A sign to slow down
by ccraft

Comment by Prof_Fate:
nothing is straight in this pic, otherwise pretty good composition

Year of the Monkey - World's smallest monkey basks under a heat lamp
by ccraft

Comment by barryg:
Great composition, but focus on subject could of been improved.

A sign to slow down
by ccraft

Comment by charbroiledchum:
poses a question.

Painting with firelight
by ccraft

Comment by nephrotic:
Nice picture but the point of focus is a tad vague. You have managed to retain glorious colour and avoided any distracting reflections on the end of the poker.
I will though paste in a comment I have put into a fair number of other entries in this category.
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My only concern is, as you may have guessed from the amount of discussion on the forum re "painting with light" is whether it is painting with light.
Having been lucky enough to judge what is now a few hundred competitions in the last 30 years I feel I should say the first thing that happens is that they are sorted and any that do not immediatly seem to fit the category are dumped (hard but a fact). This is why so many competitions also run an "open category". Your picture, as impressive as it is, would, I feel have been rejected at this stage. "Painting with Light" has a fairly tight definition in photography but still allows a lot of lattitude for creativity.
I suspect that your scores may not reflect what the picture is worth which is a great shame. I believe if I was judging in another category I would have gone for a higher score.
I do hope you understand my reasons for marking it down
David

A sign to slow down
by ccraft

Comment by Anmitsu:
A little heartbreaking scene... Black and white is appropriate. This one caption just about describes everything what happened.

Year of the Monkey - World's smallest monkey basks under a heat lamp
by ccraft

Comment by C-Fox:
I love this little fellow and his expression. Dead on the theme. The light seems to be a bit green, not sure about the color balance on him.

Painting with firelight
by ccraft

Comment by lockjawdavis:
Nice lighting and textures.

Year of the Monkey - World's smallest monkey basks under a heat lamp
by ccraft

Comment by inspzil:
Shutter looks just a little slow to really get this guy frozen. The picture is just the slightest bit soft. Good composition and I really like the framing of this little guy. Good work 7

A sign to slow down
by ccraft

Comment by carlacryptic:
Nice idea - the slanted frame distracts a bit.

Year of the Monkey - World's smallest monkey basks under a heat lamp
by ccraft

Comment by carlacryptic:
Nice. The branch in back is a bit distracting though I don't think it should be taken out, maybe just dodged a little...?