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by zodaonly

Comment:
This looks like it has potential :) Try getting a bit creative with your exposures. I cut my photography teeth on an XTi and it's a great little camera. The best advice I can give you: Put that thing in M mode and start getting frustrated. You will be better for it in the end. This photo would have been enhanced by shooting with your 18-55mm at 20mm for a bit of distortion, pulled a tiny bit closer to the ground so the angle was a bit more upward to include the hood, at f4, ISO 100, and then just meter with the camera to get the shutter speed. Set it, and forget it :) Nice reflections in the windshield too. A step out to the left would have filled the windshield with clouds and killed the bright sunspot in one swift move. If you have ?s, feel free to PM :)

Love Kylie
by overclover

Comment:
I like the way you brought the title into the shot here with her waistband. Very creative thinking. Only 3 things bug me about this shot. One, is her feet being cut off at the ankles, it makes her look like an amputee. Second, is she has no PJ bottoms on. Third, your colour is a little too warm (yellow) on her skin. So, shoot wide and include the feet (remember not to ever crop at a joint), add bottoms and just pull them down a bit to show the waistband (sometimes implications are more interesting), and try this setting in Photoshop to correct the colour: New layer>colour balance and put this in the boxes on the right: -24, 6, 24

unknown
by Dirt_Diver

Comment:
I am not going to vote since I saw this before the challenge but I think this is a wonderful example of PJs. Your B&W conversion is wonderful and really compliments the pose nicely. I am thinking you will hit top 10. I can't say that for sure, but I'm hoping. Very nicely done, Joe. Good luck!!!

midnight cravings
by laurie241

Comment:
This looks like a scene out of "Poltergeist" the movie. *shivers* It is a very creative image and so far, the only one of it's kind. You have a bit of motion blur, I am guessing from a very slow shutter speed and a hand held shot. Try setting the camera down on a counter or a table (if you don't have a tripod) and make sure you use a timer as the simple motion of you pressing the shutter can shake the camera and blur the image. Good luck :)

Line dried baby fresh PJs
by sfmorris

Comment:
I like the backlighting, I just wish there were a little more front lighting too... the PJs are almost too dark (silhouette). I do appreciate that you brought Pajamas to the center of attention though. Great focus too. Good luck :)

Fuzzy Slippers: The Best Thing About Pajamas
by photoMAD

Comment:
Too cute! The only thing that hurts this, IMO, (and I do mean the ONLY thing) is the crop. Shot in Portrait Orientation and showing more of the PJs on the legs would have made this MUCH stronger. BUT!!! Your focus and light are WONDERFUL. Good luck!! :)

Dreaming
by asij

Comment:
Very nicely done. I can't quite put my finger on it, but the person almost looks out of focus, even though that is impossible because all of the grass and sand around them is perfectly IN focus. I like your use of flash to balance the scene, but I think this would have been even better without it. :-/ A gold reflector might have been better as it would have mirrored that lovely golden sunlight. Such decisions we have to make. Good luck! :)

my pajamas, my teddy bear
by thomino84

Comment:
This is way too small. You are allowed 640pixels on the longest side. Without the vignette, and a little bit of a bigger photo, this would have been awesome. That vignette really kills this. Makes it look dirty at the top. Adorable bear and nice PJs though.

Dreaming
by tfarrell23

Comment:
Love the idea. Nice road! Id like to see a bit more light on your subject though, he is almost lost in the image. Good luck! :)

pajamas
by photokariangel

Comment:
Lovely macro. Lovely lighting. Your POF fell in a wonderful place. Fold at the bottom right hand corner is a bit distracting. Otherwise, good use of ROTs. Good luck :)