Flamingo Dancers
by scalvert

Comment:
sweet shot, shannon. probably one your best, ever.

Cruzin'
by Skip

Comment:

Originally posted by lhall: See my comments on your "Cruzin'- revisited"; I feel the same way about this image. I gave you a 7 on this, because I like the concept and the subject, and feel that it definitely has possibilities.

i copied your comments, as i'm dumping the revisited image ;-)

lhall Canon EOS-20D 10/22/2004 05:25:58 AM
"I want a much closer crop on this. While I find the composition to be OK, I would really like to see the gray area cropped all the way up to the dark shadow of the wood or whatever it is the little guy is on, and also cropped in a good bit on the left side. The upper area has a nice, rich dark color that provides a good background, and I think getting rid of the gray would really make him "pop" out from the background."

Message edited by author 2005-07-27 05:44:56.

arrancada-185.jpg
by scuds

Comment:
sweet

Grasping Free
by aznym

Comment:
wish i had had time to vote, aznym, i'm sure my vote would have put you over 6.0

excellent work!

flying free
by ursula

Comment:
very, very nice...however...this shot BEGS FOR SOME PHOTOG NOTES!!! how did you do this?

Spreading Her Wings
by toddhead

Comment:
lovely shot, todd! congrats on your ribbon--most deserved!

'hello'
by suemack

Comment:
too cool!!! just love the colors, as well as his 'expression'.

Flying Solo
by Prof_Fate

Comment:
sorry, but the haloing on this is just too much. if you have an image where basic editing constraints leave it looking like this, you probably would be better off sitting the challenge out.

Safe At First
by nova

Comment:
nice capture, ray! yeah, we both know you were asking a bit too much out of that lens...i know of a mint condition 300mm f/2.8 that retails for $3700 that can be had for about a grand less--any interest?

it does appear that you did well with those who stopped long enough to comment; my guess is that the detail you lost from the cropping is what did you in in the end. valiant effort, though!

Beach beauty
by raflima

Comment:
great finish for your first time out! and with a nice shot, as well.

i think this would have done better for you if you had straightened up your horizon and cropped in as tight as possible. it's not easy to do this in an action shot (you're pretty much having to shoot in a photojournalistic style). good eye, good capture--keep it up!