Chic
by Zigomar

Comment:
I love her hat. It's so strange...when I saw the thumbnail I thought it was someone playing a guitar...but upon opening to full size I found it was so much better than that. A pure slice of chic.

Ah! I see I'm not the only one who saw the guitar thing!

Message edited by author 2009-07-01 23:10:49.

Footwear
by Germaine

Comment:
I'm digging this explosion of color. must be the magic of the hot pink Crocs.

a slice of canopy
by krnodil

Comment:
Oh dear...didn't you know it's not nice to confuse people?

When you let go of what you are, you become what you might be.
by skewsme

Comment:
This makes my eyes happy.

Peace
by freakin_hilarious

Comment:
They are clouds over a deep ocean...they are a couple kissing against a dark wall in a smoke filled room...they are smooth and cool abstraction...they are pure imagination.

Sticks
by Retroesque

Comment:
From the pictures you've shown us, I must say...you have a really cool house! I love your eye for decor...clean, simple...and so much fun.

Beach Boy
by Germaine

Comment:
You gotta love the surfboards.

prazeres #3
by halopes

Comment:
Nice! I love how the shadows stretch across the walkway.

No two alike
by Melethia

Comment:
This was so cool Deb! For some reason it reminds my of a fun and funky layer cake. Cake=good yes? We need to have another LB SC soon.

S H Y
by Love6

Comment:
I am longing for the texture of the feathers that I know is there but has perhaps been lost in a noise reduction application? I do find the composition very appealing though.

I just got your PM. Regardless of whether you actually used a noise reduction program or not, to my eye it looks like you have. There is an unnatural softness about the feathers. If you have done minimal editing as you said in your PM, perhaps you did a good deal of cropping to arrive at this composition. I saw in the score tracking thread your score is in the 4.6 area and you seem really frustrated. Score has nothing to do with how good you are as a photographer. A vote is an opinion. I get horrible scores all the time. The average DPC voter is very technically minded, and this does have what appears to be some technical issues. I'm not one to harp on that sort of thing, I embrace all things blurry, soft...expressive. But something about this photograph does seem unnatural in the lack of detail...it has that plasticy melty look of overzealous NR application whether you used it or not. For what it's worth, I've scored this a 5 because I do enjoy the composition very much.