Silver and Gold
by tanguera

Comment:
I'm going through the entries, stopping at those images I feel have had the benefit of an unconventional eye and dwelling a little longer to try to see and appreciate what you saw. This is one of those images.

Positives: What a marvellous portrait. The light, the opulence of the surroundings, the dress, the pose, the aloof dog - all contribute to a really effective image. Everything goes together so wonderfully. I particularly like the blown curtain - it adds dynamism to a quite still image.

Critical stuff: I think eye contact may have worked really well to anchor the viewers eye.

Overall: I am a fan of good portraits and this is right up there.

First Light
by Pixelstate

Comment:
These grand landscapes don't move me too often. This one does! Looks like one of Richard's to me.

Window View
by PennyStreet

Comment:
I didn't look at this challenge, just picked this up in the PH thread. Lovely job!

GBH
by vawendy

Comment:
I wonder if you gave up an FS ribbon by entering this....?

I think this is a truly wonderful bird shot.

Morning Frost
by MargaretNet

Comment:
Congrats on your first ribbon Margaret!

Diving
by william88

Comment:
If this doesn't take the Blue the world might just break from pure wrongness.

The difficulty tarif is off the scale. Amazing job.

Run Pug Run
by Paul

Comment:

Originally posted by skewsme: hey is this dog over 18? ;-) great texture and great mid-gallumph capture

Excellent! Actually, in dog years she is 21!

by RKT

Comment:
Amazing confluence of form, light and subtle coloration. Tremendous.

crossing over
by bspurgeon

Comment:
You're so good at this stuff.

Pascual's
by Germaine

Comment:
Looks like illuminated buildings. Excellent confounding of scale.