Light
by MaryO

Comment:
This. Is. Cool! Nice looking out for the unusual. You photographed this perfectly.

Must be Santa!
by Kelli

Comment:
MERRY CHRISTMAS! I am feelin the season! :) This photo sure helps too. I like the reds.

Life is aMazing
by CNovack

Comment:
iiiiii LIKE it! Keeps me on edge... will she ever find her way OUT?!? :-S

Dec-1.jpg
by joynim

Comment:
I loveloveloveloveLOVE the texture you have going on here. Beautiful green too. You do NOT suck!

1-dec 08 wotever. 43 muscles to frown
by roz

Comment:
Must be the cold weather but I saw this and thought: WOOL COAT!

I know, senile :) Thanks for the laugh :)

Hanging Around
by Retroesque

Comment:
I am assuming this is through a shop window? I love the way the green shirts are organized :) Very interesting POV.

Rachel Senior 013.jpg
by goinskiing

Comment:
This has wonderful focus and a very nice DOF. I realize that the top of the image cannot be cropped off without losing her head but it really needs to be darkened down a bit or cloned out. Remember your angles. If you had taken a step to the right or left, what would that have given you? If you had raised the angle of the camera slightly, cropping would have been a non issue. Don't be afraid to shoot down on a woman. Be afraid to shoot up at one looking down on you (it rarely does our faces justice LOL). She does have a couple trees growing out of her shoulder but most people don't care about that. It's really mostly the trees in the head that are the biggest issue. hehe I really like the pose, she looks natural and relaxed and your WB is great. Okay, that's all... shutting up now :)

Flare
by goinskiing

Comment:
Ok, have looked at this 3 times. Decided it needs a comment :) hehe

Sun flare behind people is always difficult to handle but I have found a trick I'd like to share because your people are a tad soft. I tried (and failed) more times than I care to mention. You have done much better here than I did on my first 50 tries, soooo, a big ole KUDOS for you there. Okay, on to the trick. :) I have found that if you block the sunlight until your camera focuses and then lock the focus and release the shade, you get a much sharper image with more contrast on the people. Also, use a little bit higher DOF rather than a faster shutter speed to kill some of the ambient light and make your sun/flare pop a bit more without being quite so intrusive/bright on the faces of the folks. One more thing... (I know, shut up already) use either a flash or a reflector to get some of the light back onto the faces of the subjects. He is a tad dark and she is really bright.

Shutting up now, I hope this helps :)

Mirror, Mirror on the ball...
by jeger

Comment:
Congratulations on the Red! You know you have made an amazing photograph when the background becomes inconsequential to all but enhancing the subject. Very nicely done. :)

October Sunrise
by PhotoDave

Comment:
HEY HEY!!! Congratulations on top 20!!!!!!!!!!! This was a tough challenge!! 13 in a FS is VERY good :) Hope it made your day.

*Glad I threatened you hehe*