My Wacky Mini Skewers
by biggood53

Comment by jaredldr:
Very pretty nicely composed.

Lines,Shadows & Needles
by biggood53

Comment by Node:
Gone

Message edited by author 2004-10-04 09:13:17.

Lines,Shadows & Needles
by biggood53

Comment by I Enjoy Ham:
i like the concept but the trees stopping mid way makes your eye want to travel off the picture

Pelicans Two
by biggood53

Comment by dr rick:
You've made the best of the harsh lighting. Great composition.

Touched by Nature
by biggood53

Comment by sibeling:
Good composition - perhaps too good, because my eye is lead away from your hand to the flower on the end, so the "touch" is kind of missing for me.

Pelicans Two
by biggood53

Comment by nicoledb:
Almost looks like you cloned one to obtain two... Perfect composition, great colors! 9

Touched by Nature
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Comment by skylen:
Nice lines, good undistracting background.

Hmmmm, on second thought, is that background the GRADIENT thing mentioned in the forum thread that got all controversial about EddyG's smoke image? I think so...

While looked nice at first glance, it began to look unnatural after gazing at it for a minute, especially around the hand, because of the darkness of the edges of the hand in contrast to the light background.

Mostly just a weird transition, but also the lighting on the hand is flat, and the flowers are casting shadows characteristic of an ON-CAMERA FLASH. I wish people wouldn't use the builtin flashes for their challenge submissions. They just don't make the colors and textures good.

I will say that the background IS very well separated from the foreground. Clearly a careful job of separation there, so some points for that.

Touched by Nature
by biggood53

Comment by faithriko:
The background's color doesn't help the subject's colors...

Pelicans Two
by biggood53

Comment by bclements:
Congratulations on getting two flying Pelicans in one shot! Nice photo.

Pelicans Two
by biggood53

Comment by _wu_:
Simple and very nice. Great picture