Anticrepuscular Rays over Taos, NM
by strangeghost

Comment:
News to me too - very cool. Thanks for sharing it (and nice capture btw!)

Nevaeh
by briantammy

Comment:
Great expression of concentration and exasperation! LOL

Bad Georgie!
by jseyerle

Comment:
GREAT CAPTURE!!! [Bravo]

In the Grass
by Artyste

Comment:
WOW - what a piercing stare. And you picked up the golden tones in her eyes wonderfully. Great job.

Green Beauty
by elsapo

Comment:
Really spectacular capture. The reflection makes this shot (well, along with the fact that everything else is right on too!).

Butterfly in Flight
by elsapo

Comment:
Simply beautiful shot...

Night Lights
by rayg544

Comment:
Very cool shot!

Red for Prosperity
by davidus428

Comment:
Very beautiful and original entry.

Soft
by LeeD

Comment:
First off let me say that I remember this image very well from the challenge. It also reminded me of an Anne Geddes shot. It has a lot of emotional appeal (everyone likes babies) and the softness and purity of the light really add to the overall mood.

There are a couple of things I don't think work as well as they could though. The discoloration around the baby's eye is a bit of a distraction (although I understand no spot editing allowed in basic challenge) and the crop didn't really work for me. I like the high key feel you've established and the bright white light, but I think a different crop might have served you better here - instead of close at the top, maybe close at the bottom? Probably the biggest hit your score took though was because (as several other people have said), the actual textures in the image are too subtly displayed.

I like it and think it's really a good shot - just not necessarily represented the best it could have been for a Textures Challenge.

Just my 2 cents...

Stained.jpg
by scalvert

Comment:
Wow... Very nice.