stargazer lilly.jpg
by noth1021

Comment:
This is a nice photo. A few things I notice about it are: 1.)Your background is very distracting, pay close attention when you are shooting anything and if needed, try to change your angle of view to exclude the bg or change it slightly. In this image, simply rising up a few more inches so the only thing back there is the road might help it a bit. 2.) Your DOF is really shallow and with your angle of view it might behoove you to focus on something other than the stamen of the flower. 3.) Your colours seem a little washed out (you can improve upon this in a photo editing application if you have one).

That's all for now. I hope you have a great time at DPC and hope to see more of you around the forums and in the side challenges (we are starting 30 days in black and white on Sept 1st if you are interested).

:)

Mother Nature
by daboardergirl

Comment:
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! Congratulations!!! Feels good huh?? hehe This is a fantastic photograph and I believe you should submit it to DPC prints :)

The shadow you never expect
by Windtale

Comment:
Congratulations at the honorable mention!! I'll bet you are very excited! It is a fabulous concept that was very well executed :)

Day 45
by Brad

Comment:
BRAD!!! This is gorgeous!!!!!!!!! Talk about purple! It is heavenly purple. You better be offering this as a print :)

a man's eye view
by Jaded_Housewife

Comment:
HAHAHHAHAAA!! You nailed the title! :) He certainly is checking out their bums LOL

Tammie
by escapetooz

Comment:
I like it!! I would like to see a bit more of her shirt in focus though, it is so lovely :) The colours work really well here as her hair is so dark and her shirt so very red :)

Differently the Same
by Wildcard

Comment:
Heyyyyy, this is ART!! From the way you shot it, they do look the same... I have to look really hard to see that there are any differences at all.

070506-NASCAR-at-RIR-0158-72dpi.jpg
by Skip

Comment:
Wow. Does that sum it up?? LOL I really like your b&w conversion! Darn, now I want to drink a beer and watch a race :)

Day 27: The Fog
by Blue Moon

Comment:
That is so pretty... I wrote an awful story about fog once, it ate people!! LOL I do love to watch it roll up over the hills and under the trees though. Nice capture... really takes me to a place I used to love.

mckinnon8.jpg
by jerowe

Comment:
A couple of things that I don't like and a couple that I do :) I don't like the big thing in the background, if it was intended to be in the shot, I would have put it IN the shot. In the place it is, it just distracts from your lovely model :) I like that you caught the whole dress and didn't blow it out. I don't like her pose because it makes her upper arm look really really big. If you could just have her hold her arms out slightly from her body (perhaps have her raise the bouquet so her hands are right at her belly button) and have her turn just 15 degrees more towards the camera. Her hair and headpiece are lovely and show well here. Try to have your subject tilt their head juuuuuust slightly one side or the other to bring the eyes on to different plains :) whew! I hope this helps LOL :)