Curve
by BAMartin

Comment by Greetmir:
Beautiful, rich image!

Pure Despair
by BAMartin

Comment by JohnnyPhD:
I would have liked the image on the tv to be more clear, but definitely an interesting take on the challenge filled with "joy," "innocence," and "love."

Music Lesson
by BAMartin

Comment by bmartuch:
This is such a beautiful shot with an old-time feel to it. You did a great job on capturing that feeling. Excellent composition.

Pet the Horse
by BAMartin

Comment by stargazer05766:
Priceless..

Pet the Horse
by BAMartin

Comment by posthumous:
beautiful. I love this!

Pet the Horse
by BAMartin

Comment by eamurdock:
Well I couldn't pass this one up even if I didn't have time! What a great shot, and a totally different way of looking at the animal than I'm used to.

Pros:

This shot has a lot going for it. The first thing that grabs me is the balances between the two players; the huge horse, the delicate hand; the black hair and white dress; the delicate touch of the hand and the delicate tongue. The motion blur on the hand is the clincher, softening and adding vitality to the image.

Cons:

I'm frankly at a loss to list any. I think it's just a tremendous shot. There is a small spot of blurred hair under the horses chin that keeps grabbing my eye - perhaps it's also motion blurred? Mildly distracting, but not much.

Congrats on a truly wonderful picture.

Pet the Horse
by BAMartin

Comment by tnun:
Delicious composition. Velvety darkness of horse's nose, the little slightly moving hand in it's white sleeve, and that tongue possibly indicating the horse's pleasure....

At the Races
by BAMartin

Comment by posthumous:
Is that some kind of netting? cool effect! 9

Pure Despair
by BAMartin

Comment by helisoto:
Good find. Too bad you didn't focus on her... Nice composition.

Pure Despair
by BAMartin

Comment by PHOTOKID:
nice perspective and use of DOF.