Maybe I Can Sneak Into DPC2
by GeneralE

Comment by justine:
WONDERFUL portrait shot.....good light, good composition, humor, color.....hate the background but the eyes are fantastic with the light in them!! Good hair, skin..just a nice over all shot. Bravo. Justine

Maybe I Can Sneak Into DPC2
by GeneralE

Comment by HBunch:
Cute kid, and cute shot. I would have liked it better had the strong horizontal line (neck level) been horizontal, rather than have a right tilt. Neck level isn't really the best place for the horizontal line actually, it cuts his head right off. Maybe I would opt for a totally different background. However, the shot of the kid is nice and crisp. Great focus and clarity. Lighting is nice, and the angle on the kid is good as well. Good luck in the challenge.

Isaac On The Twisty Slide
by GeneralE

Comment by jgillard:
You have to love twisty slides! jgillard6

Isaac On The Twisty Slide
by GeneralE

Comment by austinscott:
YOU GET THE KID BONUS

A Plethora of Privet Berries
by GeneralE

Comment by GeneralE:
For the record, I have a common (in men) form of red-green color-blindness, which gives me difficulty in distinguishing between blues and purples, greens and browns, etc. I avoid making many judgements based on color -- I make my esthetic decisions primarily on tone, contrast, cropping, and sharpening, and the appropriate application of each considering the subject matter.

When I checked some of the brightly-lit berries in Photoshop the densitometry indicated a pretty pure blue, although I'm sure there's a lot of purple ones too.

These were several feet up, and the wind was gusting that day 30-40mph and they were swaying pretty wildly, so I couldn't really make it a much tighter shot. And, it was mostly back- and side-lit through the rest of the hedge.

Privet berries are much esteemed by birds, but my gardening book makes no mention of their edibility by humans, so I'd suggest not eating any. It did mention that the fruit made a huge mess, so don't plant over your patio or driveway. Privets are bushes or small trees used with great frequency for hedges.

Thanks, everyone, for your comments. I think I actually scored a little better than I predicted!

Maybe I Can Sneak Into DPC2
by GeneralE

Comment by KarenB:
LOL! very funny!

A Plethora of Privet Berries
by GeneralE

Comment by PTLParsons:
These look like grapes. Are they a form of grape? Do they taste as good? Are these purple or blue. They look purple here, but I'm assuming they must be blue for you to submit them for the blue challenge. Good focus and good crop. Background to busy. Don't know how to avoid that without picking the berries, maybe another angle from the ground up. Just my opinion. PTL 6

Flours Are SO Cliché!
by GeneralE

Comment by GeneralE:

Originally posted by franziska lang: i agree :) Originally posted by JamieWillmott: This really should have finished higher.

Thank you both! In case you didn't see it in the previous thread, here is the key to the palette of ingredients I used. If you browse though the gallery at pBase you'll also see larger versions of the design which somewhat inspired this, and my adaptation.

Key to Photo

A Plethora of Privet Berries
by GeneralE

Comment by catpixel:
You could have continued the alliteration of the title with "purple".

A Plethora of Privet Berries
by GeneralE

Comment by Turbotech:
Too much of subject matter out of focus.