J U M P
by librodo

Comment by Joey Lawrence:
Excellent, I love the boys facial expression. The other ones seem to be floating almost. Great perspective too. This would have probably won the challenge

In Her Own World
by librodo

Comment by davidspyle:
Beautiful woman, beautiful photo.

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by librodo

Comment by Cam:
I have no idea why they just killed you with the low ball scores. It makes me ill and sorta makes me question some things.

Thats just stupid that this shot would get 10 ones...its insane, those votes should have been thrown out....because the are obvious trolls.

I am not taking away from any one that won ribbons, or scored higher....because they had wonderful shots. It was a great contest.

But the low balling has to end, I hope one day.

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by librodo

Comment by front_element:
Pity that people can't vote on the merit of the image.

I was feeling a bit 'tired' seeing this great face, but this still had to be an 8 (your blue ribbon shot of her was a 10 for me).

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Comment by dleach:
I like this picture as well but I liked the other one better ;-)...

I did a quick questimate that the folks that voted this so low were doing it as a protest (bad voters... each photo is an individual entry on its own merits) and probably cost this picture at least .25 points to the average which would have pushed this to the ribbon catagory. Probably not first but in the ribbon category.

I like the level of detail Librodo is able to get out of his photos. As someone else posted, he doesn't seem to take a bad picture... I think it is time for him to post one of his bad pictures ;-).

Great photo!

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Comment by Artyste:
I'm going to throw something out there:

I can understand the low votes. Especially the 1s. (Doesn't mean I necessarily *agree* with them fully).

There are a very many people on this site that hate feeling manipulated. That hate feeling like they're being played for the fool. There are also people on this site that view such things as the same model (especially one so recognizable), in consecutive or near consecutive challenges, violates the spirit of DPC. This leads to emotions that lead to scores of 1, 2, or 3.

Whether you agree with it or not, these people's thoughts and reactions are here to stay and are a part of the site, and should be respected along with everything else.

I've been a victim of putting the same model in too many challenges too closely together myself. People simply don't like it. That's the chance you take when you submit something of this nature, and I bet donuts to dollars that Manny knew this when he submitted.

Instead of being angry at the people that are angry at Manny, just enjoy the photo if you like it.

Personally, and as much as I think Manny is a great guy, this *does* smack a little too much of voter manipulation... but hey.. it's competition. It's DPC.. and you do what you gotta do. Some of us might not like it, but life goes on.

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Comment by ladibug:
It was just a surprise seeing this picture without a ribbon, but more surprising is to see all that 1!
Perhaps when people decide to vote 1 such pictures they should have the courage to explain why...

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Comment by melismatica:
I didn't enter this challenge or vote in it. This is the first time I've looked through the entries.

This is beautiful. The colors of her veil or perfect with her brown skin. Very striking portrait.

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Comment by hotpasta:
OK...Manny, you can't shoot a bad picture if you tried! Excellent result, but it seems some dpc'ers are wanting Rosalinda to take a break from her new modelling contract with Librodo Photographics Inc ...;-)

10 x 1's...that has to be a record for you

BTW...I gave this an 8

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Comment by graphicfunk:
Manny working the magic of his lens on this most interesting subject. As usual, outstanding entry. Congratulations on your top 10 finish.