Spam Mail Has Gone Too Far!
by Senay

Comment:
Yeah, damn Canon flyers are spam to me too ;-)

Frosty
by kala09

Comment:
ummm cute dog but what does he have to do with Spam? Or spam?

Spam Sushi
by Cuttooth

Comment:
that actually doesn't look too bad...

Avian Angel
by SandyP

Comment:
What a lovely shot and huge congrats on the blue!

Martini
by lovethelight

Comment:
Very cool shot, love how you set it up. Very Deeta von Teese.

...Of Course
by colorcarnival

Comment:
LOL makes me smile. I was thinking of trying to get a shot like this, but was afraid the beast I had in mind would eat and/or slobber all over my lens! Very well done, nice cartoony feel.

Mr. Slippy Goes To Court
by Art Roflmao

Comment:
OMG Art...you are truly a DPC treasure.

Horse Power
by karenk

Comment:
Fiddy looks like he's having a blast torquing around for you! That breed sure knows how to give a good pic! Oh yeah, congrats on the ribbon too :-0

Butterfly Watching
by brianlh

Comment:
Greetings from the Criticque Club!

Initial impression: Like the POV, quite unusual but effective. In voting I would have given this a 6 or 7.

Technical: Love the comp because there is plenty of room for the butterfly to move into. However, though I personally like the use of shallow dof, and clearly some others do too, your score suffered because of the dof.

Artistic: The duotones work well, the pov is very interesting and different. For this site it is a daring shot because it is an unconventional shot of a butterfly. Pity there are at least a couple of voters who didn't appreciate a different approach.

Overall: As I have stated many times already on this site, you can either shoot to please the dpc crowd and get high scores, or you can shoot to please yourself and risk getting lower scores as a result. If what you love to shoot naturally also pleases the dpcers, you've got ribbons. Please keep shooting, and shoot for yourself.

Feel free to PM me with any questions,

Susan

Ele
by IWhispered

Comment:
Greetings from the Criticque Club!

Initial impression: 1-2-3-Awwwwwwww....very cute picture of a very lucky dog.

Technical: comp is a little centred which probably cost you in terms of score. The slightly oof foreground works well, helps draw the eye in. I think the creases in the quilt over her come across as a tiny bit heavy, there is nothing similar underneath to help balance it out. Some glare on the quilt, the bane of shooting anything white. ISO is quite high, 400 or even 200 may have done the job esp at 1/50.

Artistic: I like this shot because it has a spontaneous feel, and who knows when the subject will wake up and decide they want out of the shot?

Overall: Quite a nice shot, very peaceful, and you got a decent score. A little hit with fill flash or shadows/highlights may have taken out some of the dark areas in the quilt. And FWIW I was told long ago that it was best to resize once everything else had been done - THEN unsharp mask. Doesn't seem to hurt.

Feel free to PM me with any questions,

Susan