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Comment by markwiley:
Darn it, Anita. I had just edged ahead of you in the Unofficial Point & Ribbon Race with my finish in the Windows challenge and you had to go and immediately get fourth to leap frog me in the standings. You are at 18th and I am in a three way tie for 19th three points behind you. I hope your business picks up so I have a chance to catch up.

It is a lovely image, by the way -- beautiful mood and light. Nice job.

Eye view of reading - Education
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Comment by giantmike:
Nice. I much prefer your image at the black and white really pops!

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Comment by Tiny:
Had to be near here somewhere,lovely image,Congratulations Anita.

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Comment by nam:
Just lovely - great cohesive mood (tones, softness, expression, simplicity of subject and composition all work together). Congratulations on the HM, Anita.

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Comment by bmartuch:
Love the compositon and the light grain.

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Comment by grahamgator:
WTG Anita; lovely BW tones here.

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Comment by blindjustice:
Excellent placement, you are on a roll!

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Comment by Alex_Petrini:
This image shows how even with an advanced edited image you can get a very good score and placement in this kind of challenges ;)

Congrats on the HM :)

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Comment by Cuttooth:
Sweet!
Congrats on the HM.

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Comment by h2:
Basically a good shot, but there are many significant differences to the original (color/bw, square crop/landscape crop, border/no border, deeper DOF/shallower DOF, dark book cover/bright book cover, nose invisible/visible, plain background/shaded background). Hair color you couldn't have changed of course.
Also, the eye seems to be dodged a bit much.