Going under-grain
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Comment by jomari:
I need to put my glasses on too. I absolutely missed your little crab until I read your notes. (Sorry for a five.)

The place where we stayed
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Comment by posthumous:
not to argue but i think the editing is my favorite part of this.

Xander's blue eyes
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Comment by LevT:
Frank Sinatra as a child :). Congrats Anita!

Xander's blue eyes
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Comment by roz:
very cute Anita .. another gorgeous child portrait .. and perfect for the challenge . :)

Untitled
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Comment by roz:
loving the pic . the drama and sense of foreboding ..
thinking there should be silhouettes of crows flying around ..
Edgar Allen Poe-esqu .. pretty sure i didnt spell that correctly ...
thats ok .. i'm sure you'll forgive me because i'm giving you a high vote . ;)

The place where we stayed
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Comment by noraneko:
Great processing choice here

Xander's blue eyes
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Comment by spencelg:
My favorite in this challenge.

Annie
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Comment by nam:

Originally posted by Bear_Music: . . . I'm with Posthumous on this. Mine was one of the low scores. For me the spirit of "shoot from the hip" is sort of a "flawed spontaneity" and this shot's too perfect to qualify even assuming Anita was running backward, holding the camera low, and using no viewfinder. It's clearly an "intentional" shot in that sense.

Sorry to admit that I did not vote on this challenge :( - but I would have struggled to find a "fair" score for the same reasons. The struggle would, of course, have been because it's a delightful, beautiful, fresh, capture. As such, I would not have given it below a 5 and would probably have settled on a 6; personally, that's what I do for wonderful photos that I feel don't meet the specific challenge. But I would have reserved my 7-10 scores for something else.

Annie
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Comment by Bear_Music:

Originally posted by posthumous: Originally posted by GolferDDS: Well done Anita. Those low scores are disgraceful! Those are probably DNMC scores. I for one felt this didn't meet the spirit of the challenge.

I'm with Posthumous on this. Mine was one of the low scores. For me the spirit of "shoot from the hip" is sort of a "flawed spontaneity" and this shot's too perfect to qualify even assuming Anita was running backward, holding the camera low, and using no viewfinder. It's clearly an "intentional" shot in that sense.

Annie
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Comment by posthumous:

Originally posted by GolferDDS: I do not know how you can positively determine that this was not taken from the hip? Innocent unless proven guilty!

this is not the US judicial system. I don't whine when a voter assumes my blurry shot was not deliberate.