better.

The lonely mountain
by LalliSig

Comment:
Gotta be Iceland. Lovely aurora shot with spectacular star field.