Boxed In
by jpochard

Comment:
Very clever idea and well executed. I'm amazed you were able to get the proportions correct to be able to have such a perfect crop. Great job.

Ever-changing forms
by beaflies

Comment:
Beautiful texture and lines in this shot. Great job.

Night Eyes
by sir_bazz

Comment:
Wonderful shot. Love the soft dark green background with the bright green subject. Great texture.

Grade School Memories
by SDW

Comment:
Scott - I've been in this position also, middle score with no commnets. It is easy to ignore the middle ranks and only commnet on the best and worst.

With that siad this was certainly not the worst. It suffered from many of the thungs already mentioned; overshapening, bright background, too much going on in the photo. It may have done better with a closer crop. I for one like the boy and got the relationship with the broken wall.

Hope this helps as I'm certainly not a medal winner!

Broken Yet Unbowed...
by librodo

Comment:
One of my favorites and no surprise it was yours. You are the master of these emotive portraits.

Returning from the hunt
by jbsmithana

Comment:
Thanks. I went for something different for a change. This is meant to have the blue cast in order to instill the cold feeling of an unsuccessful hunt during witner. I went kind of artsy for me and looks like I failed. This does look pretty good blown up though.

IMG_5540.jpg
by Rando D300

Comment:
Very nice Downy. Clean and sharp. Which lens?

Anna's In Winter
by jbsmithana

Comment:
Thanks to all for the comments. As for the color shift I do not know how I did not noitce until after the challenge started. You are correct that it is shifted although not as much as you might expect. As for saturation it is pretty much as captured. Although I'm very happy with the finish I have to wonder how it would have done had I fine tuned the color balance instead of using auto.

In any case I'm happy with the shot and will post a few more later. (see outtakes thread) I have one that shows the beautiful red throat and crown.

Here is the shot with the proper white balance.


Message edited by author 2006-02-01 13:50:52.

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by AlexSaberi

Comment:

wow! Great job. I join the group wanting to know how. Come on, share.

Drink For Tomorrow We Shall Die!
by carlo

Comment:
Sorry but this one suffers from distorted DOF. Would have liked it better had the focus been on the front of the shot with the blur leading away. IMHO of course.