Aoudad Lamb
by yanko

Comment:
What a creative solution that really turned out beautifully. Doggone dude, this is good...

Boundaries
by yanko

Comment:
Very poignant. Love the moody tones. Focus & DOF are dead on.

Sulcata Tortoise
by yanko

Comment:
Wow...

Barbary Sheep Portrait
by yanko

Comment:
Fantastic! I'd love to read more about how you achieve this look in your animal portraits. They're really terrific and you create such amazing texture (or allow it to shine through). Excellent.

Tribal Colors
by yanko

Comment:
WOW... I missed this challenge. This is incredible. I'm not a cat fan, but this is doggone good (pun intended)! ;-P Simply amazing focus/DOF and colors. Beautiful.

Fawn
by yanko

Comment:
I like the selective desat here - really makes the fawn stand out. Great detail & textures on her too. Not crazy about the border and the crop is a little tight, but the pic is terrific. ;-)

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Sedona Red Rock
by ArpeggioAngel

Comment:
Nice color & focus/detail. You might consider trying to brighten the foreground areas a bit with the dodge/burn brush (I use +3 brightness, +5 contrast to add "light" or highlights to darker areas). Then I'd probably switch to -1 brightness and +3 contrast on the sky to make it moodier. Of course, I tend to overdo this sort of thing... ha! Great capture!

Orange dragonfly
by ArpeggioAngel

Comment:
This is sweet! Love the tones. I would probably clone out the twig stuff on the right - it doesn't seem to add anything and draws my attention away from the fly. Really nice capture.

Youth Interrupted
by CalliopeKel

Comment:
She's 12??? She looks at least 18 in this shot. HA WOW... They do grow up fast. I kinda agree with Joey though about the white leaning post, but terrific capture once again. :-)

Genes
by CalliopeKel

Comment:
Great POV & tones. The casual pose works well too. You've really got a talent for portraits (among other types of shots - but especially people). Beautiful work.