A Still Life With Apples
by MAK

Comment by stevieian:
Nice Old Masters feel.

A Still Life With Apples
by MAK

Comment by npasel:
Pretty good still life. The right side seems a little heavy though but over-all I like it.

A Still Life With Apples
by MAK

Comment by ThingFish:
Nice composition with good lighting and detail.

Prairie Queen
by MAK

Comment by hotpasta:
wow, she looks powerful...nice detail...green looks a little too saturated

Prairie Queen
by MAK

Comment by GiorgioBaruffi:
beautiful capture! i do not know if you have taken this shot in her ambient or in park, but the result is great... such look she has! Compliments, i like it very much.

Prairie Queen
by MAK

Comment by Cory:
Eyecandy alert! :) Neat looking image, although it does have that "topazed" look to the fur and grass- Not that I dislike the effect, just looks processed a bit heavy for me (I think this might largely be due to the somewhat obvious noise suppression on the rear leg, making it look way too smooth.).

Still like this image very much.

Wooden Smile
by MAK

Comment by Sirashley:
Creative shot! I like the lighting on this shot too! Well done

Prairie Queen
by MAK

Comment by bmartuch:
Fantastic perspective and gorgeous colors. Nice job.

Prairie Queen
by MAK

Comment by Ja-9:
I like how you've made the lioness seem to be 3D...excellent job on the selection/masking....well done

Prairie Queen
by MAK

Comment by vlado:
Great detail and colour. Might have gone with a tighter crop on this myself, perhaps to get away from the centred composition. Love the eyes... they really pop out.

Now... please bear with me... I'm revisiting a little comment experiment I conducted in the 2009-03 Free Study... something like K10DGuy's comments, but with a twist... the twist being, the story will move from one photo to another within the challenge... also, I don't select just a few photos I start at the first and end on the last as determined by DPC random order assigned to me, with a single sentence for each photo... should be interesting... and you're photo is #10 in the series

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The animal kingdom on the other hand were eagerly waiting for this event, and had been waiting for some time.