Dune
by welcher

Comment by chariot:
Nice play with lines and shadows.

Dune
by welcher

Comment by rampb:
Reminds me of Jones Beach

Dune
by welcher

Comment by magnetic9999:
great play of light and shadow

Dune
by welcher

Comment by ritaard:
excelent
love the lines.. geometry and shadows

Dune
by welcher

Comment by jasonmccarthy:
good shoot just needed to get in the top of the fence railings closest to you

Dune
by welcher

Comment by terrentius:
Looks like the skin of zebra

Small Wonder
by welcher

Comment by Reuben:
This was one of my 10s. I absolutely loved the competition for my eye between the OOF face and the in-focus and.

Small Wonder
by welcher

Comment by welcher:
Well, I think I understand the problem people had with this photo. The hand being the focus of the photo instead of the face came about because of the situation. We have the most wonderful, delicate photo of our older son's hand, and were dying to get a similar photo of our younger son's hand.

He was finally resting quietly with his hand uncovered, so I grabbed the camera and started shooting. The first shots were solely of the hand, but I started to move around and get different angles. This was about the 5th or 6th shot of the session. The focus on the hand over the face was 100% intentional.

So while I "disagree" with the focus comments, I WILL take away from this challenge the need to examine the subject from a number of angles and viewpoints. I wish I had shot a few photos of the face in focus, or with a much wider DOF and everything in focus.

Thanks for the input!

Small Wonder
by welcher

Comment by rumttugger:
Sweet... but the hand looks really large, and i would have liked to see this little darling's face better.

Small Wonder
by welcher

Comment by shortredneck:
This is a special photo. I love it.