~the way you have never seen me~ to James with true love, from Russia
by silverfoxx

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This is really gorgeous. You've made it look so much like an old photo!

the dominance of the shape projecting onto the blue, as seen from above
by silverfoxx

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Another interesting shot. Your come up with very original ideas!

That ball is truly enormous. I wouldn't even have a place to put it in my house. :)

Ice Blue
by Jutilda

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This is really nice, Judy! I love those ices, err ... eyes. :)

Shadow Play
by Jutilda

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I like the shot overall, but the diagonal connection's pretty weak. Maybe cropping out the left third or so would make a strong line from the lower left corner through this foot and head to the upper right corner?

Octopussy!
by snaffles

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Hee hee. Oh, well, guess you cloned in those legs. Still a funny shot - just look at your comments! :)

Thunderball
by gloda

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Congrats on rounding out your ribbon collection. :)

memories
by amandalore

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Hey, didn't see this one. Glad to see you entering again. :)

Good, emotion-packed shot. I like the lighting, too!

Peacock Love
by noraneko

Comment:
Catherine, I think you did really well with the composition. The angles and colors are very nice. I agree with the score, though like Julianne, I'm having a little trouble figuring out exactly why. First, it could be sharper. It's a shot to be proud of, but to really pop, it needs sharpness. 1/50 was probably a little slow if they were moving, but I realize you were at dusk, so your options were limited, esp. as you were already at ISO 400. Try working with a wider aperture. I don't know how zoomed you were, but you might have been able to keep everything sharp even with a lower f-stop, which would've let you use a faster shutter.

Try this in processing: unsharp at 55, 1.4, 0. It seems to sharpen things up without too much haloing except under the male's neck. Since this is advanced editing, you can go in and erase that either by painting green or cloning a few pixels along that line.

I think you did a good thing making the background different from the tan, but maybe a reddish tint would've made the hen's top piece stand out more? Or make it darker.

One last suggestion: whens shooting, try different settings on multiple shots. Sometimes I'm surprised when I get home how much better an alternate setting works.

look mommy!!!
by Darkend_Sword

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Heh. Don't sweat the score. This is a shot to keep for your family! :)

Airborne
by xianart

Comment:
Wonderful shot, and I love the B&W treatment. It seems a bit dark, but that might be my monitor.