Fresh Sugar Snap Pearls
by Gracious

Comment by blind_as_a_bat:
Wow. Love the clarity.

Fresh Sugar Snap Pearls
by Gracious

Comment by dsidwell:
Wow! everything about this photo is nice. The lines, the colors,the lighting. They really do look like pearls, and the green you've captured is stunning. 10 for sure!

Gift From India
by Gracious

Comment by blemt:
Beautiful

Fresh Sugar Snap Pearls
by Gracious

Comment by margem:
clever

Untitled
by Gracious

Comment by justine:
CC- Hello Gracious

Fits The Challenge-Yes
Composition-Nice right down to the old time doily. My Opinion-Looks like a well thought out and planned shot. I think you hit the nail on the head and it's timely with our present day events. I think this shot did well in the this big challenge. Good shooting.

Fresh Sugar Snap Pearls
by Gracious

Comment by Gringo:
This is just beautiful, interesting, artistic & cleaver. The water is a great addition. My only suggestion would be to diffuse the lighting on the pearls, but it also might hurt the detail in other spots. This is a 10

Fresh Sugar Snap Pearls
by Gracious

Comment by KarenB:
what a concept. this is very artsy. great job!

Gift From India
by Gracious

Comment by the general:
pretty cool

Rescued from The Shelter and So Happy She Can't stop Wagging!
by Gracious

Comment by crabappl3:
Critique Club Comment:

Although this image may have an emotion attachment for some, it does not affect me the same way. Dog images are difficult to do, and a great dog shot is near impossible. You have a nice picture here, but by your camera angle and lighting, it seems too much like a snapshot. When working with subjects that are shorter then you, it helps to move the camera down to the level of your subject. This allows us to take in the person/animal at a perspective more fitting to their height. Backgrounds are important to any good portrait. Under the circumstances a drop cloth or some other interesting material under the animal that could reflect some light back up might have helped fill in some of the darkness underneath the dog. The toy is a nice addition if it brings something to the shot. Had the dog been playing with it, it'd have worked, but in this case it seems to take the viewers eye away from the main subject.

Technically the image seems a little soft in its focus. This may be due to a small aperture and it focusing more on the carpet and not the dog, or the shutter speed of 1/45 wasn't fast enough to freeze the movement of the dog. When using the lower level of light in the room, bumping up to ISO200 and a faster shutter speed may have assisted in freezing the action more. I don't feel that the amount of noise added by moving to 200 would have been enough to be noticeable.

I feel that you have captured a nice moment in time for the owner of the dog and that means a lot to them. I feel that with some minor adjustments, the snapshot feel of the photo could be changed to a portrait feel and draw more viewers into the shot emotionally.

Gift From India
by Gracious

Comment by thatguy:
nice clear image, good idea